Data Analytics for Quick and Actionable Decision-Making
Ever feel like your team is drowning in data, spending countless hours just trying to make sense of it all? You're not alone. Many companies struggle to justify the ROI of data analytics, focusing solely on sales, production, logistics or marketing impacts. But what about the hidden costs of inefficient data management?
Empower your organization to transform data into profit, growth, and success. Our comprehensive Data Assessment, Recommendations, and Engagement solution unlocks the full potential of your data, driving informed decision-making and fueling business expansion.
Potential impact
Transform decision-making with real-time insights.
Empower every employee with a richer data experience and the ability to create cross-functional reports.
Break down knowledge silos and foster a culture of data-driven collaboration.
Future-proof your business with scalable analytics that grow with your needs.
Week 1: Discover
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Kick-off meetings & in-depth understanding of your current data landscape and pain points.
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Cross-functional discovery sessions to capture the 'voice of the business' and identify key opportunities.
Week 2: Deep Dives
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Alignment with IT on architecture & future initiatives.
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Detailed reviews of data governance, dictionaries & functional area needs.
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Initial list of objectives & potential solutions.
Week 3: Documen-tation
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Final alignment & security reviews.
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Draft future-state architecture, initiatives, and resource estimates.
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Prepare draft executive readout.
Week 4: Delivery
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Stakeholder review & finalization.
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Comprehensive executive presentation, including Q&A.
Success Story
Background
International manufacturer of custom machinery and machine parts needed near real time access to sales and financial adjustments to facilitate month closed.
Challenges
How to analyze the impact of adjustments to finances and sales intraday to close the books quickly without impacting ERP performance and CRM tools.
Solution
Utilizing Microsoft Azure Synapse data lake technology, change-data-capture (CDC) transactions were batched as part of the ERP processing cycle and appended to cumulative parquet files in a delta lake house.
Technologies Used
Microsoft Dynamics F&O and Microsoft Dynamics CE on Azure managed instance; Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics delta lake, Apache Spark on-demand pools, Power BI
Benefits
Reduced Time to Data: The processing lag between a transaction being committed in the ERP and appearing in test balance reports was reduced to under 10 minutes.
Eliminated Costly Storage: Delta Lake House uses highly compressed parquet files and on-demand cloud processing to minimize the infrastructure footprint
Fully Integrated Data Security: ERP and CRM were hosted on the same cloud platform as the delta lake house, keeping the data within the same firewall configuration.
Key Metrics:
99.3% reduction in time to report, going from 24 hours to under 10 minutes.
1 business day removed from month close timeline.
75% reduction in cloud. computing spend, going from $3,000/month to $700/month.
Identify process inefficiencies and potential data risks.
Discovery
Discovery sessions to capture the 'voice of the business' and identify key opportunities.
Deep Dives
Detailed reviews of data governance, dictionaries & functional area needs.
Documentation
Draft future-state architecture, initiatives, and resource estimates.
Let's Get Started!
Our team of experienced professionals can help you unlock the full potential of your data, driving informed decision-making and fueling business expansion.
