Departments across the company—from Engineering and Strategic Planning to Cost and Human Resources—use the enterprise data warehouse.
One interesting internal application was developed by Human Resources. The department needed to determine where to locate its field officers in order to best meet the needs of NS’s 30,000+ employees.
By combining employee demographic data (e.g., zip codes) with geospatial data traditionally used by the Engineering Group, Human Resources was able to visually map out the employee population density, making it much easier to optimize services offices locations.