From Chaos to Clarity with Microsoft Fabric

Knape & Vogt, a global manufacturer with operations across Asia and the U.S., struggled with disconnected data and fragmented financial reporting across its business units. When a midstream Microsoft Fabric implementation stalled, executives lacked a clear view of company performance.

PEOPLEIT stepped in to stabilize the existing pipelines, unify financial reporting into a single source of truth, and guide the team with best practices to ensure Fabric could support their future growth.

Results

  • Instead of juggling three separate reports with different formats and incomplete data, Knape & Vogt’s executives can now access one consolidated financial view. This clarity helps the C-suite make faster, more confident decisions backed by accurate and consistent information.

  • Data that once lived in disconnected databases across multiple companies now flows into a single Microsoft Fabric environment. With all information housed in one place, teams can run analytics more efficiently and trust that everyone is working from the same version of the truth.

  • Beyond fixing immediate reporting issues, PEOPLEIT provided Knape & Vogt with a roadmap for scalability. By aligning their environment with Microsoft best practices, the organization now has a strong foundation to expand reporting, improve analytics, and continue growing within Fabric.

Outcomes & Impact

By stabilizing Knape & Vogt’s Microsoft Fabric environment and unifying their data, PEOPLEIT delivered more than just immediate reporting fixes. Executives now have real-time visibility into companywide financials, reducing the time and effort required to evaluate performance across business units. Teams work from a centralized data source, improving consistency and collaboration across the organization. Most importantly, Knape & Vogt left with a sustainable framework that not only validated Microsoft Fabric as their long-term platform of choice but also positioned them to scale analytics and insights as their business grows.

PEOPLEIT Project Team

Mike Gates

Senior Data Intelligence Consultant

Melissa Beyer

Project Manager

Pradeepti Singh

Data Intelligence Engineer

“Taking over an incomplete Fabric implementation and turning it into a working, future-ready solution is what we love doing - helping clients see immediate wins while setting them up for long-term success.”

Mike Gates, Senior Data Intelligence Consultant at PEOPLEIT