Building a Smarter Data Foundation: HDC Hyundai's Journey to AI-Ready Data

HDC Hyundai, a prominent South Korean construction and real estate development company, embarked on a digital transformation journey to modernize its data management by transitioning from traditional on-premise databases to cloud solutions like Snowflake in 2022. The company faced challenges such as fragmented data landscapes, manual metadata documentation, and inefficiencies in data migration and lineage tracking, which hindered its AI initiatives and compliance efforts. To address these issues, HDC Hyundai implemented Select Star, an automated metadata management tool, which enabled comprehensive metadata documentation across various platforms, visualized data lineage, and provided AI-powered data descriptions. This solution significantly improved audit and data request handling times, reduced the need for manual documentation, and enhanced overall data governance, allowing the company to streamline its operations, foster data literacy, and support long-term growth strategies.