Business Intelligence Consulting Services
We build custom dashboards, automated reporting, and data models that turn your raw business data into decisions your leadership team can act on. First dashboard delivered in 30 days.
How it works
Real Business Intelligence Consulting
Discovery & Requirements
Our business intelligence consultants meet with your team to define your current data environment, reporting needs, and the business decisions your dashboards need to support.
Initial Development
We deliver your first business intelligence dashboard within 30 days. We connect directly to your data sources and build around your actual KPIs from day one.
Iterate & Management
Our fractional analytics managers set up your BI environment, build additional dashboards, and iterate until every report drives real decisions.
Business Intelligence Consulting Services That Drive Real Decisions
Business intelligence consulting bridges the gap between the data your organization collects and the decisions your leadership team needs to make. At Brewster Consulting Group, our business intelligence consulting services help organizations move beyond manual reporting and disconnected spreadsheets into scalable, automated BI environments.
We build custom dashboards, automated data workflows, and executive reporting systems that connect directly to your source systems and refresh automatically. Our business intelligence consultants embed into your team as fractional analytics managers, meaning we do not hand off a dashboard and disappear. We manage, iterate, and expand your BI environment as your business grows.
What you get with our Business Intelligence (BI) Consulting Services:
- Custom dashboards and reports built around your actual KPIs
- Automated data workflows that eliminate manual reporting
- Fractional analytics managers embedded in your team
- Scalable BI environments built for long-term growth
- Insights that improve profitability, efficiency, and decision-making
Case Studies
"The entire team at Brewster was efficient, forward-thinking, and adaptable to every pivot we made on our project. Their expertise allowed us to think in different ways and expand the end result of the project, leading to a more-than satisfactory result for our executive team."
Manager of Training & Sustainability
"It is rare that you call a random consulting company off the internet and get what you think you're going to get, but kudos to [Brewster Consulting]. You have exceeded our expectations."
Director of Operations
"Our organization was so thankful to have the opportunity to work with Brewster Consulting Group. They've transformed the way we present data to our clients in a way that sets us apart from competitors. Bringing numerous datasets together from many applications in a way that's digestible and tells a story isn't easy. They made this possible through their depth and breadth of knowledge in this space."
Senior Director, Support Center
Sample Dashboards
Financials
Example Business Intelligence Consulting Dashboard Depicting Key Financial Metrics
Health & Safety
A Health & Safety Scorecard Presented in a BI Platform built with Business Intelligence Consulting
Manufacturing Waste
A Manufacturing Waste Dashboard Demonstrating Waste Data and Tracking OEE built with Business Intelligence Consulting
Frequently Asked Questions About Business Intelligence Consulting Services
At Brewster Consulting Group, we’re often asked about business intelligence consulting services and how they impact growth. From creating reports to automating data pipelines, our goal is to make BI simple, actionable, and valuable. These FAQs explain how leveraging data can streamline operations and improve performance.
What is Business Intelligence?
Business Intelligence (BI) is the practice of using data to make smarter business decisions. It involves collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data so leaders can identify trends, measure performance, and improve operations.
A business intelligence consultant helps organizations:
- Design and implement BI strategies
- Build dashboards and reports aligned to business goals
- Automate data processes to save time
- Translate raw data into actionable insights
In short, BI gives decision-makers the clarity they need to boost efficiency, profitability, and growth.
What does a business intelligence consulting engagement actually look like?
A business intelligence consulting engagement starts with understanding how your business makes decisions and where the data gaps are. From there, the work typically involves connecting your existing data sources, building a data model, and delivering dashboards your leadership team can actually use. At Brewster Consulting Group, engagements are scoped upfront, run on a defined sprint cycle, and end with full documentation and a clean handoff. You own everything when we're done.
How long does it take to get dashboards built and running?
Most business intelligence consulting projects are fully delivered within 60 to 90 days. Simpler builds with one or two data sources can be done in 30 to 45 days. Complexity, data quality, and the number of business units involved are the main variables. We scope timeline before any engagement begins so there are no surprises.
What does business intelligence consulting cost?
Project-based business intelligence consulting typically ranges from $6,000 to $60,000 depending on the number of data sources, dashboards, and complexity of the underlying data model. Ongoing fractional BI support runs $3,000 to $10,000 per month. We provide proposals after a discovery call, so you know the full investment before committing to anything.
We already have a BI tool -- do we still need a consultant?
Having Power BI, Tableau, or another BI tool in place does not mean your data infrastructure is working. Most companies we work with already have a tool. The problem is usually a missing or broken data model underneath it, dashboards that nobody trusts, or reports that take hours to refresh manually. A business intelligence consultant solves the structural problems your tool cannot fix on its own.
What is the difference between hiring a BI consultant versus a full-time analyst?
A full-time analyst costs $70,000 to $110,000 per year in salary alone, takes three to six months to hire, and needs ramp time before delivering anything. A business intelligence consulting firm brings a full team, proven methodology, and domain experience across multiple industries from day one. For companies that need results faster than a hiring cycle allows, or that do not have enough ongoing work to justify a full-time hire, consulting is the more efficient path.
What data sources and tools do you work with?
We are tool agnostic. Our team has deep experience in Power BI, SQL Server, Snowflake, dbt, Azure, and Alteryx, but we work in whatever environment makes sense for your business. We connect to ERP systems, CRMs, accounting platforms, and industry-specific software. Our engagements are built inside your existing tenant. You retain full ownership and access to everything we build.
How do we know if we are ready for a business intelligence consulting engagement?
If your team is making decisions from Excel exports, manually reconciling reports from multiple systems, or waiting days for answers that should take minutes, you are ready. You do not need a clean data environment or a technical team in place. That is what business intelligence consulting services are for. The starting point is a 30-minute discovery call where we assess what you have and what it would take to get where you need to be.
What should we expect in the first 30 days?
In the first 30 days of a business intelligence consulting engagement, we complete a full discovery of your data sources, document your current reporting environment, align on the priority dashboards and KPIs, and begin building the underlying data model. Most clients have working prototypes by the end of week four. We run on a sprint cycle, so progress is visible and measurable from the start.
