Dashboard-as-a-Service
Transitioned from reactive to proactive operations by deploying a custom dashboard, centralizing their data to gain insights and make better decisions.
- Transition to Proactive Operations
- Enhanced Reporting Capabilities
- Immediate and Long-term Solutions
- Increased Efficiency
Challenge
A commercial aviation company needed assistance to gain insight from their data. The regional airline spent hours or even days manually compiling data. Their data was not centralized, crippling their ability to find and correlate information. These issues led to the client operating in a reactionary versus proactive mode.
During the initial consultation, Wimmer Solution’s data team examined the airline's systems and identified and uncovered hidden issues.
Solution
The Wimmer team proposed a fusion of two of our service offerings: Dashboard-as-a-Service (to build the initial reports requested), and Vision Workshop (to determine the full scope of the airline's reporting needs).
The Wimmer team began by conducting a current state analysis to determine the health and efficiency of the client’s different data systems. Next, Wimmer took the client's internal team through the Vision workshop.
Ultimately, through the Vision Workshop, Wimmer Solution’s data experts revealed 48 reporting needs and consolidated these into a prioritized roadmap of 18 different reporting initiatives that delivered value.
Throughout the exercise, the data team identified several important insights missing from the client’s reporting systems. The team then centralized data and built two dashboards. The data for these dashboards were contained in Excel spreadsheets and third-party systems. The data models and dashboards were built within Power BI.
With the information contained in these dashboards, the client was able to move from a reactive to a proactive process, enabling them to take timely action on the information.
Innovation & Impact
By fusing the service offerings together, the Wimmer Solutions team was able to develop a roadmap of initiatives to achieve a higher degree of efficiency in their reporting processes and fulfill the client's immediate need by building out two of the dashboards.
This has resulted in the following:
- Transition to Proactive Operations: The client moved from a reactive to a proactive management approach by centralizing its data and utilizing custom dashboards.
- Enhanced Reporting Capabilities: The Vision Workshop identified 48 reporting needs, consolidating them into a prioritized roadmap of 18 initiatives, significantly improving the airline's reporting processes.
- Immediate and Long-term Solutions: Implementing two dashboards provided immediate insights, while the roadmap offered a clear path for future data system enhancements.
- Increased Efficiency: The client can make timely decisions with efficient reporting, improving overall operational efficiency and effectiveness.