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Title
Transforming the Australian rail industry's digital ecosystem
…t a Demo Login Contact Us Try Databricks Customer Stories / ARTC CUSTOMER STORY Transforming the Australian rail industry’s digital ecosystem 30% Faster time to insight, optimizing freight logistics 80% Reduction in data…
Description
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) built an Enterprise Integration Data Platform on the Databricks Data + AI Platform and Microsoft Azure to unify siloed data from over 150 applications across its 8,500km rail network, using predictive analytics for track health and freight logistics. This delivered 30% faster time to insight for freight logistics optimization and an 80% reduction in data engineering hours.
…vation. Extracting insights and strategies from data to improve decision making With the help of Databricks, ARTC has successfully launched the first phase of its five-year digital strategy with the implementation of its Enterprise Integration Data Platform (EIDP) built on a cloud-based data lakehouse architecture on Microsoft Azure. The EIDP has enabled the business to unify its approach to data management, adv…
…ry’s digital ecosystem 30% Faster time to insight, optimizing freight logistics 80% Reduction in data engineering hours, decreasing overall costs As the backbone of Australia’s supply chain, the Australia Rail Track Corporati…
Company
Australian Rail Track Corporation
…ng hours, decreasing overall costs As the backbone of Australia’s supply chain, the Australia Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) plays a vital role in the management and monitoring of goods transportation across 8,500km of its rail network throughout Australia. ARTC collects vast amounts of data to monitor operations and ensure the timely…
Industry
Manufacturing
…tems and Integration, Australia Rail Track Corporation. Share this post Details Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Data Warehousing Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Delta Lake…
Country
Australia
…ng hours, decreasing overall costs As the backbone of Australia’s supply chain, the Australia Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) plays a vital role in the management and monitoring of goods transportation across 8,500km of its rail network throughout Australia. ARTC collects vast amounts of data to monitor operations and ensure the timely…
Problem
ARTC was dealing with siloed data sets that were required by more than 150 applications generated from different data sources. This meant that any change to the data needed to be altered in several systems, posing inefficiencies and unnecessary complexity, which also impacted the cost of managing a network that is segregated across remote locations in Australia.
…ily respond to customer demands, regulatory compliance and varied world events. ARTC was dealing with siloed data sets that were required by more than 150 applications generated from different data sources. This meant that any change to the data needed to be altered in several systems, posing inefficiencies and unnecessary complexity, which also impacted the cost of managing a network that is segregated across remote locations in Australia. "With multiple data sources and legacy systems putting a strain on our teams&#x…
Solution
With the help of Databricks, ARTC has successfully launched the first phase of its five-year digital strategy with the implementation of its Enterprise Integration Data Platform (EIDP) built on a cloud-based data lakehouse architecture on Microsoft Azure. Seamless access to rail track data provides ARTC with a consolidated view of its track health, helping to prevent outages and forward-plan track maintenance schedules using predictive analytics.
…vation. Extracting insights and strategies from data to improve decision making With the help of Databricks, ARTC has successfully launched the first phase of its five-year digital strategy with the implementation of its Enterprise Integration Data Platform (EIDP) built on a cloud-based data lakehouse architecture on Microsoft Azure. The EIDP has enabled the business to unify its approach to data management, adv…
…ating API-based big data environments has also prepared ARTC for future events. Seamless access to rail track data provides ARTC with a consolidated view of its track health. This helps to prevent outages and forward-plan track maintenance schedules usin…
Business value
This resulted in 30% faster time to insights for freight logistics optimization. ARTC also saw an 80% improvement in its data ingestion speed, driving toward a proactive decision making approach.
…allowing immediate changes to be made securely from a single source of truth — resulting in 30% faster time to insights for freight logistics optimization. Business intelligence tools such as Databricks SQL and Power BI have allowed AR…
…ion, and enabled it to uplevel its operational agility to address future needs. In addition to achieving higher systems availability, ARTC also saw an 80% improvement in its data ingestion speed, driving toward a proactive decision making approach. In addition, ARTC has seen progress of its Weighbridge Data Capture (WDC) Shari…
AI capabilities
Predictive Analytics
…to rail track data provides ARTC with a consolidated view of its track health. This helps to prevent outages and forward-plan track maintenance schedules using predictive analytics, further preventing disruption to operations and network failures. "Databricks…
Technology
Databricks SQL, Delta Lake, Power BI
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…— resulting in 30% faster time to insights for freight logistics optimization. Business intelligence tools such as Databricks SQL and Power BI have allowed ARTC's team to extrapolate insights easily in a self-service way, supporting de…
Deployment model
Azure
…n. Share this post Details Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Data Warehousing Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Delta Lake Ready to get started? Try Databricks for…
Deployment options
cloud
…n. Share this post Details Industry : Manufacturing Use Case : Data Warehousing Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Delta Lake Ready to get started? Try Databricks for…
Headline outcome
…ry’s digital ecosystem 30% Faster time to insight, optimizing freight logistics 80% Reduction in data engineering hours, decreasing overall costs As the backbone of Australia’s supply chain, the Australia Rail Track Corporati…
Use case type
Predictive operations
…to rail track data provides ARTC with a consolidated view of its track health. This helps to prevent outages and forward-plan track maintenance schedules using predictive analytics, further preventing disruption to operations and network failures. "Databricks…
