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Why Southampton

Reporting for Southampton maritime and logistics operators

Southampton's port moves a huge share of the UK's containers and cruise passengers, and the freight forwarders, shipping agents and marine businesses around it run on operational data: vessel schedules, container dwell times, margin per movement. That data usually sits in a TMS or job-costing system and surfaces once a month, after the margin is already lost. We build job-level margin dashboards that surface weekly or daily, delivery and dwell-time reporting operations managers can challenge the port on, and finance packs that stop the month-end spreadsheet marathon. Solent manufacturers and professional firms use the same service for finance and utilisation reporting. Cumberland Place is five minutes from Southampton Central; Fareham, Eastleigh and Winchester are all inside half an hour.

Who we work with in Southampton

01
Freight & shipping
Forwarders and agents tracking margin per movement.
02
Marine businesses
Port-adjacent operators reporting operational KPIs.
03
Solent manufacturers
Firms automating finance and utilisation reporting.
Power BI Services
Power BI is Microsoft's analytics platform for turning raw data into live, interactive dashboards. We connect your data sources, model the numbers and build the reports each team opens daily: sales, finance, operations and the board. One data model, connected to Excel, SQL Server, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and your CRM. It refreshes on its own, every morning.
Build
Dashboards & reporting
Reports people open every morning, fed automatically.
Foundation
Data modelling
One governed model so every department reads the same numbers.
Control
Governance & security
Workspaces, row-level security, certified datasets.
Run
Managed service
We keep it fast, accurate and current after go-live.
Enable
Training
From report readers to DAX, on your own data.
Spend
Licensing reviews
Pro, Premium and capacity matched to real usage.
what is power bi?
What We Build
Power BI is Microsoft’s analytics platform for turning raw data into live, interactive dashboards.
We connect your data sources, model the numbers and
build the Power BI reports each team opens daily: sales, finance, operations and the board.
One Power BI data model, connected to Excel, SQL Server, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and your CRM. It refreshes on its own, every morning.
How it works

How it works

Three steps from scattered spreadsheets to dashboards the whole company trusts.
01

Connect

We plug into your systems: finance, CRM, operations, Excel.

Discovery & scoping
02

Model

One governed data model. Every metric defined once.

Discovery & scoping
03

Visualise

Dashboards per team, refreshed automatically each morning.

Discovery & scoping
Our Southampton office

Regus · Cumberland Place

15-17 Cumberland Place, Southampton SO15 2BG
0333 370 7000
faq

POWER BI QUESTIONS

Answers to the questions UK businesses ask us most about Power BI.

What is Microsoft Power BI used for?

Power BI is Microsoft's analytics tool for turning raw data into reports and dashboards your team can actually read. You pull figures from spreadsheets, databases and online systems into one place, then spot trends and answer business questions without waiting on a manual report.

Is Power BI difficult to use?

Reading a Power BI dashboard takes no training at all. Building one takes a little, and most people create useful reports after a short session. We handle the harder data work behind the scenes, so your team only deals with the parts they need.

Can Power BI connect to my CRM, finance system or Excel?

Yes. Power BI pulls data from hundreds of sources, including Excel, SQL databases, cloud services and most CRM and finance platforms. We bring those feeds together so one dashboard shows the whole picture instead of figures scattered across systems.

How long does a Power BI project take?

It depends on the scope. A focused first dashboard can go live in a few weeks, while bigger rollouts run in phases. We agree the timeline up front so you know what to expect at each stage.

Is Power BI secure?

Yes. You control who sees what with role-based access, your data is encrypted, and Power BI ties into your existing Microsoft security and meets recognised compliance standards. If you would rather keep data on your own servers, Power BI Report Server gives you an on-premises option.

Do you provide ongoing support and improvements?

Yes. We provide ongoing support, train your users and keep refining your dashboards as the business changes, so your reports stay accurate and useful rather than going stale after launch.

Can Power BI connect to SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Azure DevOps?

Yes. We build Power BI dashboards on SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Dynamics 365, Google Analytics, Snowflake and SQL, and we can embed live dashboards straight into SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

Can you export a Power BI dashboard to PowerPoint?

Yes. You can export any Power BI report to PowerPoint for board meetings, and embed the live version in SharePoint and Teams so everyone works from the same current numbers.

Do you offer Power BI consultancy in London and across the UK?

Yes. Intouch Tech is a UK Power BI consultancy and Microsoft Solutions Partner. We support organisations in London, Fleet and across the UK with consultancy, implementation and managed Power BI services.

Can Power BI replace Excel for reporting?

Yes. Power BI swaps manual Excel reports for live dashboards that update on their own, so everyone reads the same current figures instead of passing conflicting spreadsheets back and forth.

Free data readiness audit

NOT SURE IF  YOUR DATA IS READY?

We’ll review your sources, help you handle complex data and integrate your warehouse if needed — giving you a clear action plan to reliable reporting, fast.
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