Elevating business through strategic data integration to:
Unlock the Full Potential of Your Data: Drive Innovation and Enhance Decision-Making.
Transform Your Business Landscape: Leverage Data for Unmatched Competitive Advantage.
Achieve Operational Excellence: Streamline Processes and Boost Efficiency.
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A comprehensive data strategy serves as the cornerstone in establishing a blueprint and guiding vision where data takes centre stage in an organisation's operations. The Beyond approach facilitates the creation of a compelling business case for data investment, complemented by a pragmatic, executable action plan to deliver value. By adopting a shared, strategic vision of data, your business can drive internal collaboration, helping to make the practical application of data a reality and at the forefront of your transformation and growth objectives.
Beyond specialise in crafting pragmatic and commercially-driven data strategies that orchestrate the optimal use of current and future data resources and your technology, enabling faster and more informed business decision-making and advancing your strategic objectives.
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Our strategies consider the entirety of your business's data assets to uncover insights that significantly inform decision-making and goal development. Armed with these insights, clients are able to enhance internal operations, fuel their customer engagement, and uncover new growth avenues, truly leveraging data as a transformative business asset.
WHY CHOOSE BEYONDS DATA STRATEGY SERVICE?
Tailored Solutions for your Business Challenge
We recognise that no two businesses are the same. Beyond delivers customised data strategies that are not just technically sound, but also closely aligned with your individual business needs and goals. This tailoring ensures that your data assets are leveraged in a way that maximises returns and fosters growth.
Multi-Disciplinary Expertise
Our team comprises seasoned experts in the fields of data analytics, business strategy, technology, and industry-specific knowledge. This cross-disciplinary approach ensures that your data strategy is holistic and considers every facet of your business, from operational efficiencies to customer experience.
Rapid Time-to-Value
Time is of the essence in today's fast-paced business environment. Our methodology is designed to expedite the time-to-value of your data strategy. We prioritise actionable insights and quick wins, all while laying down a robust foundation for long-term, sustainable advantages.
End-to-End Support
From initial consultation to strategy execution and ongoing management, Beyond offers a full suite of services to ensure the successful implementation of your data strategy. Our support includes monitoring, refinement, and periodic reassessments to ensure that the strategy remains aligned with your business objectives.
Proven Track Record
Our successful engagements across a range of industries speak for themselves. We have assisted numerous organisations in transforming their data into a strategic asset, resulting in measurable gains in efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
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VERSATILE STRATEGIC DATA STRATEGY APPROACHES
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Depending on your business situation and needs, we implement one of two strategic models: The Waterfall Data Strategy for comprehensive, in-depth strategic and operational planning, and the Agile Data Strategy for swift, value-centric implementations where speed to market is critical.
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Waterfall Data Strategy
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This holistic model is organized into four sequential phases focusing on:
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Organisational Alignment: Encompassing Data Leadership, Operating Model, Communication Strategies, and Talent Planning.
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Data and Tools: Including Architecture Design, Data Governance, and Data Management Processes.
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Analytics: Covering Toolset Selection, Analytical Process Development, and Analytical Routines Automation.
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Measurement and Reporting: Integrating KPI Framework Development, Executive Measurement Tools, and Visual Reporting.
This approach unveils a comprehensive strategic roadmap, spotlighting areas prime for transformative, data-driven shifts and assuring substantial growth and developmental prospects.
Discovery and Requirements Gathering
A natural extension to our Capability Assessment, we identify and get to understand our client’s current business objectives, challenges and the key data use cases for the business.
This is the start of the collaboration journey and establishes the art of the possible within data science and analytics.
Vision Setting
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What does success look like to you?
By effectively engaging with our clients’ key stakeholders, we collaboratively identify the overall vision, objectives and success factors for the data and insights strategy.
Critically this aligns with tangible financial benefits or goals including customer and staff engagement.
Strategic Planning
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Define the business case for data investment and all the business areas for quick wins to be implemented.
This will drive support and momentum for the data strategy and areas where value can be quickly generated are agreed.
Capability Building
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Longer term requirements are defined and set out in a 6 month or up to 1-2 year roadmap, which remains aligned with the company’s strategic objectives/quick wins.
It acknowledges the requirements for future adaptations and change management procedures as the strategy is implemented and evolves, while considering 4 key pillars.
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A Data Strategy will often uncover commercial opportunities that go beyond the core operations for your existing business and will highlight opportunities for your business to Monetise your Data to your suppliers and wider network. At Beyond we have worked with a number or global organisations to help them develop new revenue streams and competitive differentiation from their data. Our Featured Insights offer more perspectives on the Challenges To Get Value From Your Data and Exploiting Data in Economic Uncertainty. Alternatively review some of our Case Studies​ to see how we have been putting data to work.
Agile Data Strategy
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Our Agile approach, ideal for clients seeking swift transformations, concentrates on delivering quick, value-driven wins through:
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Data Review: Providing a comprehensive assessment of the quality and availability of data assets.
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As-Is Analysis: Establishing the prevailing states of data utilisation and analytical perceptions, alongside a comprehensive gap analysis.
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Opportunity Identification: Pinpointing immediate, value-creating strategic opportunities with current data.
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Quick Win Implementation: Demonstrating the immediate benefits of a data strategy, catalysing rapid, data-driven organisational transformations.
