Melexis: building a real-time manufacturing data platform with Databricks on GCP

GCP

Databricks

Qlik

As a crown jewel in the Belgian tech industry, Melexis is world leader in microelectronics & semi-conductors esp. They operate from their headquarters in Belgium & employ about 1.500 people worldwide​. They rely heavily on data in their day to day operations through all layers of the organization: product development, production efficiency & waste management, quality control, etc.

The challenge

  • Data integration: ​Integrating diverse data systems from various international operations and external suppliers leads to data silo’s. ​
  • ​Real-time data processing:​ To enhance operational efficiency and timely decision-making, real-time data processing is required. ​
  • Data access and governance:​ Secure and efficient access for the right personnel is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency and compliance. 

Our solution

Data Platform on GCP combined with Databricks & integrated with existing Qlik platform​

Control Data Access via Unity Catalog in Databricks​

Use cases in manufacturing:​

  • Processing & real-time visualization of test results on the shop floor ​
  • Quality prediction via ML models on test logs​

Use cases in sales: Sales forecasting, sales probability &potential sales estimations on heterogenous sources of data​

State of the art Infrastructure setup (Infrastructure as Code, CICD integration with Gitlab, automated code optimazation &documentation generation…)

The business value

A data platform has been set-up that supports the overall Melexis data strategy:​

  • Streaming enables real-time insights into the tests being done in the manufacturing domain​
  • Data from multiple sources is being combined to do sales forecasting​
  • The platform is cloud-based and scales to meet the further needs of Melexis

Real-time

Real-time data insights

100%

Data automation rate

100%

Automated data infrastructure​