How DI Squared's strategic partnership enabled Takeda's global analytics transformation.
Takeda set off on an organization-wide transformation that included moving 10,000 analytics and visualization applications from Qlik on-premises to Qlik Cloud. They partnered with DI Squared to make it happen.
Transformation, in numbers.
Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences
Global
Cloud Migration, Data Strategy, Analytics Modernization
Qlik Cloud
Qlik Sense (On-Premises)
AWS
10,000+
12 Billion Rows
8,000+
North America, Europe & Asia
About the Company
Takeda is a global biopharmaceutical leader headquartered in Japan with operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia. Analytics are critical to nearly every aspect of the business—from research and development to manufacturing, quality assurance, supply chain operations, and commercial performance.
As part of its vision to become one of the world’s leading digital biopharmaceutical companies, Takeda launched an enterprise-wide initiative to modernize its analytics platform by migrating from Qlik Sense on-premises to Qlik Cloud.
The Challenge
Takeda’s decentralized operating model enabled business units around the world to develop analytics independently. While this flexibility supported innovation, it also created a complex analytics environment consisting of thousands of applications, inconsistent governance practices, and aging infrastructure.
The organization faced several significant challenges:
More than 10,000 analytics applications requiring migration
Decentralized analytics teams across multiple global regions
Limited internal experience with enterprise-scale Qlik Cloud migrations
Legacy applications requiring optimization before cloud deployment
Complex AWS integration and pharmaceutical governance requirements
A need to demonstrate measurable business value and return on investment before launching the program
Takeda needed an experienced partner capable of managing the technical complexity while minimizing disruption to a business that depends on trusted analytics every day.
The Solution
DI Squared partnered with Takeda to design and execute a phased enterprise migration strategy that balanced speed, governance, and long-term scalability.
The engagement included:
- Enterprise cloud architecture design
- Global migration roadmap for more than 10,000 analytics applications
- Application assessment, remediation, and optimization
- Cloud readiness planning and application right-sizing
- AWS integration and governance framework development
- Executive business case and ROI analysis
- Ongoing governance processes for application lifecycle management
As applications were assessed, DI Squared identified outdated, oversized, and underutilized assets that could be archived, rebuilt, or optimized before migration. The engagement also established a repeatable governance process that Takeda continues to use through regular application health reviews and optimization efforts.
Beyond delivering the migration, DI Squared became a long-term strategic advisor, helping Takeda maximize the value of its cloud analytics investment while preparing the organization for advanced analytics and AI capabilities.
Results Achieved
Enterprise Cloud Transformation
Successfully migrated more than 10,000 analytics and visualization applications from Qlik Sense on-premises to Qlik Cloud using a phased, low-risk deployment strategy.
Massive Data Migration
Transitioned more than 12 billion rows of enterprise data while maintaining business continuity across critical analytics workloads.
Global User Adoption
Enabled more than 8,000 users across research, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial operations to leverage a modern cloud analytics platform.
Stronger Governance
Established standardized governance processes that help ensure applications remain properly sized, actively maintained, and aligned with enterprise standards through ongoing health reviews.
Advanced Analytics Enablement
Positioned Takeda to leverage machine learning, intelligent alerts, dashboard subscriptions, predictive analytics, and future AI capabilities available through Qlik Cloud.
Strategic Long-Term Partnership
DI Squared provided the specialized cloud migration expertise, architecture guidance, and governance leadership that enabled Takeda to successfully execute one of its largest enterprise analytics modernization initiatives while continuing to support future use cases.
Client Perspective
“DI Squared was an accelerator.”
Ana Pinheiro
Takeda