Business Intelligence
Data platforms and analytics the leadership team runs on. Warehousing and lakehouse platforms, data integration and pipelines, and BI tooling for reporting.
Business Intelligence, run as part of one managed stack.
SpearPoint sources this category across every major supplier through the national distributor network, negotiates it, and then manages it for the life of the contract, inventoried in SHELBY, reconciled monthly, renewed on purpose. Maximum impact from the spend, minimum vendor debt.
- Decisions-first scoping: what leadership needs to see
- Warehouse, lakehouse, integration, and BI platform sourcing
- Unified dashboards across CX, network, and spend
- Data-source and integration planning with the rest of the stack
- KPI review and platform fit on a cadence
Typical trigger
- Reporting scattered across vendor portals
- Leadership can't see cost-to-serve or vendor spend
- Data platform renewal or migration
- Incentive and rebate tracking
C.L.E.A.R., applied to Business Intelligence.
- C
Customer
Outcome and KPIs defined before any supplier is named. What Business Intelligence has to do for the business, in numbers.
- L
Landscape
Inventory of what you own, pay, and renew in this category, plus a market read and live pricing benchmarks.
- E
Evaluation
A shortlist of the two or three suppliers that fit, scored on a weighted scorecard you see, at benchmarked pricing.
- A
Adoption
Negotiated terms, install and turn-up coordination, go-live oversight, and the first invoice checked against the contract.
- R
Roadmap
Monthly reconciliation in SHELBY, renewal strategy 90 days ahead, and a quarterly review with leadership.
This spend can earn something back.
Business Intelligence bought as a service through SpearPoint is eligible spend. For a company, the rebate comes back to the IT budget; for an association, the dividend funds the mission.