40% license fee reduction by replacing legacy charting tool with Ampler Charts

40% reduction in
licensing costs

Consistent, brand-
compliant charts at
scale

Centralized control
across global users

Challenge: Frequent disruptions and increasing license cost

Like many large enterprises, Ørsted relied on a legacy charting tool within PowerPoint to create charts for executive presentations, strategic reporting, and internal briefings.

Teams began to encounter several operational and governance challenges with the existing charting workflow.

Key issues included:

• Maintaining consistent brand‑compliant charts across teams and presentations proved difficult
• The charting tool frequently generated visuals that did not fully align with Ørsted’s design and branding standards
• Frequent Microsoft Office updates disrupted reporting workflows while teams waited for vendor compatibility patches
• Licence administration across a large global user base was complex and inefficient to manage
• Increasing licence fees made scaling the tool across teams more costly over time
• Ørsted began exploring a more scalable and modern approach to chart creation—one that could ensure brand compliance, integrate more seamlessly with Office, and simplify enterprise‑wide management

Solution: Replacing legacy charting tool with Ampler Charts

Before making the transition, Ørsted conducted a phased pilot program that allowed more than 400 users across the organization to test Ampler in their day‑to‑day reporting workflows. The pilot included dedicated training sessions to help teams adopt the new charting approach and evaluate how it supported their reporting needs.

Following the successful pilot, Ørsted transitioned to Ampler Charts to introduce a more scalable, brand‑controlled charting workflow directly inside Microsoft PowerPoint.

With Ampler, analysts can generate presentation‑ready visuals directly from their underlying data while ensuring charts remain aligned with company design standards.

Key advantages included:

• Built‑in brand templates that ensure charts consistently meet Ørsted’s visual and design guidelines
• Seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office, eliminating disruption from Office updates
• Centralized licence management that simplifies deployment across large teams
• A more scalable licensing model that supports broader adoption across the organization
• Instead of troubleshooting formatting, compatibility, or license administration, analysts can focus on interpreting data and delivering insights to stakeholders

Results: Simplified licence administration and cost‑effective licensing model

Since adopting Ampler Charts, Ørsted has improved both the efficiency and governance of its reporting workflows.

Teams now benefit from:

• Consistent, brand‑compliant charts across executive presentations and internal reports
• Faster chart creation with less manual formatting in PowerPoint
• Reliable compatibility with Microsoft Office, avoiding workflow disruption from updates
• Simplified licence administration and easier rollout across teams
• A more scalable and cost‑effective licensing model
• By introducting Ampler Charts Ørsted has streamlined how insights are produced, standardized how information is presented, and reduced operational friction

About Ørsted

Ørsted is a global leader in renewable energy and one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy, and energy storage projects across Europe, Asia‑Pacific, and North America.

With hundreds of analysts and business stakeholders producing reports and presentations every month, clear and consistent data visualization is critical to communicating insights across the organization.