2025-04-08 11:07:05 by BusinessLine

Home Economy Agri Business With Snowflake’s platform, DFPCL aims to streamline real-time analytics, reduce operational costs, and leverage open-source datasets to improve business intelligence, particularly in fertiliser production Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited has partnered with Snowflake to enhance its digital transformation journey by implementing Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for Manufacturing. Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (DFPCL), one of India’s leading producers of fertilizers and industrial chemicals, has partnered with Snowflake to accelerate its digital transformation journey by adopting Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for Manufacturing. The move marks a significant milestone in DFPCL’s strategic shift from a commodity-focused business model to a specialty solutions provider.As DFPCL scales its operations to meet its goal, the company needed a modern, flexible solution to unify real-time analytics, streamline complex workloads, and lay the foundation for future AI/ML-driven innovation. Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for Manufacturing empowers DFPCL to collaborate with its ecosystem and customers in a secure and scalable way to drive greater agility and visibility across the value chain.As part of its digital transformation, DFPCL can optimize cloud costs using Snowflake’s decoupled storage and compute architecture with a pay-as-you-go model that ensures scalable and cost-effective data management with reduced manual maintenance overhead. Further, access to open-source datasets like weather data and agri data products through Snowflake Marketplace will enhance business intelligence, particularly for their fertilizer business. Snowflake’s robust data governance features, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Time Travel (enabling data retrieval for up to 90 days), enable strong data protection, supporting the company’s security needs.Commenting on this collaboration, Deepak Kamat, Vice President IT of DFPCL, said, “At Deepak Fertilizers, digital transformation is central to our business operations. We believe data is key to driving customer value, efficiency, innovation, and growth. Moving from traditional Data Warehouses to Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for Manufacturing will enhance our decision-making and help us ensure business agility in today’s dynamic market. This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in our digital transformation journey.’’“Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud for Manufacturing provides DFPCL, operating in a traditionally data-intensive sector, with a scalable, secure, and cost-efficient platform to unify its data and drive business value,” said Vijayant Rai, Managing Director- India, Snowflake. “In industries like fertilizers and chemicals, where precise operational control and rapid innovation are critical, breaking down data silos and enabling real-time insights empowers DFPCL to enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource utilization, and accelerate AI-driven innovation—setting new benchmarks for the industry.”Published on April 8, 2025 THIS AD SUPPORTS OUR JOURNALISM. SUBSCRIBE FOR MINIMAL ADS. THIS AD SUPPORTS OUR JOURNALISM. SUBSCRIBE FOR MINIMAL ADS.