Building a Future-Ready Analytics Foundation for a Global Fortune 500 Healthcare Company

Challenge #1: Outdated Tracking Across a Fragmented Web Ecosystem
The organization relied on Adobe’s appMeasurement.js and an inflexible, legacy data layer. Tracking varied from site to site, creating gaps in reporting, inconsistent metrics, and unnecessary QA effort. This made it difficult for stakeholders to rely on the data and limited the company’s ability to adopt more advanced tools like Adobe Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), which requires a modern collection method.
Challenge #2: No Global Analytics Standard
With no shared tracking model in place, new sites launched with custom setups that were difficult to maintain. The company needed a standardized approach that could work across brands, business units, and development partners. Each new site required duplicated effort and manual implementation. With a nationally televised Super Bowl campaign approaching, it became especially important to ensure analytics were accurate, consistent, and ready to capture high volumes of traffic and engagement.
Northern delivered more than a fix. We built a system that scales.
Northern partnered with the client to modernize their tracking infrastructure and lay the foundation for long-term innovation. Our team implemented a scalable, event-driven data layer, migrated key sites to Adobe’s Web SDK (alloy.js), and aligned everything to the company’s global platform standards. It was a strategic shift that enabled faster, smarter, and more adaptable data operations across the entire digital portfolio.
Standardized Tracking Through Internal Frameworks and AEM
Northern collaborated with internal teams and agency partners to integrate Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) with a restructured data layer and reusable schema. We embedded analytics directly into the client’s internal web framework, a templated system used to deploy brand websites quickly and consistently. With tracking logic built into shared components, analytics are now activated automatically with each new launch. This reduced manual implementation effort, improved data consistency, and shortened time to insight across teams.
While the company has not yet fully adopted Adobe Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), the updated infrastructure is built to support it. The new architecture enables advanced capabilities such as cross-channel analysis, customer data platform (CDP) integration, and AI-driven insights. With a modern foundation in place, the business is positioned to begin exploring predictive analytics, machine learning applications, and real-time personalisation with greater confidence.
Northern helped transform a patchwork of tracking implementations into a consistent, scalable framework. Our work supported high-profile campaigns, including real-time analytics integration for a Super Bowl ad campaign.
Today, the client’s analytics setup includes:
“The Northern team not only upgraded our analytics, but made it easier to launch new sites with tracking already built in. We now have better visibility into performance and a solid foundation to support Customer Journey Analytics in the future.””
— Senior Digital Analytics Lead, Global Healthcare Company
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