One source of truth for every job cost.
LeBouef Data Solutions rebuilds reporting that has outgrown the spreadsheet it started in. The work is done once and documented clearly, then implemented as a system your team can continue using and maintaining long after the project is complete.
| Starts withA Data Assessment. A structured review of your reporting before either side commits to a build. | from $300 |
|---|---|
| One report rebuiltA single recurring report turned into a process that runs itself. | from $1,000 |
| Dashboard buildScope depends on how many systems have to be reconciled first. | from $2,000 |
A structured session reviewing your reporting, with written next steps you keep.
By the time the number is right, the month is over.
Reporting issues rarely stem from a lack of data. More often the challenge is that the process behind the report has become fragmented and hard to trust. Producing a reliable view can take days, and results may vary depending on who prepares it. Critical information often reaches decision-makers later than it should.
- Month end
- The close starts with an export that has been used for years. It gets dropped into a workbook built around old formulas and inherited logic. The process still works, but few people fully understand how.
- The Monday meeting
- Two people bring different versions of the same number from different systems. The meeting shifts from making decisions to figuring out which figure is correct.
- Mid-job
- Committed costs can sit in purchase orders for weeks before they appear in the ledger. By the time the overrun shows up in standard reporting, the job may already be off track.
- Quarter end
- A new reporting request comes in that does not fit the existing process. Someone rebuilds the analysis by hand. The result takes time to produce and may not reconcile cleanly with prior periods.
These are rarely software problems. The data is usually already there. It is spread across systems and files that were never designed to work together.
The first meeting establishes what your reporting can and cannot answer.
A Data Assessment is a structured review of your current reporting environment. It concludes with a clear written summary of where your numbers come from and how they are produced. It also states which business questions they can reliably answer today.
What you have now
The assessment identifies which systems hold each source of data and where information is duplicated. It establishes which version the business actually relies on.
What it costs you
The assessment documents how long recurring reports take to produce and who is involved in producing them. The goal is a measurable baseline, so any future improvement can be evaluated against real effort.
What is worth fixing
Opportunities are prioritized by the value of the improvement relative to the effort required. Not every process needs rebuilding, and the assessment makes that distinction clear.
A data scientist at your fingertips.
The analysis a larger company keeps on staff, available to a business that cannot justify a full-time analyst. The person who scopes the work is the person who builds it.
| Beyond the dashboardA written answer to a real question, with the supporting data and the calculation shown so it can be checked rather than trusted. | Analysis |
|---|---|
| Numbers that disagreeSystems that report different totals are traced back to one figure the business can act on, with a rule for what to do when a new conflict appears. | Reconciled |
| Built in your toolsThe work is built in software the business already owns wherever that is possible. Nothing here is sold as a subscription. | No license |
| Available monthlySomeone who already knows your data, without a permanent hire, at a planned number of hours each month. | Ongoing |
Find out what your reporting can actually answer.
A structured session reviewing your reporting, with written next steps you keep.