Marine Solutions needed deeper insight into company-wide performance as it expanded operations across multiple regions. Leadership relied on data within their ERP environment but lacked an efficient way to analyze trends, forecast revenue, and share insights across teams.
By partnering with Aktion Associates and implementing Phocas’ business intelligence platform, Marine Solutions gained a centralized analytics layer that transformed how leaders accessed, interpreted, and acted on business data.
HEADQUARTERS
Nicholasville, KY
INDUSTRY
Civil Engineering Construction
SOLUTION
Phocas – Aktion Analytics
WEBSITE
www.msimarinesolutions.com
As Marine Solutions grew to 10 offices nationwide, leadership needed faster, clearer insight into financial and operational performance. While their core system provided standard reporting, advanced analytics required manual work, multiple exports, and complex spreadsheet manipulation.
Executives wanted to:
Marine Solutions selected Phocas as a modern BI platform capable of delivering dynamic dashboards, flexible reporting, and real-time analytics layered on top of their existing systems. Aktion led the implementation with a collaborative, consultative approach, working closely with Marine Solutions’ leadership team to design dashboards tailored to their decision-making needs.
Rather than a one-size-fits-all rollout, Aktion partnered with stakeholders to define specific data points, reporting structures, and forecasting models. This ensured the system reflected how Marine Solutions analyzed performance.
With Phocas connected, financial and operational data updates automatically. Leadership no longer waits for reports or manual distribution.
Regional directors and department leaders now access role-based dashboards daily or weekly, allowing them to monitor performance and adjust strategy in real time. Filtering tools enable instant analysis, from company-wide summaries down to individual regions or project segments, without rerunning reports.
One of the most transformative capabilities has been predictive visibility. Aktion helped Marine Solutions bring planning data into Phocas, allowing leadership to track future revenue trends and evaluate how projects contribute to growth. This forecasting intelligence supports decisions about staffing, budgeting, and business development priorities.
Marine Solutions’ implementation journey reflected a realistic, hands-on process that evolved over time. As both teams worked together to refine requirements and reporting goals, the system became increasingly aligned with the company’s expectations and operational needs. Leadership emphasized that clearly defining desired data points and outcomes early in the process were keys to success. With that clarity established, Aktion was able to tailor the solution and deliver the advanced reporting capabilities that Marine Solutions required.
Today, Marine Solutions benefits from a stable analytics environment supported by knowledgeable consultants and technical specialists who can help address complex reporting scenarios when needed.
Marine Solutions operates with a level of clarity and agility that was previously out of reach. Executives can evaluate performance instantly, managers can track progress independently, and the finance team no longer spends hours preparing reports. The result is a leadership team aligned around the same real-time data, driving faster, more confident decisions across the organization.
By implementing Phocas with guidance from Aktion, Marine Solutions transformed its reporting environment into a strategic intelligence platform. Automated analytics, dynamic dashboards, and accessible insights now power decision-making across every level of the business. What began as a search for better visibility became a catalyst for operational alignment, forecasting precision, and scalable growth.
If you’re wondering what kind of impact a modern, cloud‑based ERP could have on your organization, Aktion brings the industry expertise, honest guidance, and technical depth to help you get there.
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