Maxeda: establishing Power BI governance and data Virtualization for Scalable Self-Service Analytics

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Maxeda DIY Group is the largest DIY retailer in the Benelux with Praxis in the Netherlands and Brico and BricoPlanit in Belgium and Luxembourg. These retail chains are represented by 334 stores, both owned and in franchise form. Maxeda DIY Group has more than 6,500 employees.

The challenge

Governance

  • Different licenses were roaming around in Maxeda without overview, clear approval processes and governance.
  • No guidelines in place for developing and distributing reports

Report distribution

  • Distributing reports to 1000+ employees

No single version of the truth:

  • Multiple versions of the same data exist in different locations and is reported on.

Our solution

Rollout of Power BI Governance structure and approach.

Reorganizing Power BI as self-service tool for all departments.

Virtualization of data

  • Leveraging Microsoft Fabric for a virtualization layer on top of data in GCP to create single version of the truth

The business value

The implemented Power BI setup gained multiple advantages for Maxeda.

  • License optimization has decreased the cost with thousands of euros per month.
  • The implemented governance framework gives clear guidelines to the whole organization
  • Access management and approval flows give a clear insight of the environment.
  • Avoiding another version of the data in another place by virtualization
  • Leveraging existing effort made in the past few years

Governance

Solid governance structure

> €1K/month

License optimization

One version

Single version of the truth