Custom dashboards & business analysis

Custom dashboards.
Clear analysis.
Better decisions.

Custom dashboards and analysis that bring your data together, explain what’s driving performance, and help you plan your next move.

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Founder experience at HenkelPhilipsUnileverCelestica
01 From data to direction

The numbers. And the story behind them.

See how a dashboard connects performance to a decision. Explore three quarters of an illustrative business.

NORTHSTAR / BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
● Interactive sample · Synthetic data
REVENUE$1.24M↑ 12% vs. prior quarter
GROSS MARGIN34.2%↑ 2.4 percentage points
ON-TIME DELIVERY91%Target: 95%
MONTHLY REVENUE / CAD $000
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What the analysis tells you

Growth is improving. Delivery needs attention.

Revenue and margin improved this quarter, while on-time delivery remains below the 95% target.

A PRACTICAL NEXT STEP

Break down late orders by product and supplier before committing to more volume.

Illustrative example, not a client result. Your dashboard is built around your metrics, data, and decisions.
02 What we build for you

Clarity you can put to work.

For operations and commercial teams working across spreadsheets and disconnected systems. Three ways to get a clearer picture.

01Visibility
Before · data in three systems, no shared pictureAfter · one live source of truth

Custom Dashboards

One clear view of the metrics that matter to your business.

Your questionHow are sales, costs, inventory, or service levels changing?
Your dashboardA tailored dashboard, metric definitions, and a walkthrough.
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02Cost out
Before · spend scattered, savings hiddenAfter · one view, negotiable savings surfaced

Business Analysis

Understand what changed, investigate the drivers, and decide what to do next.

Your questionWhat is driving the change in performance?
Your analysisFindings, assumptions, and practical recommendations.
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03Time back
Before · days of manual, error-prone month-endAfter · automated, reliable, on schedule

Reporting Automation

Replace recurring copy-and-paste work with a process your team can run.

Your questionHow can we make this report repeatable?
Your workflowAn agreed refresh process, validation, and documentation.
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Animated panels illustrate the services; they are not client performance results.

03 Focused work

Built on experience. Applied to your business.

Examples of Abrham’s experience. Corporate work below was completed in employee roles, not as Signal North client engagements.

Employee experience · Philips

Capacity planning

Power BI · Services & Solutions Delivery

Built a capacity-planning dashboard to help teams see resource utilization and support customer project planning.

  • Combined financial, sales, and operations data
  • Translated reporting needs into a practical dashboard
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Employee experience · Unilever

Reporting & process automation

Digital Automation Analyst Intern

Partnered with sales and supply-chain teams on automation initiatives that saved 15+ hours per month per project.

  • Mapped process gaps with business stakeholders
  • Helped replace recurring manual work
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04 A clear starting point

Start with one business question.

One focused dashboard and analysis project. We agree what you need to understand, review your data, and define a manageable first deliverable.

Fixed scope · Founder-led · Practical handover
Dashboard & Analysis Sprint
$3,000 CAD / starting from
  • One agreed reporting need; up to two data sources
  • A tailored dashboard and concise findings
  • Metric validation and an agreed refresh method
  • One revision, documentation, and a walkthrough
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Final scope and price follow a data review. A focused sprint targets 5–7 business days after materials, access, and deposit are received. 50% upfront; 50% on completion. Software licenses are separate. USD quotes available.

05 How we work

A question. A plan. A useful answer.

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Scope the question
A short call to understand your decision, current reporting, and available data. Receive a written proposal.
02
Build & validate
Bring the agreed sources together, build your dashboard, and check the metrics against the source data.
03
Explain & hand over
Review the findings together. Get your files, documentation, and a walkthrough of how to use them.
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Need delivery support for your consultancy?

Available for scoped Power BI and Excel assignments under your brand. Deliverables, communication, and handover agreed before kickoff. Discuss delivery support →

↗ Focused work

A focused sprint. A clear handover.

Final scope and price follow a review of your materials. Timeline starts after deposit and required access.

For independent consultants

Websites for Consultants

One focused page · CAD $2,000 starting price

Help prospects understand your services, see your experience, and book a conversation.

  • Messaging and mobile-friendly landing page
  • Booking link or inquiry form; two revision rounds
  • Site files and handover; hosting and domain separate
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How it works

Scope. Build. Review.

Founder-led · Fixed scope

Start with a free scoping call. Approve the proposal and deposit, review the deliverable, then receive your files and walkthrough.

  • 50% upfront; 50% on completion
  • Changes outside the agreed scope quoted separately
  • US clients can request a USD quote
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01 What we solve

Four operational problems. A clear place to start.

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Working capital You're sitting on stock you can't sell, and running out of the stock you can. Cash back off the shelf. We show you which SKUs are quietly holding your cash hostage and which keep costing you sales, then reset safety stock to real demand. You get the number in dollars.
Cost out Nobody can tell you what you actually spend with your top supplier this year. Savings you can go negotiate. One clean view of spend by supplier and category. We surface the price creep and off-contract buying, ranked by what each one is costing you, so you walk into the renewal with leverage.
Time back Your best people lose days every month rebuilding the same spreadsheet by hand. Month-end that runs itself. We automate the stitching so the numbers arrive on schedule, without the copy-paste errors nobody catches until the board asks. Your team goes back to work that actually needs a human.
Visibility Every meeting starts by arguing about whose numbers are right. One number everyone trusts. Throughput, OTIF and cost-to-serve pulled into a single live dashboard your team actually opens, plus three ranked decisions on what to fix first.
Recognize one of these? Let’s scope a focused project on a free call. Book a free 30-min call
Audience & content analytics

Understand your audience. Shape what’s next.

Illustrative service animations. Scope, required data, and deliverables are agreed before kickoff.

Secondary

Audience & Content

Established YouTube creators & podcasters, 50K+ subs.
Before · a wall of unread commentsAfter · sentiment & topics, mapped
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Audience Intelligence

Every comment read with sentiment and topic models, so you know what your audience actually says.

Before · sponsor value is guessworkAfter · every read scored on retention
06

Sponsor Performance

Every read, drop-off, and CPM measured against retention, across every upload.

Before · you guess what workedAfter · the hook is identified
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Content Strategy

Hook, pacing, and structure analyzed frame-by-frame, so you know what to build next.

Before · a static monthly reportAfter · a board that stays current
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Live Dashboards

A custom dashboard kept refreshed, not a static report you interpret alone.

04 Founder
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Abrham Bisrat
Founder · Signal North Analytics

Industrial engineer by training. Analyst by practice. Before Signal North, I spent six-plus years building analytics systems at Henkel, Philips, Unilever, and Celestica, turning messy operational data into clean operating decisions.

I help teams turn messy data into useful reporting and clear operating decisions. I also build focused websites for consulting businesses, and support consultancies with Power BI and Excel delivery under their brand.

Former employers:HENKELPHILIPSUNILEVERCELESTICA

Listed as previous employment history. Signal North Analytics is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with these companies.

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Project questions
What happens on the free call?
We discuss the reporting or business problem you need help with, review the available materials, and check whether a focused project is a fit. You then receive a written scope and quote.
How fast can you start?
Availability is confirmed on the call. Focused sprints typically target 5–7 business days after scope approval, deposit, and receipt of the required materials and access. Larger projects have their own timeline.
What materials do you need?
For reporting: a sample of your data, the current report, and the questions it should answer. For analysis: the decision you need to make and relevant business context. We agree access before starting.
Are we a good fit for you?
We work with teams needing Power BI or Excel reporting support, consultancies needing delivery capacity. Larger operations and creator analytics projects are also available.
07 Get started

What do you need to understand?

Tell us what you need to understand or improve. We’ll reply within one business day to arrange a scoping conversation.

Focused projects · Clear pricing · Canada & US clients welcome

We reply within one business day.