Power BI Adoption for a Leading Automotive Company

Power BI Adoption for a Leading Automotive Company
Power BI Reports Delivered

55

Power BI Reports Delivered

C-Level Dashboards Built

17

C-Level Dashboards Built

Faster Filter Results

90x

Faster Filter Results

Business Areas Covered

6+

Business Areas Covered

Background The Client Challenge

Our client is an automotive company operating for over 50 years and aligning its growth strategy. Built on transparency focused business values, the company has earned a strong reputation as a reliable market partner.

One of the company's key goals was to establish an enterprise wide data driven culture. However, its reporting processes were entirely based on the built in capabilities of SAP Business Warehouse (BW), which presented serious limitations.

  • Reports displayed data in plain columns with no visual elements charts, graphs, or trend indicators
  • Limited data exploration capabilities: filtering, slicing, and dicing were difficult or unavailable
  • Business users struggled to interpret insights quickly, identify patterns, or locate specific information
  • Time consuming manual analysis slowed decision making across finance, HR, CRM, and operations

The company chose Microsoft Power BI as their modern reporting platform and partnered with Versich bringing 10+ years of Power BI expertise and a strong delivery record to lead the full implementation

Our Solution

Discovery & Requirements Gathering

Discovery & Requirements Gathering

  • Conducted detailed stakeholder interviews across all business departments
  • Audited existing SAP BW reports to document enhancement requirements for each
  • Identified required visuals, filters, drill downs, and data exploration capabilities
  • Mapped report requirements to business areas: finance, HR, CRM, service delivery, and parts distribution
  • Reviewed SQL queries used in existing reporting and assessed reusability in Power BI

Integration with SAP Business Warehouse

Integration with SAP Business Warehouse

  • Connected Power BI Desktop to SAP Business Warehouse via native API
  • Reused the majority of existing SQL queries to save development time and reduce cost
  • Customized selected queries to implement aggregations, conditional logic, and new dimensions
  • Configured scheduled daily data refresh to ensure all reports reflect up to date information

Power BI Report & Dashboard Development

Power BI Report & Dashboard Development

  • Built 55 interactive Power BI reports covering finance, HR, CRM, service delivery, and vehicle/parts distribution
  • Implemented rich filtering and dicing e.g. net revenue by customer segment, parts stock by brand and aging status
  • Each report features charts and diagrams for visual data interpretation, with up to 10 different visual types per report
  • Achieved up to 90x faster filter response times through in memory processing, caching, and an optimised query engine
  • Developed 17 executive BI dashboards for the CEO, CFO, and COO providing a 360 degree business view
  • Dashboards cover 5 years of data with drill down by business direction, vehicle type, and employee demographics
  • Applied the client's brand book colours and logo consistently across all reports and dashboards

Data Security & Access Control

Data Security & Access Control

  • Implemented role based access control (RBAC) across all reports and dashboards
  • Sensitive business and HR data protected without impacting platform performance
  • Department level permission matrix controlling data visibility by user role
  • Full audit capability supporting compliance and governance requirements

Business Impact

Modern Reporting Platform

Modern Reporting Platform

The client fully replaced its legacy SAP BW column reports with a rich, interactive Power BI environment eliminating the need for manual data interpretation and enabling self service analytics across all departments

90x Faster Insights

90x Faster Insights

Filtering results that previously required significant processing time are now reflected up to 90 times faster, thanks to in memory data processing and an optimised query engine.

C-Suite Decision Support

C-Suite Decision Support

Seven executive dashboards now give the CEO, CFO, and COO a comprehensive, real time view of financial performance, operational efficiency, and HR management with drill down from summary to granular KPI level.

Foundation for Data Driven Culture

Foundation for Data Driven Culture

With 55 reports covering all major business functions and self service capabilities for every user level, the company now has a scalable analytics foundation aligned to its enterprise wide data driven culture goals.

REVIEWS

What Clients Say About Us

5.0
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We hired Versich to rebuild our analytics stack after an internal project stalled. They came in, assessed the situation quickly, and delivered production-ready Power BI dashboards within weeks. Their DAX knowledge and data modelling skills are exceptional.

Marcus Webb

CTO
5.0
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Versich understood our finance workflows from day one. They built dashboards that connected directly to our ERP and gave our leadership team real-time visibility into cash flow, margins, and budget vs actuals. The quality of the work and the speed of delivery were both outstanding

Priya Nair

Finance Director
5.0
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Before Versich, our reporting was scattered across spreadsheets with no single source of truth. They built us a Power BI environment that connects our warehouse, finance, and sales data in one place. Our operations team now makes decisions in hours instead of days

Daniel Okonkwo

Head of Operations