Business Intelligence

Gain deeper insights about your business

More and more people are deciding to analyse data with Business Intelligence, and there’s a good reason for it.

Business Intelligence will help you increase your business profitability through:

Improved performance
Discovering new revenue streams
Optimising internal processes
Identifying market trends
Isolating business problems

What is Business Intelligence?

Business Intelligence, commonly known as BI, is software that is designed to present your data in ways that help you understand and gain deeper insights about your business. This typically consists of bringing data from your numerous software systems – such as accounting, ERP, projects and CRM together – and consolidating everything into dashboard-style reports.

Filters (and other tools) can be used to dynamically change the content and format of the information you’re viewing. This means you can ask questions of your business on the fly. Designed correctly, BI can help you drive your organisation forward. It can do this because it unlocks the value of your data contained within all your systems giving you the tools to evolve.

You can use BI to understand activity levels and other proactive outputs across the business or to view information across time (year on year, month on month) to spot trends. Many companies use BI to consolidate information from many software applications.

Almost every project we do involves data work – de-duplication, consolidation, imports and so on – making us quite experienced! There is little our technical team can’t do with data.

We help our customers collect and transform their data from multiple sources to uncover trends and inconsistencies. Next, we work with a Business Intelligence platform, such as Power BI, to present findings via data visualisations using dashboards, charts and graphs, giving our customers insights that they can turn into strategic actions.

Some of our customers use BI to deliver insights directly for their own customers to consume. For example, they embed a BI report(s) into a web portal, which enables their customers to view and analyse information on-demand.

What are the benefits?

Business Intelligence brings many benefits to an organisation, including:

Fast and accurate reporting
Valuable business insights
Competitive analysis
Better data quality
Increased customer satisfaction
Identifying market trends
Increased operational efficiency
Improved and accurate decisions
Increased revenue
Lower margins

Find out more in our blog on Why You Should Analyse Data with BI.

"I’m using Power BI a lot more now than I did when we started with creating refreshable dashboards for the Senior Leadership Team and other management levels showing different elements of the business. We are doing this by implementing the data warehouse built by Avrion, which is very handy. I love Power BI and think it is such a great tool that every business can have/use as it turns your raw data into a story that shows different aspects from the company over time."

Dan Costin

Commercial Analyst - Restore Datashred

Why Avrion?

We are a team of experienced technology professionals who help our customers digitally transform their businesses using CRM, automation and other connected technologies.

As a Technology Partner, we bring 20+ years of knowledge into the solutions we build for our customers. We have implemented in excess of 300 successful solutions of varying sizes, from small to large, with a diverse range of functional and application requirements. Our customers are diverse too, in size and across most industries.

We specialise in helping our customers streamline and automate their business processes. This brings high efficiency and productivity, helping our customers gain a competitive advantage to thrive and succeed.

We deliver business information to the desktop using BI and SQL reporting platforms
Solutions delivered faster (at less cost) in clear iterative steps
Proven ability in centralising and transforming data correctly for BI
Comprehensive system care and evolution programme

Want to know more?

We'd love to help you explore Digital Transformation - on your terms

Resin Products

Manual processes were restricting Resin Products' growth. Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise with Avrion’s expertise, streamlined their order tracking, improved internal communication, enhanced productivity, reduced errors, and positioned them for scalable growth.

Restore Records Management

The business needed to automate! With over 6,000 customers it should be relatively easy to ask customers for Trustpilot reviews and look to increase the volume. But dealing with lots of systems that did not

Priors Hall Park Management

The team at Priors Hall Park Management Ltd were looking at ways to streamline their annual invoicing process. Read how Avrion helped Priors Hall Park Management achieve that goal by bolting Maximizer CRM onto Sage

Belvoir Group

Belvoir had complicated processes making it hard to streamline and share information efficiently day to day. They needed a new CRM system that would fit around their processes, rather than make their processes fit around

SPM Instrument UK

As a result of huge growth and a larger demand on the technical department, it became difficult to plan efficiently and track progress of projects and incoming requests. The increased pressure this placed on the

Primary Times

Primary Times needed a CRM system and were partnered up with a company that turned out to be unhelpful. They approached Maximizer, asked for more support and put them in touch with Avrion. Read how

Belvoir

Belvoir experienced rapid growth with several software products used by various departments. It became clear that they needed a platform to pull these parts together, integrate with third-party software products and generate meaningful MI (management

The Insurance Network

The Insurance Network needed to take control of their mass marketing from an excel spreadsheet into a CRM system. Read how Avrion helped TIN get the best out of Maximizer CRM, took over the hosting

Prestige

Prestige was looking to turn their data into high value information by tracking leads, managing prospects’ expectations in order to convert more opportunities into wins. Read how CRM improved their bottom line by consolidating their

Restore Datashred

Within Datashred, the quote-to-contract set-up process had many manual and time consuming aspects to it. They soon came to the conclusion that they needed to streamline processes and integrate both their CRM and Operational systems.

Restore plc

As Restore plc grew, so did the challenge of managing disparate databases, operational systems and finance systems. Separate sales, IT and management teams in the divisions also meant data was inconsistent and CRM usage sporadic.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Business Intelligence (BI)?

BI refers to technologies and practices used to collect, integrate, and analyse business data for informed decision-making.

How can BI benefit my organisation?

It provides insights that help improve efficiency, strategy, and performance.

What data sources can you connect to BI tools?

We connect CRMs, ERPs, spreadsheets, databases, and more.

Can I visualise data in real time?

Yes, we offer dashboards and reporting tools for real-time data analysis.

Do you offer BI training?

Yes, we offer hands-on training and documentation tailored to your team.

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