Case Study: Majid Al Futtaim Ventures achieves unified business intelligence and faster insights with Microsoft Power BI

One of the Middle East and Africa’s most popular leisure names moves to enhanced business excellence

Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, a leading Middle East and African leisure and entertainment group, faced a challenge in managing its complex, federated structure. Their historical reliance on scattered Excel spreadsheets provided only reactive, end-of-month reporting and offered no mobile access to key financial and performance data for management. They required a group-wide, modern business intelligence solution to gain better operational visibility, a need supported by their leadership.

Working with Microsoft and its partner Teambase, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures implemented the Microsoft Power BI platform. The solution, built using an Agile methodology and leveraging SQL Server and Azure, provided a unified BI service. This allowed all knowledge workers to access needed information on any device in their preferred format, replacing manual Excel reporting. The results were rapid adoption and positive reception from the CEO down, with users quickly reporting concrete benefits and a new ability to view KPIs anytime, anywhere. Microsoft's solution equipped the company with a proactive system and laid the groundwork for future predictive analytics.

Majid Al Futtaim Ventures

Richard Wingfield

Chief Information Officer