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One source of truth. Live, in the room where decisions get made.

This is the build behind the dashboards: sources connected at the origin, KPI math written down once, a page for every management question, and what-if controls leadership can drive live. Scroll to watch it come together on an illustrative company.

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01 / 10 — Your situation

Three versions of the truth, and a meeting that argues.

The spreadsheet says 38%, the accountant's PDF says 41%, the gut says “we're fine.” Until everyone reads the same number, every meeting starts with an argument instead of a decision.

Power BI command center
02 / 10 — Connect the sources

Connected at the source — not re-keyed.

QuickBooks, payroll, billing, and ops exports flow in through a documented Power Query pipeline: de-duped, mapped, normalized. Actuals tie to the source reports to the dollar.

A documented data pipeline you own
03 / 10 — Define the math

The math, agreed once — argued never.

Gross margin, utilization, runway — every KPI gets one written definition, signed off before page one is built. No two meetings argue the math again.

The KPI book, written down
04 / 10 — Page per question

Every page answers one management question.

Where did cash go? Who's profitable? Can we afford it? Eight pages, each built around a question you actually ask — not a data dump with forty filters.

A command center, not a report
05 / 10 — Drill to the cause

Two clicks from “something's off” to “there it is.”

Company to branch to unit to month. The margin dip becomes the north branch, becomes one crew's overtime, becomes two weeks in May. Found — in the meeting, not next week.

Drill paths: company → branch → unit → month
06 / 10 — What-if, live

The argument becomes a test.

Price, headcount, payment terms — leadership drives the sliders live in the meeting and watches the twelve-month cash line redraw. Move it, see it, decide.

What-if controls leadership can drive
07 / 10 — The refresh rhythm

A system — not somebody's Tuesday.

Scheduled refresh plus on-demand: sources pull, rules apply, pages update. If the numbers don't tie to the source, the publish stops. That's the discipline.

One-click, audited refresh
08 / 10 — The meeting changes

The same 45 minutes — spent deciding.

The pack arrives before the call. The first ten minutes stop being “whose number is right?” and become “why did it move?” — and the last ten end with a decision, an owner, and a date.

KPI pack + variance bridge, before the call
09 / 10 — Live, every morning

Thirty seconds with coffee: cash, sales, labor.

Runway as of this morning, not as of the last bookkeeping catch-up. The dashboard is the first thing you check and the thing you stop worrying about.

Live numbers, on your phone
10 / 10 — What you keep

You own the system — not a subscription to me.

The pipeline, the data model, the dashboard, and the KPI book are yours outright. If we ever part ways, the refresh still runs and the definitions still hold.

Fixed fee · yours to keep
The offering

A Power BI command center you own.

Live numbers, agreed definitions, and drill paths that end arguments — built on a pipeline you keep.

WHAT YOU GET
  • A documented, repeatable data pipeline — yours
  • The KPI book: every definition written down once
  • Page-per-question dashboard with two-click drill paths
  • What-if controls leadership can drive in the meeting
INVESTMENTFrom $2,900 — fixed fee, in writing before any build

Runs without me: scheduled refresh, sources tied to the dollar.

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