Case Study: Flyer Enterprises achieves faster, more accurate financial analysis and cost savings with Tableau Software

Tableau Enables More Effective Financial Analysis for Student-Run Business

Flyer Enterprises, the student-run business program at the University of Dayton and the fourth largest in the nation, operates seven divisions with about 200 student employees. The organization relied on slow, error-prone manual processes—rekeying flat files and extensive training for high-turnover staff—which made it difficult to analyze finances, spot issues, and clearly demonstrate performance to its board and partners.

By deploying Tableau across all divisions, Flyer Enterprises moved to real-time visual analysis of sales and labor by hour, item and location, uncovering prior reporting errors and enabling faster, better-informed decisions. Training time dropped due to Tableau’s ease of use, analyses that once took 3–4 hours now take about 30 minutes, the organization saves roughly $300 per report, and leadership can more effectively show value to the board—resulting in a more profitable, better-run organization.

Flyer Enterprises

Jordan Barth

Flyer Enterprises