Case Studies
Datum Advisory’s work comes from decades of fixing real problems in real businesses.Different industries, different systems, with the same pattern every time: something important isn’t working properly, and people are quietly working around it. Over time, that creates fragile systems that sprawl in ways nobody intended, work-arounds or even dangerous situations that folks have simply become accustomed to.
The aim is always the same: keep it simple, fix the underlying issue, minimise risk, and avoid unnecessary cost.
Below are a few examples of solutions in the genesis of Datum Advisory that made a material difference, but the real benefits come when change is driven in a safe, sequenced and governed way to align with an organisation’s strategic objectives.
Factory Documentation
A manufacturing business was held back by a 1980s‑era system.
Moving to the wider enterprise’s SAP system was inevitable, but the real constraint was factory documentation; batching work because producing smaller packets was too slow.
By using SAP’s production controls properly, documentation for smaller batches could be generated quickly, improving flow through the factory and unlocking growth.
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Moulding Press Six Sigma
A structured, evidence‑driven investigation into chronic moulding quality issues.
Using DMAIC as the framework, but focusing on data, behaviour, and long‑held assumptions that needed challenging.
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Racking Risk Intervention
Datum isn’t a health and safety consultancy, but sometimes the wider view matters.
A set of racks showed signs of distress that weren’t obvious to the operational team.
A straightforward diagnostic identified the real issue and the fix.
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Document Content Controller
A small tool built over twenty years ago that solved a problem most businesses don’t realise they have: staff copying old documents and reusing wording that may no longer be correct.
A central content library, one owner, and a simple way to pull the right text into Word or Outlook.
It’s still running today in multiple businesses.
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Durable Label Automation
What started as a “Blue Peter” workaround, copying fields and printing onto paper labels, became a simple automation that generated durable, weatherproof labels with no fuss, no licensing, and no wasted time.
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Excel Forensic Recovery
Many companies rely on a handful of critical Excel tools.
When they break, the impact is immediate.
Datum recovered previous versions, merged conflicting changes, and rebuilt a multi‑user tool that had been severely damaged by a simple user error.
A reminder that modern platforms like SharePoint shift the failure modes, and those need recognising and managing too.
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Legal SharePoint
A legal team was drowning in requests arriving through email, Teams, conversations, and stray documents.
No audit trail, no consistency, and slow turnaround.
The business assumed it needed a complex system, but it didn’t.
A simple SharePoint structure and workflow fixed the problem.
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