Driving Workforce Insights with Power BI

Year

2025

Industry

Logistics

Client Context

Our client, a mid-sized organization with a growing workforce, faced a pressing challenge: limited visibility into employee attrition, costs, and workforce performance. Reports were created manually in Excel, making it difficult to identify HR trends or link people-related decisions to business outcomes.

The Problem

Attrition Blind Spots — leadership lacked clarity on who was leaving, why, and at what cost.
Manual Reporting Bottlenecks — quarterly HR reports took hours to compile with no real-time view.
Cost Transparency — overtime and attrition costs were not tied to business drivers.
quity & Performance Gaps — suspected pay and performance imbalances without evidence.

Key Findings

Attrition Rate at 16% — disproportionately male Sales staff, especially early in tenure.
Attrition Cost » $2M — a financial burden underestimated previously.
Overtime Costs at $3M — productivity and work-life balance risk.
Equity Gaps — salary penetration analysis showed departmental imbalances.
High Performer Split — even gender distribution, but overtime risk threatens retention.

ROPA’s Solution

Executive KPI Panel: Headcount, attrition %, attrition cost, overtime cost, and average tenure.
Attrition Analytics: attrition by gender, department, and career stage.
Cost Visibility: attrition and overtime costs with gender-based breakdowns.
Equity & Salary Penetration: salary distribution analysis showing pay gaps.
Performance & Risk Indexes: linking overtime exposure, high performer retention, and work-life balance.

Business Impact & Actionable Steps

Targeted Retention Programs: focus on high-risk male Sales staff.
Overtime Policy Review: introduced caps and redistributed workload.
Compensation Adjustments: addressed pay gaps to improve retention.
Bank-Ready HR Reporting: improved confidence in financing discussions.
Automated Reporting: quarterly reports now refresh in real time, saving hours.

Why This Matters

This project highlights how ROPA Advisory leverages Power BI to bridge HR data and business strategy. By transforming spreadsheets into a decision-ready dashboard, we helped the client gain clarity, control, and confidence over their workforce — turning HR into a driver of financial performance.

At ROPA Advisory, we don’t just build dashboards. We deliver insights that save costs, retain talent, and power smarter decisions.

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