Over the past few months, I've had conversations with businesses about dashboards, reporting and the amount of time that can disappear into producing the same information every week or month.
One thing became increasingly clear:
Most businesses don't need another large system. They need the reporting they already use to work better.
That's why I've changed the way Monster Analytics approaches reporting projects.
Instead of beginning with a dashboard, we now begin with one recurring report.
It might be an Excel workbook that requires too much copying and checking, several CSV exports that have to be combined manually, a monthly management report that's difficult to maintain, or a process where the same data has to be cleaned and reformatted every time.
We review the existing process first and identify what can realistically be cleaned, simplified or made repeatable.
The solution might involve Excel, Power Query or, where it genuinely adds value, Power BI.
The objective is much simpler:
Less preparation. More clarity. A reporting process that's easier to repeat.
Monster Analytics is based in Hull and works with UK businesses and charities.
If there's one report in your organisation that everybody relies on but nobody enjoys producing, I'd be very happy to take a look.
