238 ETL Case Studies from 235 Enterprises by 2025

AIMultiple analyzed 238 ETL case studies for data-driven insights.
They highlight ETL’s
  • 238 use cases in 22 industries
  • 12 business processes in 11 business functions
  • Implementations in 235 companies in 32 countries
  • 8 benefits
  • Growth over 7 years
  • 23 vendors which created these case studies

Which industries leverage
ETL?

The most common use case of ETL is Technology which is mentioned in 33% of case studies.

The most common industries using ETL are:

  • Technology
  • Financial services
  • Retail
  • Other

Which business functions leverage ETL?

The most common business function of ETL is Marketing which is mentioned in 26 case studies.

Most common business functions using ETL are:

  • Marketing
  • Analytics
  • Sales

Which processes leverage
ETL?

The top process reported in ETL case studies is Marketing analytics.

Most common business processes using ETL are:

  • Marketing analytics
  • Sales performance management
  • Customer lifecycle management
  • Sales operations
  • Financial planning & analysis
  • Data quality management
  • Campaign management
  • Lead nurturing
  • Data governance
  • Change management
  • Product development
  • Credit appraisal

What are ETL’s use cases?

The most common use case of ETL is data warehouse (dwh) management / automation which is mentioned in 23% of case studies.

What are ETL’s benefits?

The most common benefit of ETL is increased visibility which is mentioned in 32% of case studies.





How are ETL case studies growing?

Growth by Vendor

Leading vendors in terms of case study contributions to ETL are:

  • Fivetran
  • Optymyze Pte Ltd.
  • Confluent
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Growth over time

  • The first case study in our DB was published: 2015
  • Most ETL case studies have been published: 2021
  • The highest increase in the number of case studies was reported vs the previous year: 2020
  • The largest decrease in the number of case studies was reported vs the previous year: 2022

Comprehensive list of ETL case studies


AIMultiple identified 238 case studies in ETL covering 8 benefits and 238 use cases. You can learn more about these case studies in table below:

Vendor Company Company Process Use Cases Benefits Summary
Confluent logo
AO.com
  • -Marketing analytics
  • -Data archiving
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Scalability

AO.com, a UK-based online electrical retailer, implemented Confluent to create a hyper-personalized retail experience for its customers. By combining historical customer data with real-time digital signals, AO.com was able to deliver targeted special offers and increase customer conversions. The use of Confluent's Schema Registry and KSQL allowed for flexibility and easy integration into the company's architecture. The adoption of Confluent Cloud freed up developers' time and accelerated innovation. AO.com plans to continue leveraging Confluent to further enhance its customer experience.

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Celmatix
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  • -Electronic health record analysis
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased privacy
  • -Increased security

Celmatix, a bio-tech company based in the United States, implemented Confluent Platform to stream Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data securely and in real-time. This allowed them to harmonize and manage disparate data, empowering physicians and patients with personalized information for data-informed decisions. With the ability to scale and expand, Celmatix achieved market differentiation and enabled access to vast and disparate data in real-time. The implementation of Confluent Platform simplified their processes, reduced complexity, and improved their effectiveness.

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Leading Online Delivery Service
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  • -Product recommendations
  • -Supply chain management
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability
  • -Cost saving

Leading Online Delivery Service increased messaging layer throughput and reduced latency by replacing Amazon SNS and SQS with an event-driven architecture based on Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka. The company experienced reduced setup time, engineering effort, and operational management. They also enabled new capabilities and doubled throughput. The transition to Confluent Cloud allowed for faster service deployment and the ability to process large amounts of data in near-real-time, improving the overall efficiency and performance of the delivery service.

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Ticketmaster
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  • -Data migration
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Ticketmaster leverages Confluent to reduce development friction and boost machine learning. They centralized data from all systems using Confluent and Apache Kafka, enabling faster innovation. Ticketmaster also incorporates machine learning to combat fraudulent abuse of the system. With a holistic view of customer activity, they can quickly react to changes in malicious user strategies.

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Severstal
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Cost saving

Severstal, a Russian manufacturing company, reduced plant downtime and increased efficiency by using Confluent Platform to stream real-time data from manufacturing sites. The solution enabled the company to predict equipment downtime and failures, optimize operating modes, and suggest changes to manufacturing parameters. With the implementation of machine learning models fed by data streams, Severstal achieved significantly reduced downtime and improved overall efficiency.

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Nash
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -Increased security
  • -Scalability
  • -Improved compliance

Nash, a financial services company based in Liechtenstein, developed a first-of-its-kind non-custodial exchange for digital assets using Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka. The exchange combines the speed and convenience of traditional exchanges with the security of non-custodial digital assets. Nash achieved stable and secure event streaming architecture, enabling low-latency communication between services and reliable event playback. The use of Confluent Cloud provided greater freedom to pursue new offerings, maintained development velocity with expert support, ensured stable operations, and eliminated administrative overhead and security concerns.

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Risk Focus
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -24/7 availability
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased security

Risk Focus partnered with Confluent to re-architect a top 20 global bank's order management system using Kafka. The new system successfully handled orders for the client's entire line of products, providing greater throughput, resiliency, and fault tolerance. Risk Focus's expertise in trading systems and Confluent's Kafka-based architectures ensured the client's business needs were met with a highly available and fault-tolerant streaming platform.

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Recursion Pharmaceuticals
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -24/7 availability
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility

Recursion Pharmaceuticals accelerates drug discovery by streamlining the analysis of biological image data using Confluent Cloud and Kafka. The company has built a scalable and highly reliable data pipeline based on real-time event streaming, resulting in accelerated drug discovery pipeline stages and stable operation since launch.

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Nuuly
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -24/7 availability
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility

Nuuly, a clothing rental subscription service launched by Urban Outfitters, successfully implemented Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka to build a real-time event-driven architecture. This allowed them to handle the complex logistics of tracking garments throughout multiple rental and cleaning cycles, while also improving the customer experience. The launch was flawless, meeting the crucial target launch date and ensuring stable production operations. Administrative overhead was reduced by 10%, and the company continues to explore ways to grow its business.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Monrovia Nursery Co.
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  • -Data migration
  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Monrovia Nursery Co. used CData Workday Integration solution to centralize and standardize their organizational data, resulting in simplified and improved reporting processes. With CData Sync, they were able to consolidate and transform data from multiple systems, enabling better understanding and improvement of operational processes. The solution provided a simple, point-and-click interface and integrations could be set up in just minutes.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management
  • -Financial planning & analysis
  • -Integration testing
  • -Web scraping
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management (MUKAM) implemented CData API Server to provide Fund APIs, allowing users to retrieve fund-related information for all MUKAM Investment Trusts. This industry-leading move aimed to improve the understanding of investment trusts and promote Fintech and Open Innovation. By using CData API Server, MUKAM was able to deliver full-featured public REST APIs on time and under budget, providing timely and easy-to-use information to various information users.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Parts Authority
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  • -Supply chain management
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility

Parts Authority, a leading national distributor of automotive parts and equipment, implemented CData Arc to streamline their EDI processes. With Arc's intuitive, no-code interface, Parts Authority was able to automate and scale their EDI integrations, eliminating the need for custom ad hoc solutions. The company saved time and resources by quickly mapping and transforming invoice documents and purchase orders according to customers' needs. Arc also provided built-in status alerts and automated error messaging, allowing Parts Authority to monitor and resolve issues efficiently.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Logi Analytics
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  • -Data migration
  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Integration testing
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Logi Analytics partnered with CData to bring comprehensive data connectivity to their analytics dashboards. By embedding CData Drivers into their solutions, Logi Analytics was able to save development time and focus on analytics. This allowed them to support a growing customer base and provide real-time data to their SaaS applications.

CData Workday Integration  logo
SMART InSight Corporation
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

SMART InSight Corporation uses CData Workday Integration solution to integrate siloed business data across various databases and enable high-performance analysis of big data. By embedding CData JDBC Drivers, their Mµgen Integration platform offers outstanding performance for blending and analyzing big data from on-premise RDBMS, SaaS, and NoSQL DBs. The platform, Mµgen 2, has evolved into a 'SMART Data Blending' platform, allowing users to blend data for ad hoc exploration and cross-analysis, providing valuable insights for business planning.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
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  • -Data migration
  • -Integration testing
  • -Improved compliance
  • -Increased security
  • -Scalability

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield implemented CData ArcESB to meet new interoperability standards for healthcare payers. The solution allowed them to ingest and translate EDI files, ensuring compliance with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards. With automated validation rules and comprehensive connectivity, Horizon was able to improve data quality and streamline their data ingestion framework.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Deedit
  • -Data governance
  • -Integration testing
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Deedit, a collaboration between Tesco Bank and the University of Edinburgh, uses CData Workday Integration solution to power data visualization and enable small acts of kindness. The solution allows for instant data movement from Amazon DynamoDB to the Deedit platform, reducing development time and enabling live data visualization. The project aims to demonstrate the impact of digital technology on corporate social responsibility programs.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Sisense
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Sisense partnered with CData Software to extend their analytics platform by providing real-time connectivity to SaaS applications. This allowed Sisense to focus on developing their BI and analytics platform while still meeting the diverse connectivity requirements of their customers.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Scribe Software
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  • -Data migration
  • -Integration testing
  • -Supply chain management
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Scribe Software enhances their iPaaS data integration platform by using CData Workday Integration solution. The solution provides real-time integration between applications, allowing information to be instantly available in other systems. Scribe gains seamless integration, reduces support and maintenance burden, and offers new connectivity options to their customers.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Jumpstart
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  • -Data migration
  • -Integration testing
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

Jumpstart, a national non-profit organization, used CData Workday Integration solution to automate manual data integration tasks, saving their team countless hours. By seamlessly integrating their data with Salesforce using CData's Salesforce Powershell Cmdlets, Jumpstart was able to centralize their data and free up their staff to focus on more direct needs in the field. The project was completed in just two weeks, providing Jumpstart with improved efficiency and functionality in Salesforce.

CData Workday Integration  logo
CData
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  • -Integration testing
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility

Orange County, CA uses CData ArcESB to integrate their CRM and LMS systems with their maintenance system, allowing residents to submit maintenance requests and enabling quick triage and resolution by County employees. The solution provides real-time communication, low cost of entry, and ease of implementation, helping Orange County streamline communication with constituents.

CData Workday Integration  logo
Altair
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  • -Data archiving
  • -Data migration
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased security

Altair, formerly Datawatch, partnered with CData to extend their self-service data preparation product, Knowledge Works, with access to over 100 enterprise data sources. This allowed Altair to provide easy and intuitive access to any data, anywhere, without the need for complicated and time-consuming data connectivity development. The integration potential provided by CData Drivers enabled Altair to unlock a wider variety of data and deliver superior data preparation and analytics solutions.

CData Workday Integration  logo
WingArc
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  • -Data migration
  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Integration testing
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility

WingArc partnered with CData to integrate hundreds of SaaS and NoSQL data sources into their analytics platform, MotionBoard. By embedding CData JDBC Drivers, WingArc standardized the integration process, providing customers with the data connectors they require. This allowed for rapid scalability and intelligent analytics capabilities without complexity.

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Level Frames
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  • -E-commerce product analysis
  • -Integration testing
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Level Frames, an e-commerce company based in the United States, struggled to make sense of their growing volume of data. After trying various tools and even building an internal tool, they found the solution they were looking for in Actiondesk. With Actiondesk, they were able to integrate databases, streamline data analysis, and gain valuable insights. The tool saved time, improved decision-making abilities, and optimized resource allocation for Level Frames.

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Edmit
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Cost saving
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Edmit, an education company based in the United States, used Actiondesk to simplify data reporting and analysis. By integrating multiple data sources and providing live updates in a user-friendly interface, Edmit gained increased visibility into valuable datasets. The implementation reduced time and costs associated with data reporting and analysis, empowering employees to analyze data on their own and collaborate effectively.

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Mona
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -E-commerce product analysis
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Mona, a technology company based in Ireland, faced challenges in analyzing data from multiple sources. They found a solution in Actiondesk, which provided flexible data integration and analysis capabilities. With Actiondesk, Mona was able to centralize their data, simplify data manipulation, and improve collaboration. The company saved time and resources, optimized resource allocation, and made data-driven product decisions. Actiondesk proved to be invaluable for Mona, increasing accessibility and usability of data.

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DirectMailers
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

DirectMailers, a technology company based in the United States, revolutionized direct marketing by using 360Science's mDesktop solution. They were able to significantly reduce data processing time and blur the lines between digital and direct marketing. The company achieved a 98% reduction in processing time and gained a complete 360-degree view of customers and activity. With improved data quality, they were able to improve performance across the organization and provide better insights into cross-channel campaign performance.

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HumanN
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Product recommendations
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

HumanN partnered with 360Science to address the challenge of managing a rapidly growing database and poor data quality. By implementing 360Science's data matching solution, HumanN was able to improve data accuracy, make smarter marketing decisions, and gain a complete view of customer profiles and activity. The integration was smooth and the results reliable, leading to increased confidence in data accuracy and improved organizational success.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Integration testing
  • -Improved data quality
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Scalability

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts partnered with Optymyze to improve their commission payout processes and planning procedures. Optymyze provided a customizable solution that eliminated manual processes, reduced data entry errors, and offered real-time reporting to brokers. The partnership resulted in increased accuracy, improved forecasting, and significant time savings in running commissions.

Optymyze logo
McKesson
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  • -Data warehouse (DWH) management / automation
  • -Integration testing
  • -Supply chain management
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Cost saving
  • -Improved data quality

McKesson, a healthcare company based in the United States, faced challenges in streamlining its sales operations after years of intense M&A activity. Optymyze provided a solution that helped McKesson consolidate its sales operations and improve sales performance. The automated tools increased visibility and transparency, saving time for salespeople and gaining their trust. McKesson plans to expand the use of Optymyze for territory management and goal-setting capabilities.

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Echo Global Logistics
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  • -Supply chain management
  • -Increased visibility
  • -Cost saving

Echo Global Logistics, a transportation and shipping company based in the United States, partnered with Optymyze to implement a sales performance management solution. This strategic engagement resulted in a 300% increase in revenue, immediate process improvements, and longer-term growth initiatives. The company experienced a 98% reduction in manual reconciliations and saw significant improvements in sales productivity. The case study does not mention the specific year of its creation.

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