A leading multi-regional retail chain, operating an extensive supplier network, warehouses, and storefronts, faced persistent operational communication challenges despite previously implementing traditional AI for demand forecasting. The organization struggled with processing a high volume of unstructured data; emails from vendors, delivery logs, and incident reports; which hindered quick decision-making during shipment delays, stockouts, and vendor escalations. To improve operational efficiency, reduce response times, and enhance supply chain visibility, the retailer partnered with Sparity to leverage GenAI in Retail Operations. The goal was to streamline communication-heavy workflows while ensuring secure deployment and strict data governance.
Client: Leading Retail Chain
Services: GenAI-based supply chain optimization, AI integration
Year: 2025
A leading automotive dealership group struggled with Tableau’s limited real-time capabilities, data integration complexities, slow report generation, and low user adoption. Increasing licensing costs and performance issues pushed the client to consider Power BI as a scalable, cost-effective solution aligned with the Microsoft ecosystem.
Client: Automotive Retailer
Services: BIPort Migration
Year: 2025
Project Objectives
- Migrate 400+ Tableau reports across Sales, Inventory, Service, F&I, and Marketing departments
- Enable seamless integration across CRM, DMS, finance, and web leads without manual reconciliation
- Improve mobile access and performance across 200+ field sales staff
- Drive self-service BI adoption to reduce IT dependency for 80+ business users
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Technology Stack
Solution & Implementation
- Sparity delivered the project under a managed services model, leveraging its proprietary BIPort accelerator for phased Tableau-to-Power BI migration
- Enabled rapid discovery of Tableau assets, including data sources, joins, calculated fields, and visual types
- Automated the migration of standard visuals; unsupported visuals were flagged and rebuilt manually with design parity
- Recreated reports focused on dealership KPIs such as lead conversion, CSI, inventory turnover, and gross margins
- Integrated data from CRM, inventory, finance, and web platforms using Power BI Dataflows and Azure Synapse
- Rolled out a mobile-first Power BI experience, optimized for tablet and smartphone use by field teams
Benefits
- BIPort automated a majority of the migration pipeline, reducing overall manual effort by ~40%
- Delivered a 2x faster migration timeline compared to traditional, fully manual efforts
- Achieved ROI within 7 months, reallocating Tableau licensing costs toward analytics innovation
- Enabled self-service analytics for 80+ users, achieving 60 – 70% adoption driven by intuitive UI and mobile accessibility
