Strategy, governance, due diligence, ESG
Data strategy & governance
Azico Analytics combines strategic advisory services, including business planning, opportunity assessment, M&A due diligence, policy, technology and ESG, with robust data architecture and governance. We establish the foundations that ensure your data is reliable, consistent, and ready to support better business decisions at every stage.
How long it usually takes
3 – 6 weeks
Stated as a range. The two-week assessment narrows it.
Tools we work in
- Microsoft Purview
- Collibra
- dbt docs
- Lucidchart
- SQL
- Confluence
Who it’s for
You’ll recognise the situation
- Leadership teams weighing a new market, acquisition or investment, and wanting the evidence first.
- Companies about to invest in a data platform, and wanting to spend once, not twice.
- Trading and operating businesses facing audits, regulators or customers who ask where a number came from.
- Teams where three departments each believe they own the “master” customer or product list.
How Azico can help
What this service covers
Data architecture & source mapping
We catalogue every system, feed and spreadsheet that holds a figure you rely on, then design how they should connect, so investment follows one drawing instead of many requests.
Read more →02Governance & compliance frameworks
Ownership, access, retention and quality rules written for the regulations and contracts you actually operate under, and set up so they are followed, not filed.
Read more →03Strategy & planning
A multi-year plan for where the business should compete and grow, built from your own numbers and market evidence rather than a template of best practice.
Read more →04Opportunity assessment
Before you commit capital to a new market, product or asset, we size the prize, test the assumptions behind it and tell you plainly how likely it is to pay back.
Read more →05M&A strategy & due diligence
Target screening, market and data due diligence, and a clear view of what an acquisition’s numbers really show, delivered inside a deal timetable.
Read more →06Policy & regulatory analysis
What a new tariff, mandate or emissions rule means for your volumes, costs and margins, expressed as figures your board can plan against.
Read more →07Technology assessment
An independent comparison of competing technologies, platforms or vendors on cost, maturity and fit, so the choice is made on evidence rather than on the best presentation.
Read more →08Sustainability & ESG
Emissions baselines, decarbonisation options and ESG reporting built on traceable data, so every disclosed figure can be defended under review.
Read more →09Training & speaking engagements
Workshops that build data and analytics skills inside your team, and talks for leadership offsites and industry events, in plain English.
Read more →The line, stage by stage
Strategy and data decisions made on evidence, and written down so they can be followed.
Azico · Data strategy & governance
Listen
We interview the people who make decisions and the people who prepare the figures, and write down the questions that matter most.Inventory
Map
Rules
Design
Roadmap
↺ Review loop → back to Rules
Our commitment
“Every recommendation has a clear cost, an accountable owner, and a business decision it improves.”
What changes for you
- Every important figure has a named owner and a written definition.
- Auditors and customers get a traceable answer to “where did this number come from?”.
- Technology spend is prioritised against a defined strategy, not competing requests.
- New systems are integrated through a governed architecture, not retrofitted.
What you get
- +A source map and data catalogue
- +Target architecture diagram and notes
- +Governance policy pack: ownership, access, retention, quality
- +A staged, costed roadmap
What we need from you
- Time with the people who own each major system
- Copies of the reports that inform your current business decisions
- Your regulatory and contractual obligations
- A sponsor who can settle disagreements about ownership
Industries where this is used
Solutions
Solutions built with data strategy & governance
Insights
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Read now →Talk to us about data strategy & governance.
Azico Analytics is a Bangalore-based team of experienced data professionals. Share how your data is managed today, how your reports are produced and the challenges you face. We will assess your requirements objectively and set out where we can add value, with a practical approach tailored to your business.