Simply put, Business Intelligence describes the transformation of your raw data into something meaningful using Business Intelligence Software:
Data is where you will discover the reality of your business performance. BI is all about getting insights faster so you can make more accurate business decisions. If you are answering 'yes' to one or many of the questions posed below, there is good chance that your business will benefit from a BI solution
BI can be applied and bring benefits to many areas in your business including sales, financial performance, supply chain, marketing, operational KPIs, manufacturing KPIs and executive strategy. The questions to be answered will depend on the requirements of the business and the data sources that are available.
Examples of the type of questions that a BI solution can answer for your business include:
Who / what are our best customers / salespeople / products / categories / regions / routes ?
Why does it take so long to collect payment from customers?
Which sales channels are the most profitable?
Is the business on track to meet sales objectives this quarter?
Where is our growth coming from and who going forward are our best potential customers?
How successful was our most recent marketing campaign?
Power BI is a solution from Microsoft and is the collective name for an array of cloud-based apps and services that help organisations collate, manage, and analyse data from a variety of sources, through a user-friendly interface.
Business intelligence tools like Power BI can be used for a multitude of purposes.
Primarily, Power BI pulls data together and processes it, turning it into intelligible insights, often using visually compelling and easy-to-process charts, graphs and reports. This allows users to generate and share clear and useful snapshots of what’s happening in their business.
Power BI connects to a range of data sources, from basic Excel spreadsheets to databases, and both cloud-based and on-premise apps.
Power BI is an umbrella term and can refer to either a Windows desktop application called Power BI Desktop, an online SaaS (Software as a Service) service called Power BI Service, or mobile Power BI apps available on Windows phones and tablets, as well as for iOS and Android devices.
Bring your data to life and gain actionable insights within days.
Connect to any data source and access your dashboards from any device.
Power BI comes with massive performance. The VertiPaq engine, the 'brain and muscle' that sit under the hood, performs complex calculations over millions of rows of data in the blink of an eye.
PowerBI is affordable for organisations of all sizes, with the Pro version (allowing sharing of dashboards/reports) costing from €9.40 per user per month. If you feel there is value locked into your data, Power BI will be the key to unlock the door and release that value.
An introductory meeting to understand requirements and pinpoint where key value pools might lie.
Data architecture (sources, extraction, transformation, cleansing and loading) and dashboard design is key to any successful Power BI implementation. A focus on this early on will ensure highest data quality and usability that meets business requirements.
Quickly reach a checkpoint to get an early view (using real data) of what can be achieved . Create anticipation amongst the team.
Half science and half art, we work with you to create intuitive dashboards that allow business owners and users to get the insights and answers they demand, simply.
On site or remote training to bring you and your team to your required level: Power BI consumer or Power BI designer where users can design/develop their own visuals/dashboards.
We offer prompt support through phone or remote dial-in. Questions, problems, unexplained results - we'll keep you rolling and keep confidence high.
Clear Info Solutions have a unique blend of skills that can deliver your Business Intelligence solution - a single provider and a single point of contact to manage and deliver your project end-to-end
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"Clear Info Solutions were a key partner in planning and implementing our staged migration to Power BI as our new business intelligence tool.
Prior to commencing, we already reported from a solid platform of data built around our Microsoft Business Central ERP. Reports were compiled through a combination of Excel and Jet Reports and delivered through email and while stable and accurate, they lacked the interactivity, navigability and flexibility that latest BI tools such as Power BI can bring. At each stage in our transition, Clear Info Solutions strove to understand our requirements and tease out options on how best to harness Power BI power and functionality to meet our specific needs. This collaborative approach, with frequent checkpoints along the way and liaising with our other providers as required, always ensured that end product has always delivered for our business and business users.
Power BI environment and automated central data model, developed by Clear Info Solutions, now allows us to access and interrogate our joined-up data with extraordinary levels of ease, flexibility and speed"
Eamon Holmes, Financial Director, Caseys Furniture, Cork and Limerick
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"Delivered so much in so little time. Was sceptical initially on what Power BI could do, but Clear Info Solutions quickly gained understanding of our business, data and requirements to develop a roadmap with key deliverables clearly marked out. By primarily using existing data from our accounting system and expertly merging it with multiple other sources, we now have a solution that far exceeds our expectations. Accounting and IT skill mix was an ideal fit for our business. Power BI agility and processing muscle provides instant insights and answers to questions and has had a huge impact on how we view and run our business"
Rory Williams, Managing Director, Countrystyle Foods, Waterford
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"From early ‘proof of concept’ stage, quickly learned that Clear InfoSolutions held skills to unlock our data. We now have simplified and instant access to valuable project data which previously had been onerous and time-consuming to extract from accounting systems and spreadsheets, saving the company up to 10 hours per week.
Gained early understanding of our business mechanic and business problems and designed innovative solutions to create joined-up views of our data, both at summary and detail levels. In addition, brought his experiences from other industries to flag other unexplored opportunities to use company data in ways which had not been considered prior to this.
Up to date information is now accessible live to our business users, in finance but also in sales and operations, through a series of self-service dashboards that allow users to browse and drilldown for understanding and learnings of a project’s performance "
Sean O' Callaghan, Finance Director, Cygnum Timber Frame, Cork
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