Centralized data cloud platforms like Snowflake have become the standard for data-driven organizations because they provide unparalleled synergy. By bringing all organizational data under one roof and leveraging centralized architecture that manages data with maximum efficiency, companies can unlock a whole new world of innovative practices and tools, from AI and advanced analytics to sophisticated governance capabilities.
But accessing these benefits isn’t always simple. Data has to be properly integrated in order for a centralized cloud platform to deliver maximum value, and this process can be time-consuming, expensive, and intimidating for organizations who need to stay agile. With the right support, however, data integration can be achieved more quickly, more effectively, and more sustainably.
Seeing a need to better facilitate the integration of customer data within their own platform, Blue Yonder—a supply chain management company founded in 1985—tapped Hakkoda to help them develop a Snowflake Native App that would streamline integration for their clients. Custom integration processes were unsustainable, full of pain points that dragged down efficiency and hampered the customer experience.
In this article, we’ll take a look at how Blue Yonder and Hakkoda partnered to build their innovative Snowflake Native App.
Reimagining the Data Integration Process to Alleviate Customer Pain Points
Customers come to Blue Yonder for the convenience and insight provided by their supply chain management services. Data integration represented an obstacle for clients who needed to bring together disparate data stores in order to properly leverage Blue Yonder’s services, causing a host of pain points that needed to be addressed.
Different data systems speak different languages, which limits interoperability, but solving this problem with a human data team takes time, money, and expertise that most companies just don’t have to spare. For those that do, custom integration processes are slow, fragile, and riddled with security and compliance complications.
So Blue Yonder worked with Hakkoda to transform their data integration processes with a Snowflake Native App, powered by Streamlit and provided to customers at purchase. With an intuitive UI, clients can enjoy seamless data mapping, version control and environment promotions, seamless dynamic table creations, and airtight data security.
Making Data Integration Easier Delivers Value on All Fronts
Thanks to this innovative application, Blue Yonder’s customers have total visibility and control when it comes to their data integration processes, as well as the convenient efficiency of automation and a thoughtfully-designed interface that drastically lowers the need for data expertise.
The results speak for themselves. The application reduces the time-to-value for Blue Yonder customers, mitigates risk by storing data in Snowflake’s secure environment, reduces TCO by minimizing the need for custom point integrations, and improves supply chain data quality and traceability in Blue Yonder.
Together, Blue Yonder and Hakkoda delivered a native app that unlocks supply chain impact, addressing a need that prevents people from tapping into the vast potential of the modern data stack. With data integration acting as a barrier to entry for so many organizations who want to evolve and grow, this application is a small but powerful step toward making data innovation more accessible.
A Great Product Deserves Great Data Support
Working with Blue Yonder to come up with a cutting-edge data integration solution produced undeniable results for the forward-looking supply chain management organization. Our partnership is a testament to the fact that, with proper support, data integration isn’t the prohibitive hurdle it may seem to be.
At Hakkoda, our Snowflake-certified experts love supporting the development of innovative tools like Blue Yonder’s Snowflake Native App, and we’re so excited to share more about our collaboration with Blue Yonder at Snowflake Summit 2025 in a joint-presentation that will cover our design process in even greater detail.
If your organization is looking for a sustainable solution to its data integration woes, let’s talk today about how Hakkoda can help you develop the tools and architecture you need to embrace the modern data stack and drive value like never before.
