Business analytics software: Use data. Improve decisions.
Adrian Liebetrau @ August 6, 2025- A clear view of complex data
- Customized solutions instead of standard dashboards
- What is a BI system?
- Business intelligence vs. business analytics: the difference
- Functions of business analytics software
- The benefits of business analytics software - specifically for your company
- Popular business analytics tools
- Typical fields of application
- Your path to a customized analytics solution
Consulting meets technology: How to get more out of your data.
Many companies invest in BI tools without really benefiting from them. Why? Because standard solutions rarely fit their own system landscape, processes or team.
With customized business analytics software, you can finally gain an overview: automated, reliable and exactly where decisions are made.
At Partake, we combine consulting experience with technological expertise. This results in solutions that really work.
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A clear view of complex data
Business analytics software finally gives you an overview: You can see what really counts, recognize deviations at an early stage and take targeted countermeasures. And in real time and across all departments.
Customized solutions instead of standard dashboards
Partake Consulting develops customized analytics applications tailored to your processes, systems and teams. This not only turns data into more efficient processes, but also into new ideas, products and business areas that sustainably drive your company's growth.
What is a BI system?
A business intelligence (BI) system is a technical solution for collecting, processing and visualizing company data. It combines various data sources and presents relevant key figures in a user-friendly way, for example in the form of dashboards or interactive reports.
A BI system brings structure to your data landscape. Instead of fragmented spreadsheets, you get a central, reliable database. This is updated automatically and is accessible to everyone. Reports, key figures and analyses are available where they are needed: in controlling, IT or management.
The result: less coordination effort, more overview, faster clarity. You recognize deviations at an early stage, evaluate developments in a targeted manner and gain time for what really counts - the further development and growth of your company.
Business intelligence vs. business analytics: the difference
While business intelligence focuses on the past and present, for example to analyze actual figures, business analytics goes one step further. The focus is on forward-looking analyses.
Statistical methods and machine learning can be used to calculate scenarios, create forecasts and simulate operational and strategic decisions.
In short:
BI: What happened and why?
BA: What will happen and how can we react to it?
Functions of business analytics software
Data integration: Connection of various sources such as ERP, CRM or Excel
Data modeling: Linking and cleansing of data
Visualization: Dashboards, diagrams, KPI overviews
Self-service analytics: Analyses without programming knowledge
Forecasting and scenario analysis: Future-oriented planning and simulation
Mobile Reporting: Access to reports at any time and from any location
The benefits of business analytics software - specifically for your company
Transparency instead of guesswork:
Maintain an overview of budgets, costs, margins and developments. Key figures are available on a daily basis - at the touch of a button and without manual processing.
Efficiency through automation:
Time-consuming evaluations and manual reporting are a thing of the past. Processes run automatically and reports update themselves. This gives your teams valuable time back.
Flexibility for individual requirements:
Standard solutions often do not fit with established structures. Our analytics solutions are based on your processes, authorization concepts and data models - not the other way around.
More clarity, less gut feeling:
Decisions are no longer based on estimates or isolated partial views, but on consistent, networked data directly from your system.
Cross-departmental collaboration:
Everyone works on the same database: IT, controlling, sales and management. This creates trust, reduces duplicate entries and promotes efficient collaboration.
Popular business analytics tools
Power BI - widely used, intuitive, ideal for Microsoft environments
Tableau - particularly strong in data visualization
SAP Analytics Cloud - Suitable for SAP-related infrastructures
nedyx - Low-code extension for planning, collaboration and automation
Typical fields of application
Controlling and Finance: Automated reports, forecasts, scenario analyses
Sales and marketing: Target group segmentation, campaign evaluation
supply chain: Early risk identification, transparent supply chains
Management and strategy: KPI dashboards, interactive cockpits
Your path to a customized analytics solution
Would you like to further develop your existing reporting landscape or set up a new business intelligence strategy? Then Partake Consulting is the right partner for you.
Together we define requirements, integrate your systems and develop a solution that suits you - modular, scalable and future-proof.
Let's talk about your goals and how you can achieve tangible progress with intelligent data analysis.
Adrian LiebetrauAdrian Liebetrau completed his training as an IT clerk after graduating from high school. He studied business informatics with a focus on IT consulting at the University of Applied Sciences in Mettmann until 2014. The author has been working as a consultant since 2011 and supports companies in the implementation of reporting and planning systems.