Discover how a medical manufacturing client eliminated manual data processes and subsequent errors with Microsoft Power BI.
One JourneyTEAM client is a medical manufacturer that distributes and repairs hospital imaging devices for healthcare companies all over the world, needed a more organized way to visualize large amounts of data. Additionally, they needed a way to automate their manual reporting processes to save time and limit human error. The company utilized Power BI to effectively organize data, enabling users to make smarter business decisions
This manufacturer services thousands of customers in over 74 countries worldwide. Because they have such a wide distribution with disparate systems sending and receiving data, they needed a way to unite their data in one location. Additionally, they needed a way to efficiently keep track of data points such as field service tech information, inventory, finance and accounting data, and more.
Employees were also struggling with time-consuming, manual data inputting process. Each month, employees had to manually update reports which took as long as several days to accomplish. Evaluating and organizing this data manually also resulted in data errors or overlooked insights. Because the data gathering process directly affected more than 300 employees, they desperately needed to simplify and automate data processes in order to save time and resources.
Implementing Power BI as a Data Management Tool
To help this medical manufacturer create an automated data process, JourneyTEAM developers implemented Power BI. Together, they customized the solution to fit their custom and highly specific needs.
Power BI effectively houses large amounts of data coming from multiple sources in a centralized, easy-to-access location. This allowed these manufacturing executives to analyze various data sets, including job location, dates, and product information of medical devices being shipped out. Power BI additionally tracks the company’s many contracts and service level agreements with their various customers, enabling them to easily find customer information when needed. Additionally, they can now track their field service representatives while they’re in the field.
By implementing Power BI to gather and organize data automatically, their employees no longer have to manually gather, update, and report on data. This saves employees from performing mundane tasks and allows admins to more effectively allocate resources. With users visualizing data in Power BI, users are able to uncover actionable insights and create detailed reports for company executives to track products and growth. With Power BI in place, all company data is easily accessible in a single location, and refreshed automatically every 24 hours.
Improve Data Management with JourneyTEAM
Businesses looking to better manage and visualize data can do so with Power BI. The solution is a powerful data reporting tool designed to help businesses of any industry scale and keep up with desired growth.
For more information on how better manage and visualize data with Power BI, contact a JourneyTEAM representative.
