Data Strategy Insights
Explore practical data strategy insights for executives, operating companies, private equity firms, and leadership teams managing complex business environments. These articles will continue examine the systems, reporting processes, integrations, and data structures that shape how organizations understand performance and make decisions.
Our topics will focus on executive reporting, data architecture, business intelligence, system integration, acquisition readiness, multi-entity reporting, and the development of decision-ready data. We’ll focus on the real business issues that often sit beneath unreliable dashboards, inconsistent metrics, manual reporting processes, and disconnected platforms.
Stratiform Group shares perspectives designed to help leaders improve visibility, reduce reporting friction, and build greater confidence in the information they use to manage growth, evaluate opportunities, and respond to change.
What Is Enterprise Data Architecture, and When Does a Business Actually Need One?
Enterprise data architecture is the body of decisions that determines where data lives, which system is authoritative for each measure, how information moves between systems, and who is accountable for keeping it correct. It is a design, not a product. You cannot buy...
What a Data Architect Consultant Does, and When to Bring One In
A data architect consultant decides how information should be structured across an organization: which system holds the master copy of each record, how data should move between systems, how it should be stored and modeled, and who should be accountable for each...
Sequencing a Data Architecture Strategy Before You Choose a Platform
An enterprise data architecture strategy is what a business has to settle before it can evaluate a platform meaningfully: which decisions the data exists to support, which system owns each domain, how information should move, at what grain it should be stored, who...
Five Reporting Problems Private Equity Firms See After Acquisitions
Acquired companies often bring different systems, spreadsheets, definitions, and reporting habits. This article explains why post-acquisition data integration should start with the data foundation, not the dashboard.
Why Executive Reporting Still Takes Days After ERP Implementations
Acquired companies often bring different systems, spreadsheets, definitions, and reporting habits. This article explains why post-acquisition data integration should start with the data foundation, not the dashboard.
What Makes Executive Reporting Trustworthy?
Acquired companies often bring different systems, spreadsheets, definitions, and reporting habits. This article explains why post-acquisition data integration should start with the data foundation, not the dashboard.
Post-Acquisition Data Integration Starts Before the Dashboard
Acquired companies often bring different systems, spreadsheets, definitions, and reporting habits. This article explains why post-acquisition data integration should start with the data foundation, not the dashboard.
The Hidden Cost of Manual Executive Reporting
Acquired companies often bring different systems, spreadsheets, definitions, and reporting habits. This article explains why post-acquisition data integration should start with the data foundation, not the dashboard.
Why Replacing Your Dashboard Won’t Fix Your Executive Reporting Problems
A new dashboard may improve presentation without fixing the reporting problems behind it. Learn why reliable executive reporting starts with better systems, consistent definitions, and a clear roadmap.
Why Executive Dashboards Fail Without the Right Data Infrastructure
Why do executive dashboards create more questions than answers? The real issue may be hidden beneath the reporting layer—in fragmented systems, inconsistent definitions, and manual processes that undermine trust in the numbers.