Businesses today are collecting more data than ever before. From manufacturing plants and research labs to shipping, logistics, healthcare, and retail companies, vast amounts of data are being gathered and stored in enterprise databases. Whether it’s operational performance metrics, supply chain data, patient wait times, or inventory levels, companies rely on these databases to manage critical information. These databases range from basic SQL databases to powerful data historians, data warehouses, and data lakes.
However, data storage alone doesn’t create business value. The real challenge—and the real value—lies in accessing, analyzing, and using the data to extract insights that solve problems and drive operational improvements. Some industry estimates suggest that only about 1% of all collected data is ever actually used, meaning 99% of it just sits there.
Minitab provides industry-leading analytics tools that help businesses turn their data into meaningful decisions. What many don’t realize is that Minitab offers built-in connectors that allow users to seamlessly pull data directly from their existing data infrastructure into our applications. This eliminates inefficient and risky manual data handling, enabling smarter, faster analysis.
For many organizations, data is stored in silos. Industrial operations, quality, continuous improvement, analytics, and management teams often rely on different data storage solutions, making it difficult to integrate information into a single analytics platform. This challenge exists across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and supply chain management.
Traditionally, moving data from storage to analytics tools requires manual exports, file conversions, and time-consuming preparation. This process wastes valuable time on repetitive data handling tasks while increasing the risk of human error and security vulnerabilities.
With Minitab’s connectors, powered by Minitab Connect, businesses can eliminate these pain points. Data flows directly from its source into Minitab’s applications—including Minitab Statistical Software (MSS)—for a seamless data transfer experience and rapid analysis.
Minitab’s connectors provide direct, secure, and efficient access to your company’s databases. We support key integrations, including:
By leveraging these connectors, organizations can:
Many organizations struggle to extract data from equipment into a database. With Minitab’s Prolink solutions, you can automatically collect inspection data and send it directly to Minitab Statistical Software or a database for further analysis.
As the market leader, Prolink has built the largest library of drivers to collect data in real-time from over 320 makes, models, and versions of automatic inspection equipment, including coordinate-measuring machines (CMMs), gages, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
Companies across industries can unlock extraordinary efficiencies with Minitab’s connectors embedded in the Minitab Connect product:
By eliminating manual data handling and providing secure, real-time access, Minitab’s connectors have the capability to improve efficiency for operational users and enhance security and control for IT teams – a critical benefit in industries that handle sensitive data.
If your organization stores valuable data in databases, historians, data lakes, data warehouses, or cloud platforms, now is the time to integrate and analyze it seamlessly.
With Minitab’s connectors, powered by Minitab Connect, you can
Many companies can benefit from Minitab’s connectors by building data highways between their storage systems the Minitab products. If you’re not using them yet, get in touch with us to explore how they can streamline your workflow.