Data warehouse as an element of the digital transformation of the company for industry 4.0

Abstract

The article describes issues related to the construction and functioning of a data warehouse. This is a series of processes supporting the activities of enterprises and seem to be necessary in the implementation of other concepts and solutions of Industry 4.0. The study also explains the processes that are necessary to create a warehouse, key components and the essence of operation. The advantages and practices used in the field of business and the IT sphere itself were analyzed. The possibility of transferring the warehouse to cloud computing was also presented as well as the main suppliers offering such services were presented. The article can be a starting point for more detailed considerations on analytics, reporting and data archiving in a modern enterprise.