Retail: Wickes Supplier Portal Transformation
Data Analytics Services & Consulting
Enhance your organisational performance with our proven data analytics consulting services. We help you unlock your competitive edge by turning raw data into actionable insights that drive growth and efficiency.
By streamlining operations through data-driven insights, customers have seen a reduction in operational costs by 15%
Empower Your Business with Data Analytics
Data analytics is the process of examining raw data to find trends and answer questions. The goal is to extract meaningful value that allows your organisation to make informed, strategic business decisions. By harnessing the data you generate, you can move beyond guesswork and gain a clear view of your operations.
Effective data analysis allows you to sift through large, complex datasets to:
- Discover hidden patterns
- Unearth unseen trends
- Find important correlations
- Gather valuable business insights
- Create a solid basis for future predictions
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Real-World Data Analytics Impact: Challenges, Solutions, and Results
Our expertise is demonstrated through real-world projects across sectors, helping organisations tackle major challenges with tailored data analytics solutions.
Challenge: Wickes' legacy supplier systems provided raw sales and stock data but offered limited insight, slow reporting, and little flexibility for suppliers who needed to respond quickly to rapidly shifting retail demand
Solution: Catalyst BI redesigned and modernised the supplier portal using Coeus BI powered by Qlik, delivering daily refreshed dashboards accessible to all suppliers. These dashboards offered real-time visibility into sales, stock, invoice status, and regional performance.
Result: Suppliers achieved a 137% sales uplift week-on-week immediately after go-live. Enhanced inventory planning, rapid problem-solving, and transparent performance tracking all contributed to stronger supplier collaboration and dynamic, data-led operations.
Boosting Sales and Reducing Waste at Greencore
Challenge: Greencore, a major food supplier to M&S, relied on manual Excel reports, meaning delayed reaction to underperforming products and an inability to minimise waste or replenish stock quickly across the nationwide network of retailers.
Solution: Deployment of Qlik enabled real-time, self-service access to product sales, availability, and wastage data. Sales and financial dashboards were integrated, providing both commercial and supply chain teams with actionable insight.
Result: Wraps’ daily availability rose from 68% to 88%, food waste dropped by 3%, and sales revenue increased by 20%. Teams now act on insight instantly, minimising lost sales and improving efficiency store-wide.
Healthcare: Transforming Patient Flow at NHS Tayside
Challenge: NHS Tayside lacked live visibility into patient flow and hospital capacity, leading to delayed discharges, bottlenecks, and increased administrative burden, particularly during periods of high demand.
Solution: Catalyst BI partnered to implement the Command Centre, an integrated analytics hub using Qlik. This provided a 360-degree, real-time view of patient admissions, bed usage, and bottlenecks across all hospitals in the region, with predictive modelling for demand and discharge.
Result: The Command Centre enabled more evidence-based decisions, freed up significant analyst and clinician time, and supported a reduction in delays and administrative workload. Staff gained confidence and control to plan proactively, improving both patient care and operational resilience.
Public Sector: Safeguarding Youth in Hillingdon
Challenge: Hillingdon Youth Offending Service and partners struggled to identify young people at risk of exploitation due to fragmented, manual data processes. Time-intensive spreadsheets made it difficult to gain timely insight or provide effective interventions.
Solution: Working with Catalyst BI, Hillingdon implemented Qlik dashboards to automate and centralise data from multiple agencies. This provided daily visualisations of risk, enabling more effective collaboration between youth services, police, health, and community partners.
Result: The team saved 4 hours per day, cutting data consolidation time in half and gained immediate visibility into trends and hotspots. This empowered rapid, targeted interventions, stronger safeguarding, and better partnership working across the borough.
Key Benefits of Data Analytics Consultancy
Partnering with Catalyst for your data analytics provides distinct advantages that can transform your business. We help you leverage your data to achieve measurable improvements.Book a Data Strategy Workshop
Don’t wait for challenges to escalate. Book a Data Strategy Workshop to identify opportunities and tailor solutions to your unique needs.Why Choose Catalyst as Your Data Analytics Consultant?
Catalyst-BI has a long history of helping organisations integrate and scale their business analytics and automation efforts. We combine years of technology and industry expertise with advanced ways of working to offer a flexible and tailored service.
Our approach is built on a collaborative, three-step process to ensure we deliver a roadmap that elevates your business performance.
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Discover
We start by understanding your unique business needs. We look at how to extract, transform, and load (ETL/ELT) data from any source system. From there, we design a relevant data analysis solution that delivers real-time actions and boosts decision-making through a combination of reporting, analytics, and machine learning.
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Deliver
To help accelerate your projects, our Consultancy and Development service is there when you need it. Our expert consultants are always on hand to assist with anything from swiftly developing applications to increasing capacity in your team. They are ready to take the lead and deliver results.
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Support
For peace of mind and confidence, our expert team provides help and support every step of the way. With the Catalyst BI support desk, you’ll have access to experienced consultants for a quick and efficient resolution to any challenges you encounter.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the main industries your support for Data Analytics Services?
Data analytics is transforming many industries. Some of the primary sectors using data analytics consultancy to improve decision-making and gain a competitive advantage include Finance, Healthcare, Retail, Public Sector, Manufacturing, and Government.
What is the difference between a data consultant and a data analyst?
While their roles overlap, a data consultant typically takes a broader, strategic view of an organisation's data strategy. A data analyst is often more focused on the technical analysis of data. Catalyst-BI is a data analytics consultancy with the expertise to offer support in both areas.
Do Data Analytics Services have high ROI?
Yes, investing in data analytics can yield a high return on investment (ROI). Success depends on several factors, including the quality of your data, the value of the use cases, and how effectively your organisation uses the insights generated. With experienced consultants like Catalyst-BI, you can align these factors to enhance decision-making, increase efficiency, and drive revenue growth.
Have a Question About Data Analytics Services?
Our team of experts is on-hand to answer any questions you might have about data analysis and business intelligence.