Axminster Tools and Machinery makes most of data with Clekt

UK startup Clekt has worked alongside Axminster Tools and Machinery’s internal IT team to provide additional expertise and experience in data science and analytics.

Andy Tudor, CEO at Clekt, comments: “Axminster, like many businesses, was unaware that it was not making the most of its most important asset – its data. The various business teams within the company were disjointed in their data management, with each team creating silos of data.”

An independent Business Intelligence tool would provide an overview of all Axminster’s collective data. Clekt delivered the underlying technology solution and the resources to provide an integrated platform to power the Business Intelligence, data analytics reports and dashboards using Looker.

Damion Norcombe, Chief Information Officer at Axminster Tools and Machinery, says: “The new Business Intelligence and data analytics platform has been critical in our response to the Covid-19 pandemic.”

“We would not have been able to track the shift in demand and maintain the supply chain for the different product lines without it. We’ve been able to respond rapidly to changing situations and identify trends that would have previously been missed.”

A key requirement of this project was to give everyone the ability to understand what the data was telling them.

Norcombe adds: “At both a board level and an operational level, the company is excited about future growth now we all have access to a 360-degree view of our data. There are lightbulb moments pretty much every day as we learn more and more from our data.”