NEC Corporation announced that India-based DMICDC Logistics Data Services Ltd. (DLDS)  adopted NEC's big data platform to support their Logistics Data Bank  (LDB) project in pursuit of digital transformation.

DLDS provides Export and Import (EXIM) container visibility through  the LDB project, which manages the data analytics for container  traffic.
Through adoption of NEC's big data platform, "Data Platform for  Hadoop," (DPH) and "Data Integration and Analytics Services" (*1),  the LDB project, which manages enormous data sizes related to nearly  70% of the India's EXIM container volume, has been significantly  enhanced with an "integrated analytics platform for collecting,  storing, processing and analyzing data on a single platform" and an " automated reporting process," while minimizing infrastructure  investment.
NEC's DPH helped to automate LDB's processes by enabling the creation  of monthly/annual analytical reports with a single click, instead of  creating reports manually, thereby improving overall productivity.
DPH also helped to simplify DLDS's operations as it provides quick  and reliable analytical reporting to customers in order to realize  faster and better data-driven decision making from the reports  generated.
Moreover, DPH enabled the visualization and development of analytics  models, as well as the creation of customized reports, both on a  single dashboard.
As a result, it helped the LDB project in shortening the overall  workflow for creating reports and led to a reduction in the number of  analysts by almost 70% (*2).
In the future, DLDS will expand the adoption of DPH as a common data  platform. This will enable enhancement of its existing system  capabilities, including the ability to capture data on a real time basis, perform predictive analytics and deliver new services - such  as transportation route optimization by analyzing IoT data.
"DPH reduces the lead time for doing meaningful analytics and  publishing deep insights for stakeholders. Going forward, DPH will  play a major role in compiling complex data from a variety of sources  and generating essential market intelligence," said Piyush Sinha, CEO  of DMICDC Logistics Data Services.
DLDS is a joint venture between the Government of India, represented  by the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation  Trust (NICDIT), and NEC Corporation. With over 8 million containers  handled to date, DLDS has operations spread across 10 port terminals  and manages almost 70% of the total container volume handled in India.
DLDS manages container tracking and creates reports based on the
tracking data.
NEC's DPH, an integrated analytics platform, delivers centralized  data management and has helped DLDS reduce its dependence on multiple  teams for collection, cleansing and analysis of data. Implementation  of the platform has also resulted in discovering valuable business  insights that have significantly enhanced operational efficiency.