Data, AI & analytics

Data analytics that decisions can actually rest on

Data analytics for Swiss companies: platforms, pipelines and reporting that decisions can rest on. The question first, then the platform.

The Starting Point

Where data analytics in the mid-market gets stuck

Almost never on missing data. Usually on data that is scattered, inconsistently defined, and unresolved from a regulatory standpoint.

The truth lives in a spreadsheet

The monthly report is assembled by hand from four systems. It's two weeks old when it arrives, and only one person can produce it.

Two reports, two numbers

Sales and finance quote different revenue for the same month. The meeting is about the data source instead of the decision.

Data sits in silos

ERP, CRM, webshop and production don't talk to each other. Every cross-system analysis becomes its own project with manual exports.

Unclear what you may analyze

Personal data is scattered across systems with no documented lineage and no deletion concept. Under revDSG and GDPR that is an open risk.

Reports nobody opens

There are dashboards, but they answer no question anyone actually asks. Decisions are still made on experience.

Planning by gut feel

Demand, capacity and failures could be forecast from the data you already have — but nobody has ever put the models into production.

What We Deliver

From foundation to forecast

Four focus areas that build on each other. Applied generative AI and agents are deliberately not here — you'll find them under AI Solutions.

Data platform & engineering

The foundation without which every analysis stays an opinion. We bring the data from ERP, CRM and line-of-business systems together in one place — with documented lineage, so every figure can be traced back to its source.

  • Data warehouse, data lake or lakehouse — chosen by volume and usage
  • ETL/ELT pipelines with Airflow and dbt, versioned and monitored
  • Connectors for SAP, Abacus, Microsoft Dynamics and industry systems
  • Data quality checks with alerting before wrong numbers reach a report
  • Runs in Swiss or EU regions, with documented data lineage

Snowflake · BigQuery · Databricks · Airflow · dbt · Kafka · PostgreSQL

Business intelligence & reporting

Reports that prepare a decision instead of displaying a number. We start from the questions your leadership actually asks and build the dashboard backwards from them — not forwards from whatever the tool offers.

  • Management dashboards with defined, agreed KPIs
  • Operational reports for sales, production, logistics and finance
  • Self-service analytics on a semantic model that pins definitions down
  • An automated month-end close instead of manual assembly
  • Role-based views so each level sees only its own data

Power BI · Looker · Tableau · Metabase · dbt Semantic Layer

Predictive analytics & machine learning

Classic and predictive models on your structured data — forecasting, anomaly detection, classification. Deliberately the proven part of the discipline: measurable, explainable, and therefore auditable.

  • Demand and sales forecasting on commercial and production data
  • Anomaly detection for quality, fraud and asset condition
  • Churn and classification models with explainable features
  • MLOps: deployment, drift monitoring and retraining
  • An upfront check whether your data can carry a model at all

Python · scikit-learn · MLflow · Feature Store · Airflow

Data strategy & governance

Who may use which data, for what — and for how long. Under revDSG and GDPR, that question decides what you may analyze at all. We answer it before the platform is built, not after.

  • Data maturity assessment with a prioritized action list
  • Data catalog, ownership and naming conventions
  • Deletion concept, retention periods and test data anonymization
  • Processing records and evidence under revDSG and GDPR
  • AI readiness: which use cases your data actually supports today

Data Catalog · Collibra · OpenMetadata · dbt docs · Great Expectations

Our Approach

The question first, then the platform

Data projects rarely fail on the technology. They fail when the end result is a dashboard that answers no question anyone actually asks. So we start from the decision.

First use case in 8–12 weeksGovernance from phase 1Swiss & EU data residencyDocumented lineagerevDSG & GDPR
01

Questions before data

We start from the decisions you want to make better — not from an inventory of your systems. That determines which data is needed at all.

02

Sources & Governance

Connecting the source systems and settling lineage, ownership and retention. The revDSG and GDPR frame is set here, not checked at the end.

03

Build & Integrate

Building pipelines, defining KPIs, and delivering the results where decisions happen — in the dashboard, in the business system, or as an API.

04

Secure Adoption

A dashboard nobody uses is not a delivery. We train the business units, measure usage, and adjust what doesn't hold up in practice.

Outcomes

What changes for you

Four things that are different once the data foundation is clean — in the meeting, in the close, and in planning.

One number, one definition

KPIs are defined once and computed the same way everywhere. The meeting is about the decision again — not about whose analysis is right.

Current instead of two weeks old

The monthly report builds itself instead of being assembled by hand. What used to be days of manual work is ready on the morning of the first working day.

Analyzable and compliant

Documented lineage, a deletion concept and access logs. You can prove which data is used for what — to customers, auditors and regulators.

Planning based on data

Forecasting models for demand, capacity and failures run in production and are monitored — not as a one-off analysis that goes stale in three months.

Start small, don't think small

One use case, eight to twelve weeks

We'll cut the first case together — one data source, one business unit, one decision. The value starts before the platform is complete.

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Proof

Data work from European engagements

Two projects where scattered sources became a foundation you can analyze.

Your Safeguards

Privacy is not a side constraint here

In data work, governance decides what you may analyze at all. That's why it sits at the start, not in the acceptance review.

Data stays where you set it

Platform and analytics run in Swiss or EU regions. For particularly sensitive holdings, operation inside your own environment is possible too.

revDSG and GDPR from the start

Processing records, a deletion concept and test data anonymization are part of the delivery — not a later expansion phase.

Every figure traceable

Documented lineage from KPI back to source system. When a number is disputed, the derivation is verifiable instead of a matter of interpretation.

Your platform, not a black box

Open formats, versioned transformation logic in your repository. No model and no pipeline that only we can operate.

Technology

Platforms, pipelines & tools

We're tied to no platform vendor. If your team already works with a tool, that is usually the right tool.

Snowflake BigQuery Databricks PostgreSQL Airflow dbt Kafka Power BI Looker Tableau Python scikit-learn MLflow
FAQ

Common questions about data analytics

The points that come up in every procurement process — answered up front.

How is data analytics different from your AI Solutions?

A clear boundary: this pillar covers the data foundation — data platform, pipelines, business intelligence, governance and classic predictive models on structured data. Applied generative AI, agents and LLM applications sit under AI Solutions. In practice the sequence is almost always: foundation first, then the generative use cases.

Does our data need to be cleaned up first?

No. Assessing data quality is part of the first phase — and in most projects it's the very reason for the engagement. We capture the current state, name the gaps, and factor them into a realistic plan rather than handing them back to you as a prerequisite.

Where is the data stored and processed?

In Swiss or EU regions, at your direction; for particularly sensitive holdings, also inside your own environment. Data processing is governed under revDSG and GDPR and access is logged. Where FINMA requirements apply, we align the controls accordingly.

We already have Power BI. Do you start from scratch?

No. If the reporting tool is in place and used, the problem usually sits one level deeper — data quality, inconsistent KPI definitions, or manual steps in between. We start there and keep the tool your people can already operate.

How long until the first usable result?

We deliberately cut the work to a first use case that is typically usable in production after 8–12 weeks — one data source, one business unit, one decision. The full platform grows from there, but the value doesn't wait for the end.

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