Case Study
Avangard Innovative Transforms Recycling with Spotfire
Avangard Innovative Transforms Recycling with Spotfire Achieves market breakthrough with analytics that turns trash into cash CHALLENGE “Our digital business plans were to transform an industry that was pretty low tech,” says Jason Lu, chief information and technology officer. “We wanted to bring complete transparency to our customers and our operational staff. Part of the goal was really to say, ‘Hey, let’s look at everything we can possibly look at—from our customers’ recycling output to movement of goods—and provide insights. We wanted to bring data in from internal sources and customers to help drive operational improvement. “Our biggest fear was customers not being able to meet their sustainability goals. One impact would be that the world would not be as great a place. Bu