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Case Study: Optimizing a Global Supply Chain with Automated Data Discovery at Samtec

Samtec Case StudySourced & dated by Case Study Desk

Key facts · TL;DR

Company

Samtec

Industry

Manufacturing

Challenge

Fifty years of data silos across disconnected global systems

Headline result

Samtec cut impact-analysis time by 95% and reduced data-discovery bottlenecks by 90% with Select Star, saving analysts 20+ hours per project across 40 global sites.

Key results

95%

Time saved on impact analysis

from hours to minutes

90%

Reduction in data-discovery bottlenecks

20+ hrs

Saved per project on average

The challenge

Samtec, a manufacturer with more than 7,000 employees across 40 worldwide locations and over 5 million SKUs, faced data silos built up over 50 years of operations. Teams relied on long-tenured employees for data knowledge, project ramp-up took weeks, and Power BI dependency tracking was manual.

The solution

Samtec implemented Select Star for automated search across data systems, visual lineage and entity-relationship diagrams, instant Power BI impact analysis, and centralized metadata documentation.

“starting a new project in a different domain felt like being a new employee”
AC
Austin Carver, PhD
CDAO, Samtec

The results, in context

Impact analysis shifted from hours to minutes, a 95% time saving, and data-discovery bottlenecks fell by 90%. Analysts save more than 20 hours per project on average, and project scoping timelines dropped by up to 90% in some cases.

Products used

Select Star Select StarSelect Star Column-Level LineageSelect Star Power BI Impact Analysis