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Business intelligence dashboards in Power BI
For Avans we build business intelligence dashboards in Power BI, turning scattered data into clear, current insight for the people who steer on it.
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Business intelligence and KPI dashboards for management reporting
Business intelligence turns the data you already have into management information you can act on: a small set of agreed KPIs, refreshed automatically and shown in dashboards that answer real questions. We build Power BI dashboards and automate management reporting, so nobody has to assemble the monthly figures by hand any more.
Plan a conversationWhat business intelligence solves
Most organisations don't lack data; they lack answers. The figures sit in the ERP, the CRM, the accounting package and a handful of spreadsheets. Producing the monthly report means days of exporting, copying and checking, and by the time it lands, the moment to act has often passed.
Business intelligence closes that gap. We connect the sources, agree one definition for every indicator and automate the route from source system to dashboard. The result is management reporting that is current, consistent and available whenever someone needs it, without anyone rebuilding it each month.
Signs you need a KPI dashboard
Business intelligence is worth the effort when reporting costs real time, or when decisions rest on numbers nobody fully trusts. Typical signals:
- The monthly or quarterly report takes days of manual work to put together
- Two reports give two different answers to the same question
- Managers wait for the one colleague who knows how the figures are produced
- Discussions about the numbers take longer than discussions about what to do
- You know roughly how the business is doing, but not per customer, product or project
How we build management reporting that gets used
We follow the same five phases as every Strukata engagement, applied to reporting. The starting point is never the dashboard; it is the decisions you want to make with it.
- Understand: we talk to the people who steer on the figures, list the questions they need answered, and record how reports are produced today and how long that takes.
- Diagnose: we trace each figure back to its source and find where definitions differ and where data quality gets in the way.
- Design: we agree the handful of KPIs that matter, write down one definition for each, and design the data model and the dashboard layout.
- Build: we automate the data pipeline and build the dashboard in short cycles, so your team sees real numbers early and can steer the result.
- Embed and improve: we train users and administrators, document the definitions and measure the time reporting takes now against the starting point.
What business intelligence delivers
A reporting environment your organisation understands and owns, not a set of charts that only the person who built them can maintain.
- Dashboards that answer the management questions agreed at the start
- One documented definition for every KPI
- An automated data pipeline from your source systems, with scheduled refreshes
- Analysis per customer, product or project where it helps decisions
- Training, documentation and a clean handover, or ongoing support if you prefer
Frequently asked questions
Which business intelligence tools do you work with?
We often build in Power BI, which fits well when you already work with Microsoft 365; it is also what we use for the dashboards we build for Avans. If you already have another reporting tool, or one suits your situation better, we work with that. The tool matters less than agreed definitions and a reliable data pipeline behind it.
Does our data need to be clean before we start?
No. Almost every organisation has gaps, duplicates and inconsistencies, and a BI project is often the first time they become visible. We map data quality issues early, handle what we can in the pipeline and make the rest visible so it can be fixed at the source. Where the problems run deep, a data management step comes first.
Who maintains the dashboards once they are live?
That is your choice. We document the data model, the KPI definitions and the refresh process, and train the people who will look after them, so your own team can maintain and extend the dashboards. If you would rather not, we can stay involved for maintenance and further improvement.
How does business intelligence relate to data management?
Data management builds the trustworthy foundation: one version of your customers, products and orders, validated and documented. Business intelligence builds on that foundation to answer management questions. For a first dashboard we can often start directly from your source systems; as reporting grows, a proper data foundation keeps the numbers consistent.
Can we keep using Excel?
Yes. Many people will still want to analyse figures in Excel, and that is fine as long as the numbers come from the same source as the dashboard. What disappears is the manual assembly: pasting exports into spreadsheets every month just so the report can exist.
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Tell us which questions your current reports leave unanswered, and we'll outline what a KPI dashboard could look like for your organisation.
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