Tableau

What is Tableau

Tableau helps people and organizations be more data-driven.

As the market-leading choice for modern business intelligence, the analytics platform makes it easier for people to explore and manage data, and faster to discover and share insights that can change businesses and the world.

What Solvay uses Tableau for

Solvay uses Tableau as a visual platform that helps the business understand data better, by providing one single access to great amounts of data in an easily digestible mode.

Here are some examples on how Tableau is being used at Solvay:

• ALB (Application Labbooster) Battery + Materials + Coatings: It allows Solvay do not lose research data in order to optimize Solvay's innovation delivery to better serve the customers;
• PCF (Product Carbon Footprint): Allows Solvay to calculate its Product Carbon Footprint and share it with the customers;
• Silica R&I Data Management Platform: It is a data management platform covering the R&I Silica labs data world-wide (synthesis, analytical and application), dedicated to Business Intelligence for data search, visualization and analytics.

Who should use it

Tableau software doesn’t require specific technical or any kind of programming skills to operate. Users without relevant experience can create visualisations using Tableau fairly quickly and easily. The tool is now being used across several functions within Solvay such as IT, Finance, HR, Laboratories, etc.

When should you use Tableau

The main use of Tableau is to help people see and understand their data. Tableau helps simplify raw data in a very easily understandable format that can be understood by professionals and users at any level in the organisation.

What outputs it will give you

With visual elements like charts, graphs, maps, dashboards, and stories, Tableau provides an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data. These different visualizations help in making business decisions.