Does your organisation spend hours collecting, collating and transferring data rather than having it easily accessible in one place for immediate report generation? Can you obtain up to date and comprehensive MI reports or are you burdened with information overflow? Are different departments “re-keying” similar but inconsistent data into their closed-off systems? Or worse still is the data merely held in a few individuals’ heads so it can be lost when they leave?
Good data is the lifeblood of all organisations and it is essential to have your data aligned, cleansed and in an accessible format so as to enable efficient operations, fast reporting and informed decision making.
Data management and ownership rules are an extremely important aspect of any project review and they need to be put in place on an ongoing basis.
Data comes from various sources from within the organisation - from mainsteam applications, legacy systems and from individuals. Each data item should have an owner and a “master” source. Rules can be put in place to ensure that only master source data is used everywhere and by everyone, thus eliminating any duplication or inconsistencies. All data transfers should be electronic using unique reference codes for key data items.
This work takes time to do correctly and needs to be done while business continues to function with minimum impact. Often it needs to be done in “bite size” chunks. logiCRM consultants will agree a programme with you which takes into account the needs of the business and provides steady progress towards the ultimate goal.