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Data is spread across different systems
Sales, finance, marketing, customer and operations data all come from different parts of the business. Analyzing data across that many systems is tedious work.
Gain insight from your business data, without a large analytics team.
Data Analytics Services for Small Business
KEPLER Advanced Analytics helps small businesses turn the information their daily activities generate into business insight that supports their decisions. We connect, analyze and put your existing data to use for you. You don't have to build an in-house analytics team to do it.
The problem
When business data becomes difficult to manage
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Reporting takes too much time
Sorting through spreadsheets by hand to analyze data and build reports eats up time and resources. That leaves little time to actually analyze the data, draw conclusions and make decisions.
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Business decisions rely on limited visibility
Without regular, reliable analysis, it's hard to know which products are performing well, where customers come from and where costs are rising. Your next growth opportunity is harder to spot, too. More data doesn't mean better decisions on its own. It has to be organized and made useful first.
What we do
Analytics support built around your business
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Turn your existing data into useful information: We work with the information you already have. It doesn't need to be moved into a complex analytics environment. We connect your data to the relevant business information, then clean and structure it so it can be analyzed and used for the reports you need.
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Get analytics capability without building it all internally: You get analytics, business intelligence and advanced analytical skills when your business functions need them. That support can be a one-off project or ongoing reporting and analysis. We can also work alongside you and your team when needed.
What you get
What you receive
Our procurement analytics company delivers a complete package of procurement analytics services and deliverables:
Business data analysis
We analyze your sales, customer, finance, operations and other business data to show how the business is performing, where the trends are and what can be improved.
Business intelligence & dashboards
Practical BI dashboards that lay out your important business metrics, KPIs, trends and exceptions in a structured way, so they can support your decisions.
Data preparation & integration
We clean, reorganize and combine your data, whether it sits in spreadsheets, databases or business applications.
Automated analytics reporting
We automate repeat reporting tasks so the right people get updated reports when they need them.
Predictive analytics
Forecasting and predictive models to help you plan, anticipate what's ahead and understand future risk.
Data science support
Data science for the cases where normal reporting and analysis can't answer a business question.
Data analytics for small business decisions
Small business owners and their teams face a lot of different questions. Data analysis can help answer them.
Depending on your business, that may mean understanding:
- Which products or services generate the most revenue?
- Which customers are most valuable?
- Where are sales increasing or declining?
- Which marketing activities are generating results?
- What are the major drivers of costs?
- Where are operational problems affecting performance?
- What does current demand suggest about future sales?
- Which areas require management attention?
Our data analysis services for small business are there to give owners and teams meaningful answers to questions like these.
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A focused, low-risk first step
We usually start with one specific requirement:
- A management dashboard that needs to be built
- A reporting process that takes too much manual effort
- Sales or customer data that needs analysis
- A financial or profitability reporting requirement
- A data preparation or integration problem
- A forecasting requirement
- A business question that existing reports cannot answer
That's where the work begins. From there, your analytics capability can grow with the business.
Analytics for small business functions
Sales & Marketing
Help sales and marketing see what drives growth by analyzing sales performance, customer behavior and campaign results.
Finance & Performance
Support for financial reporting, profitability analysis, KPI monitoring, forecasting and management reporting.
Customer Analytics
Analysis of customer behavior, retention, segmentation, service performance and customer value.
Operations
Analysis of operational performance, such as productivity, along with current and historical demand patterns.
Supply Chain & Procurement
Analysis of inventory, purchasing, suppliers and spend to understand those parts of the business better.
People & Workforce
Analysis of workforce data, such as employee trends and productivity.
Analytics that grows with your business
Start with what you need today. Build from there.
For a small business, putting money into large analytics infrastructure before there's a clear business need can cost too much and add complexity you don't need. We do it differently. We begin with your current data, systems and business challenges. When your requirements change, your analytics capability changes with them.
Dashboards and reporting
Clear presentation of the metrics that matter to the business.
Data analysis
Analysis of business performance, customers, sales, finance and operations.
Automated reporting
Less repetitive manual work, and more consistent reports
Forecasting
Forward-looking analysis for planning and resource decisions.
Advanced analytics
More advanced statistical or predictive analysis, where the business need justifies it.
How we work
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Understand
First, we look at the business question, how reporting works today, the relevant data and the results you want.
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Connect
We identify the relevant data sources and connect information from your spreadsheets, databases and business applications.
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Engineer
We clean up and restructure the data so it can be analyzed and reported on.
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Analyze
We analyze the data, build the dashboards and reports, and turn the findings into answers to your business question.
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Improve
Your needs will keep developing. We improve, automate and expand the support to match.
Outcome
More visibility. Less manual reporting.
Data analytics for small business isn't about adding another layer of technology. It's about seeing more of what's going on in your business and spending less time on manual reporting. With the right analytics support, you can:
- Spend less time preparing and reconciling reports
- Get clearer visibility into business performance
- Identify trends and problems earlier
- Make better use of existing business data
- Access specialist analytics skills when required
- Scale analytics capability as the business grows
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ReportingSimplified
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FAQ
Common questions
What are data analytics services for small business?
Data analytics services, also called data analytics consulting, for small business means analyzing a small organization's business data. That covers reporting, dashboards, business intelligence, predictive analytics and similar work.
Why does a small business need data analytics?
It helps a small business understand its sales, customers, costs and operations. It also cuts down manual reporting and gives you better information for planning and decisions.
What is data analytics for small business?
Analyzing business data of all types, from all of a small business's systems, to find patterns that help with business decisions.
What is data analysis for small business?
Examining the information a small business already has to answer specific questions.
Can KEPLER work with our existing systems?
Yes. We work with the data sources you use now, including spreadsheets, databases, ERP and CRM systems, reporting tools and other business applications.
Does a small business need a dedicated data analytics team?
No. We provide the data analytics consulting your small business needs, without the overhead of building a full internal team.
Can we start with one analytics project?
Yes. We generally start with one project, such as a dashboard, a reporting process for customer or sales analysis, or a forecasting process.
What types of dashboards can you provide?
They can cover sales, marketing, finance, customers, operations and procurement. What shapes each one is your company's most important KPIs and the decisions you make with them.
Can you automate our reporting?
Yes. Depending on the data and systems available, our data analytics services can include automating data preparation, reporting and other analytics processes.
Do your data analytics services include predictive analytics?
Yes. We use predictive analytics for small business in areas such as demand forecasting, sales forecasting and risk prediction, wherever there's data to support the analysis.
Can you provide business intelligence consulting for small business?
Yes. Our Business Intelligence & Power BI services for small business can include data integration, defining your KPIs, and a range of reports and dashboards that make business information easy to get to.
Can analytics support grow as our business grows?
Yes. It doesn't have to be a big project. Start with a focused project that supports your main decisions, and it can develop further as the business collects more data.
Make better use of the data your business already has
Your business already produces data through sales, customers, finance, marketing and operations. The next step is making that information useful. KEPLER Advanced Analytics provides data analytics services for small business that turn your business data into useful information for reporting and decision-making.
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