Client background

The client is a wholesale distributor of roofing supplies, siding, windows, building products and related supplies. They have over 900 locations in North America and are supported by more than 18,000 employees.

The business challenge

Amid rapid growth, the company sought to increase their capabilities in data analytics to provide increased visibility into sales, operations and financial performance. They knew they wanted to move to the cloud for scale, reliability and expanded analytical capabilities.

Strategy and solution

The client engaged Baker Tilly as a strategic and technical implementation advisor to establish and evolve their enterprise data analytics platform in Azure and Snowflake, an effort which has yielded the following benefits:

• Unified data across the organization giving them the ability to scale analytics quickly
• Better visibility into operations through daily generated dashboards and self-service user reports
• Understanding of current business state in order to develop a design toward ideal future state in Azure
• Enhanced management of distribution logistics
• Reduced customer churn through AI-driven workflows

Baker Tilly continues to augment and grow the client’s internal team by providing project management, technical leadership, cloud and data architecture, development and implementation capabilities by utilizing Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure DevOps and Snowflake.