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Data strategy and optimisation
Every organisation collects more data than it knows what to do with, but few turn it into the insight that changes performance. A data strategy that goes beyond reports and dashboards aligns your whole organisation around data it can trust.
Case study at a glance
A large HR services business, grown through acquisition:
- Six-month data optimisation programme
- One reporting platform for managers and directors
- Self-service dashboards for clients
- Real-time insight pushed to frontline teams
- On time and within budget
Why it matters
More data than ever, less insight than you need
Data is often poorly structured, and businesses almost always lack the analysis that delivers a real step change. A strategy has to understand your data foundations and raise the value every stakeholder places on getting data right.
Access
Can people across your business find the data they need, shown in a way that's intuitive and easy to understand?
Delivery
Leading organisations are moving beyond dashboards to apps, chat and notifications. Are you pushing insight to people where they already work, and using AI to add value?
Trust
Beautiful dashboards are no use if the data underneath is wrong. We agree ways to cleanse it, remove duplicates and fill the gaps.
Architecture
Are the foundations right to capture, store and report on data? Do your teams have the latest cloud analytics tools and the right skills? Are you meeting the rules on storage and retention?
External reporting
Internal reporting is the obvious place to start, but your strategy should also look outwards: to clients, shareholders and regulators.
Our approach
Advice, delivery or both
We bring hands-on experience of building an organisation-wide data strategy, and use it to shape one that reaches every part of your organisation.
Our approach is flexible. Choose light-touch advice at key points in your data journey, or have us work alongside you to deliver the products and solutions that move you forward.
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Understand where you are
Scope your current data, systems, reporting and the decisions they should support.
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Agree the strategy
A plan covering access, delivery, trust, architecture and external reporting.
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Fix the foundations
Data quality, structure and governance, so everything built on top can be trusted.
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Deliver insight where it's used
Dashboards, client reporting, apps and real-time notifications, each built for the people who use them.
Case study
A unified view for a business built by acquisition
The challenge
A large HR services business had grown through acquisition. It had consolidated into one operating model, with a unified CRM and finance system, and invested heavily in a Google BigQuery data warehouse. But its data strategy was out of date, and it lacked meaningful insight across the front, middle and back office.
Our solution
After scoping the current model, we designed a six-month optimisation programme. Its flagship was a single reporting platform in Tableau for managers and directors, alongside self-service client dashboard templates in Domo. We also piloted real-time insight in Google Chat, recommending the actions most likely to succeed. Data quality work underpinned it all.
The outcome
The project finished on time and within budget. The Tableau dashboards were celebrated as a step change, giving operations and finance unparalleled visibility and control. The push notifications created real supply opportunities, and the client reporting won praise from new and existing clients alike.
Pricing
Priced to your project
Every organisation's data is different, so we can't give meaningful prices without a specification. Tell us where you are and we'll discuss an approach and send a priced proposal.
A priced proposal for every project
from light-touch advice to full delivery
Charity or non-profit? We offer substantial discounts. Ask us about it.
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