Case STUDY
Use Cases for Centralized Data Sources & Potential Cost Savings
By centralizing data sources, organizations can achieve significant cost savings, improved efficiency, and enhanced platform capabilities. Below are key use cases along with
estimated cost savings based on industry benchmarks.
At a glance
Potential Cost Savings Across Use Cases
Here's a summary of the typical cost savings organizations can expect when implementing a centralized data strategy in various business areas.
Use Case
Estimated Cost Savings
Storage Optimization
30-50%
Business Intelligence Efficiency
30-40%
Customer Personalization & Revenue Growth
15-25% revenue increase
Supply Chain & Inventory Management
20-30%
Fraud Detection & Compliance
30-50%
IT Infrastructure Reduction
30-40%
Business impact
Detailed Use Cases & Benefits
Explore how centralized data platforms drive efficiency and cost savings across your organization's critical business functions.
Optimizing Storage Costs with Data Deduplication & Tiering
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Use Case:
Many organizations store duplicate, outdated, and redundant data across multiple databases, increasing storage costs.
Without automated lifecycle management, businesses retain unnecessary historical data, incurring extra cloud storage expenses.
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How Centralization Helps:
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Data Deduplication & Compression – Removes redundant data, reducing overall storage footprint.
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Tiered Storage Strategy – Stores frequently accessed data in high- performance storage and archives old data in low-cost storage.
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Automated Lifecycle Management – Deletes or archives unused data, optimizing storage efficiency.
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Potential Cost Savings:
30-50% reduction in cloud storage costs by eliminating redundant data and optimizing storage tiers.
20-30% savings in data retrieval costs by using optimized query execution.
Improved Decision-Making with AI-Driven Business Intelligence
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Use Case:
Decision-makers lack real-time access to unified data, leading to delayed and inaccurate business insights.
BI teams spend 40%+ of their time manually consolidating reports across different systems.
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How Centralization Helps:
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Single Source of Truth (SSOT) – Real- time, unified dashboards for sales, marketing, and operations.
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Automated AI-Powered Insights – Uses Databricks ML for predictive analytics, reducing reliance on manual analysis.
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Self-Service Analytics – Business users access up-to-date reports without IT intervention.
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Potential Cost Savings:
30-40% reduction in manual reporting efforts, leading to increased productivity.
20-25% savings in decision-making efficiency, optimizing business strategy execution.
Enhanced Customer Personalization & Increased Revenue
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Use Case:
Disjointed customer data across CRM, eCommerce, and marketing platforms limits personalization.
Companies lose 10-20% in potential revenue due to ineffective customer targeting.
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How Centralization Helps:
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360-Degree Customer View – Unified customer profiles integrating transaction, behavioral, and demographic data.
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AI-Driven Personalization – Recommender systems enhance targeted marketing and product recommendations.
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Real-Time Customer Insights – Faster response to customer trends and purchasing behavior.
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Potential Cost Savings:
15-25% higher conversion rates from personalized marketing.
10-20% increase in customer lifetime value (CLV) through targeted engagement.
Optimized Supply Chain & Inventory Management
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Use Case:
Companies face 10-30% excess inventory costs due to inaccurate demand forecasting.
Supply chain inefficiencies lead to delays and increased logistics costs.
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How Centralization Helps:
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AI-Powered Demand Forecasting – Uses historical data and real-time sales trends to predict stock needs.
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Inventory Optimization – Reduces overstock and understock situations.
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Real-Time Logistics Tracking – Provides up-to-date shipment and supplier analytics.
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Potential Cost Savings:
20-30% reduction in inventory carrying costs.
10-15% savings in logistics expenses through optimized routing and warehouse management.
Fraud Detection & Compliance Cost Reduction
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Use Case:
Financial fraud costs businesses 3-5% of annual revenue.
Compliance fines and security breaches add unexpected expenses.
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How Centralization Helps:
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Real-Time Anomaly Detection – AI-driven fraud detection models flag suspicious transactions.
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Automated Compliance Auditing – Ensures data security policies align with GDPR, CCPA, and SOC 2.
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Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) – Reduces unauthorized data access risks.
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Potential Cost Savings:
30-50% reduction in fraud losses through early detection.
25-40% savings on compliance audit costs via automation.
IT & Infrastructure Cost Reduction
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Use Case:
Maintaining fragmented IT systems leads to high operational costs and inefficiencies.
Companies pay 20-40% extra on data processing due to inefficient pipelines.
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How Centralization Helps:
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Eliminates Redundant Infrastructure – Consolidates multiple data platforms into a single cloud-based solution.
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Auto-Scaling Cloud Computing – Dynamically adjusts compute resources based on demand.
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Serverless Processing & Cost Optimization – Uses cost-efficient Databricks clusters.
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Potential Cost Savings:
30-40% savings on cloud and IT infrastructure costs.
20-30% reduction in data processing expenses via efficient workload execution.