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A global automotive manufacturer is looking to digitally transform its supply chain operations. They aim to achieve real-time visibility into parts inventory across multiple factories and distribution centers worldwide, optimize logistics, and predict potential disruptions. Which Google Cloud solution combination would best support this initiative?

  1. ACloud Storage and Cloud Functions
  2. BBigQuery, Dataflow, and Looker
  3. CCloud SQL and App Engine
  4. DCloud CDN and Cloud Load Balancing
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Correct answer: B. BigQuery, Dataflow, and Looker

BigQuery provides scalable data warehousing for massive datasets, Dataflow enables real-time data processing from various sources, and Looker offers powerful business intelligence and visualization for real-time visibility and predictive analytics, making this combination ideal for complex supply chain optimization.

Why the other options are wrong

  • A. Cloud Storage stores data, and Cloud Functions executes small code snippets; this is not a comprehensive analytics solution.
  • C. Cloud SQL is a relational database, and App Engine hosts web applications; this is not primarily for large-scale analytics and BI.
  • D. Cloud CDN and Cloud Load Balancing are for content delivery and traffic management, not data analytics or supply chain optimization.

BigQuery, Dataflow, Looker for Analytics

A powerful combination of Google Cloud services for large-scale data processing, warehousing, and business intelligence.

  • BigQuery: Serverless, highly scalable data warehouse.
  • Dataflow: Unified streaming and batch data processing service.
  • Looker: Business intelligence platform for data exploration and visualization.

Memory trick: Big data flows to big insights with Looker's eyes.

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