Data Stories Worth Reading

Real challenges, honest solutions, and what we're learning about data analysis in Taiwan's business landscape

Data visualization dashboard showing business metrics and analysis patterns

When Traditional Reports Stop Working

A Taoyuan manufacturing client came to us with 15 years of sales data trapped in Excel files. Their finance team spent three days each month compiling reports that executives barely used. We didn't just build them a dashboard. We sat in their meetings, watched how decisions actually got made, and realized their real problem wasn't data access—it was asking the wrong questions. Here's what changed when we rebuilt their entire reporting approach from the ground up.

Read Full Story

Recent Insights from the Field

Custom data analysis interface showing real-time business metrics

The Dashboard Nobody Opens

February 2025

You spent months building it. The data refreshes perfectly. But your team still asks for manual reports. We've seen this pattern dozens of times, and the fix isn't technical—it's about how people actually work.

Business team collaborating over data analysis results and insights

Why Clean Data Matters More Than You Think

January 2025

A retail chain asked us why their inventory predictions kept failing. Turns out, their product codes had changed three times in five years, and nobody documented it. Sometimes the boring work is the most important work.

Complex data patterns and analysis workflows in action

Building Analysis Tools That Last

December 2024

The systems we built in 2020 are still running today. Not because we used fancy tech, but because we designed them around how businesses actually evolve. Here's what makes data tools sustainable beyond the first year.

Who's Writing These Stories

Portrait of Desmond Kang, Senior Data Analyst

Desmond Kang

Senior Data Analyst

I spend most days digging through messy datasets and figuring out why numbers don't match up. Been doing this for eight years across retail, manufacturing, and logistics. My writing focuses on the practical problems that don't make it into textbooks.

Portrait of Vivian Hsu, Implementation Lead

Vivian Hsu

Implementation Lead

I'm the one who actually gets these systems running in real companies. That means dealing with legacy software, training teams who'd rather not change their workflow, and finding workarounds nobody planned for. I write about what actually happens after the contract is signed.