We cannot trust the numbers
Two teams report the same metric and get different answers, and no report settles it.
What is actually going on
The disagreement is upstream of the report. Both sides are computing a defensible figure from different rules, different grain, or different source systems, so building another dashboard adds a third version rather than resolving the first two. What settles it is one written definition per business concept, with an owner, enforced where the queries run.
Who usually owns this
CFO, Analytics director, CDO
How people describe it
- "why do sales and finance report different revenue"
- "standardize KPI definitions across departments"
- "remove duplicate customer records across systems"
What resolves it
- Semantic Layer Engineering Consulting. We build and certify the semantic layer that defines your metrics once so every tool and AI agent computes them the same way. Warehouse-native and governed.
- Master Data Management Consulting. Master data management consulting: identity resolution, golden records, survivorship, and stewardship. One trusted record of every customer, product, and supplier.
- Data Governance Consulting Services. Data governance consulting for metric certification, data catalog rollout, ownership models, lineage, and AI ready compliance. Senior led, fixed scope.
- Data Cleaning and Preparation Services. Profiling, deduplication, standardization and validation for the data your analytics and AI depend on, with rules that keep it clean after we leave.
- SAP Data Quality & Governance. SAP data quality and master data governance: deduplication, cleansing, and governance for customers, vendors, materials, and finance data, so your S/4HANA move starts clean.
Proof
Getting it approved
Other problems
What is actually going on
Who usually owns this
How people describe it
What resolves it
Getting it approved
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