Since 2000, Defense Commissary Agency has continuously expanded its enterprise data warehouse from Teradata to collect and track data generated by point-of-sale (POS) systems from all of its commissaries using the Informatica PowerCenter platform. POS data is channeled to a Teradata system that takes advantage of PowerCenter/Teradata seamless interoperability.
Implementing a Teradata-based system helped the Defense Commissary Agency readily realize some tangible benefits:
- Lower development time and reduced overall costs
- Improved restocking and forecasting with right-time data integration
- Enhanced data accuracy and trust in decision making
- Integration flexibility from platform-neutral architecture
By updating POS data every 10 to 60 minutes rather than once at night, orders and restocking processes are greatly accelerated. And by avoiding "garbage in, garbage out," DeCA's team has given its business users confidence in the integrity of POS data.
