How It Works

From disconnected data to a unified data & AI system, in three steps

The System

Unified Data & Analytics System

01

Unified Data Integration

We build a solid data foundation with Microsoft Fabric and Azure, unifying your business systems into a single source of truth. No more manual exports and endless Excel files. Your data is consolidated, governed, and trustworthy

02

Business Intelligence

We give you live visibility into how the business actually performs. Intuitive, visual reports your team will actually use, designed for decisions rather than data wrangling

03

Custom AI Agents

Custom AI agents built directly on your governed data. Ask questions in plain language, automate problem detection, and get executive summaries tailored to your specific business needs

Elara executive reporting dashboard built on the Unified Data & Analytics System

Functioning Power BI dashbord - ask us to see it demoed live!

Our Process

How We Work, From First Call to Go Live and Beyond

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Phase 1

First Conversation

  • A thirty minute conversation about how you report today
  • What your executives actually need to see
  • How an engagement runs, and what it involves
  • An honest fit check, both ways
Fit check
Engagement overview
What happens in this phase
We start with a conversation, not a pitch. You tell us how reporting works today, the spreadsheets, the manual exports, and the numbers people argue about, and what your executives actually need to see. We explain how an Elara engagement runs and what a realistic timeline looks like. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you
Phase 2

Discovery & Assessment

  • Business assessment: goals, KPIs, decisions
  • Technical assessment: your ERP and surrounding systems
  • Data assessment: quality, gaps, governance
Assessment report
Findings review
What happens in this phase
We run structured discovery across three angles: the business (which decisions need better numbers), the technology (your ERP and the systems around it), and the data itself (quality, completeness, and where the gaps are). You get a written assessment of what we found, useful on its own even if you stop here
Phase 3

Strategy & Solution Design

  • Solution blueprint mapped to your KPIs
  • Fixed scope and fixed price, agreed up front
  • Clear milestones and timeline
Solution blueprint
Fixed scope proposal
What happens in this phase
We turn the assessment into a plan: which data gets unified first, which reports get built first, and how the three layers of unified data integration, business intelligence, and custom AI phase in over time. The proposal is fixed scope and fixed price, tied to a defined outcome. See our services for the outcomes we typically scope
Phase 4

Build & Validate

  • Unified data foundation on Microsoft Fabric and Azure
  • Executive dashboards, live on your own data
  • Side by side validation with your team
Data foundation
Executive dashboards
What happens in this phase
We connect and model your data with Microsoft Fabric and proven data models, unifying your business systems into one consolidated, governed source of truth. On top of it we design and build intuitive, visual reports for the boardroom, made for decisions rather than data wrangling. Nothing goes live until your team has validated the numbers against the reports they trust today. See how this played out in the aviation case study.
Phase 5

Go Live & Adoption

  • Structured rollout with no big bang risk
  • Training tailored to each user group
  • Handover documentation you keep
Training sessions
Handover docs
What happens in this phase
Go live is planned, not dramatic. Dashboards roll out to real users with training tailored to each group. Executives get the five minute version and analysts get the deep dive, plus handover documentation you keep. We stay close through the first reporting cycles so questions get answered while they are fresh and the new reports become habit
Phase 6

Support & Optimize

  • Ongoing support and report refinement
  • Results measured against the agreed outcome
  • Foundation ready for custom AI agents
Support plan
Optimization roadmap
What happens in this phase
We do not deliver and leave. After go live we support your team, measure results against the outcome we agreed, and keep refining reports as your business changes. And because your data is now unified and governed, you have the foundation for the next step whenever you are ready: custom AI agents built on your own data
Our Approach

From First Call
to Continuous Improvement

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  1. First Call
  2. Discovery
  3. Design (iterative loop)
  4. Build (iterative loop)
  5. Validate (iterative loop)
  6. Refine (iterative loop, repeats until right)
  7. Go Live
  8. Optimize
Iterative Approach

We Don't Deliver and Leave

Go live is not the finish line. It is the point where the system starts working for you every day. Here is what working with Elara looks like after your dashboards ship

Adoption Support

We stay close through your first reporting cycles, answering questions, adjusting views, and making sure the reports become part of how decisions get made

Measured Results

We work to a defined outcome with transparent pricing. You know what you get and what it costs before we start. After go live, results are measured against that outcome, not against hours billed

Continuous Optimization

Your business changes, and your reporting should keep up. We refine dashboards, add new measures, and tune the data foundation as new questions come up

Your Foundation for Data & AI

A unified, governed data platform is the prerequisite for AI that actually works. When you are ready, our AI readiness assessment shows you the next step

The Outcome

Success Measured by Outcome, Not by Time Spent

We work to a defined outcome with transparent pricing. You know what you get and what it costs before we start. Most competitors hide their pricing; we don't

  • Transparent pricing agreed before we start
  • A defined outcome, not open ended hours
  • You own everything we build
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No more data silos. One trusted foundation for your whole business

Talk about what your life would be like with Elara: no more spreadsheets and manual data exporting

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