3. Integrated reporting
- We get there with INTEGRATION of data collection systems in one cloud data warehouse
- Now we will talk all in the same language and have full flexibility over the way we look at our data. Imagine two types of tailored reports.
- Reports focused on a specific activity in your organisation help your people execute their jobs in line with their KPIs and with what the organisation needs from them as a whole
- Single source of truth report, which outlines results of the company as a whole and in which each member of the organisation is able to find her place. This report is set against planned values which set the direction of activities for the close future. We know where we want to go and we know good we are in getting there. Each day.
- Now we are looking on one unified dataset refreshed at least once a day, answers to many questions we face are just few clicks away. No need to bother IT colleagues for data extraction and preparation, reporting system does it for us
- But until our people fully grasp what the data is telling them and can use it to guide their daily activities and set priorities, we cannot get its full potential. A data culture needs to be established
Manual data inputs, need to request data from IT. Single question is answered once. To answer the same question in the future, whole process from data collection to analysis has to repeat. Slow, tedious and often off target.
Departments have data collection and visualisation systems in place. Marketing looks into Google analytics, product management watches CRM and accounting evaluates it all in SAP. Step forward, but no accessible single source of truth exists. If someone asks “what was our revenue after tax yesterday?”, each department might answer something different.
Connection of department data into one integrated data warehouse. On this integrated dataset, custom business intelligence reporting systems are developed. Reporting is both tailored for the needs of each department as well as captures a single source of truth on results of the whole company.
When we have sharp reporting, but our people do not get smarter from it, we are far behind its potential. Here we train and mentor our clients in order to establish firm understanding of practical work with data and how to base both managerial and executive decisions on it. Not a technical step but rather a cultural one, it takes time and discipline but the fruits of this work become evident quite soon. But still, activity is done by human which brings a whole lot of issues with it.
For activities which are high value, manual work intensive and scalable we find ways for their automatization. Thus we reach the final step of becoming data-driven. We eliminate the human actor from the process and let the data run the show. Instead of the automated tasks people can busy themselves with tasks which bring additional value. Or they can just take it easy and clock out earlier. We let you decide on that.