Case Studies

Providing Visibility Using Automated Reporting

Project Overview

project type
Assessment
industry
Real Estate/Event/Entertainment
location
Covington, KY

Project Description

The Salyers Group is the parent company for Fabulous Furs, Fabulous Bridal, the Madison Event Center, and other ventures. As a parent company, there was a desire to add more visibility to the current state of the businesses and improve each individual company with the use of technology and automation. AMEND’s experience with aggregate reporting and Microsoft Power BI drew the Salyers Group to reach out. After our 6-week assessment, we had a functioning, validated reporting package and future-reporting roadmap that will give the Salyers Group the visibility they need, in addition to an executive summary view in the future-state. This initiative will increase efficiency, drive the right conversations, and allow for strategic planning.

Assessment Results

Reporting

Completed Power BI Dashboards with key metrics to support day-to-day business operations and future growth in 4 weeks

Automation

Eliminated manual reporting and significantly decreased time spent manipulating data for the General Manager and sales staff

Strategy

Outlined effort and plan to build additional reports for operations, finance, and other business areas

The Solution

amend-consulting

Automated Power BI Dashboard

We created an automated Power BI Dashboard for a portfolio business, including metrics supporting capacity, sales, and costing departments.

The team was able to connect to multiple different systems to combine and analyze data. Being able to see capacity, sales, and costing at a snapshot has allowed the team to focus on actively improving the business, instead of spending time just trying to get the numbers.

AMEND Consulting

Opportunity Prioritization

We defined the root cause and narrowed in the focus of automation by prioritizing the opportunities by the greatest impact.

The future-state vision outlined the recommended next steps for creating dashboards, which were aligned with the organization’s goals. The team was excited and ready to tackle the next steps, knowing they were agreed upon by the management team.

The AMEND Assessment Process

Assessment Playbook Process

Interviews, systems research, feasibility analysis, Gap to Perfect, and other tools were used to gather information quickly and efficiently to identify the root causes.

Iterative Working & Feedback Cycles for Power BI

For the best results on the Power BI dashboard, we completed works in waves, getting frequent feedback to meet the client's needs and expectations along the way.

Alignment with the Executive Team

Having the executive team engaged in the process and excited about next steps helped to map out the long-term strategy together to ensure it met the needs of the team.