Question 1

How do you handle multi-plant analytics?

Accepted Answer

Conformed silver-layer tables that hide source-system differences across plants, plus a metric layer that produces the same KPI definitions across every plant. Roll-up logic owned by a central team; local plant context preserved in dimension attributes.

Question 2

Can you work with SAP and Oracle ERP data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We have shipped Power BI and Tableau workloads on SAP S/4HANA, ECC, JDE, and Oracle EBS extracts. The data plumbing is consistent; the conformance and metric-definition work is the bigger gating constraint.

Question 3

What does a typical manufacturing BI engagement look like?

Accepted Answer

4-week current-state assessment, then a phased 16-to-24-week build covering 4-8 priority dashboards. Most engagements land at $200,000 to $500,000 for phase one. Senior-led delivery.

Question 4

Do you use Tableau, Power BI, or both?

Accepted Answer

Both. We are Tableau-certified and Power BI-certified, and we work with whichever tool the client already has invested in. For greenfield builds we discuss the choice on the merits; most decisions come down to existing tool investment and team skills.

Question 5

How is this different from a typical BI consulting firm?

Accepted Answer

Senior-led delivery (no junior consultants two years out of college on the SOW), fixed-price engagements (no hourly billing), and a metric-layer-first methodology that focuses on what your leadership team needs to trust the numbers.