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AI & data strategy consulting services

Whether you need data discovery, a data platform assessment, or a clear roadmap for analytics and artificial intelligence, our data and AI strategy consultants can help. We align stakeholders, define priorities, and build the foundations for safe, responsible, and impactful AI adoption.
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When do you need data & AI strategy consulting services?

Innovation stalls when strategy, governance, and platform readiness don’t match the ambition. Data and AI strategy consulting services help you select high-impact use cases, define data governance and security controls, and create an AI-ready platform roadmap that addresses real-world challenges:
​​Dashboards exist, but decisions don’t improve You’re migrating to a modern platform Many companies have plenty of BI reports but no shared KPI definitions or trusted “one version of truth.” With data and AI strategy consulting services, you standardize metrics and governance, turning reporting into decisions people actually act on. Moving from a legacy warehouse to a lakehouse or fabric-style architecture requires a roadmap that supports both BI and future AI workloads. Data and AI strategy consulting helps prioritize migrations, define the target state, and avoid costly rebuilds that don't improve analytics or AI readiness.
Data quality issues block automation Security & compliance are becoming AI blockers Forecasting and automation often fail because key data arrives late, is missing, or is inconsistent across systems. Data and AI strategy consultants define quality rules, ownership, and remediation workflows so models and dashboards run on reliable signals, not guesswork. Regulated sectors like digital health must formalize role-based access, data masking, retention rules, and auditability before implementing AI and analytics. AI and data strategy consultants set governance and security guardrails for safe system enhancement.
Your data is scattered across tools & sites PoCs never reach production Organizations often struggle to unify data from multiple systems and teams into one consistent view for analytics and AI. A data strategy consulting firm can help you define an AI-ready integration approach and target architecture that turns scattered sources into governed, usable datasets. Proof of concepts often stall because ownership is unclear and the path to deployment is not defined beforehand. The best AI data strategy consultants set an operating model and production requirements for monitoring, validation, and change control, turning pilots into measurable AI products.
M&A or expansion forces data alignment You’re rolling out Gen AI internally When new entities or systems are added, you need consistent reporting and model inputs while integrating newly acquired operational data sources. Enterprise data strategy consulting services harmonize data models and governance to prevent reporting chaos and unreliable AI outputs. Teams want copilots that answer questions from internal documents and data, but sensitive content requires secure RAG, strict access controls, and audit logs. Data and AI strategy consulting services turn the idea into a responsible Gen AI deployment plan that protects data and meets compliance needs.

What are ITRex’s AI & data strategy consulting services?

We offer a comprehensive suite of data and AI strategy services that help businesses build the foundations for safe, responsible, and impactful AI adoption. From structured platform assessments or data discovery to strategy roadmaps and AI-ready governance, ITRex helps you turn data into an operational advantage. Our AI and data strategy services include:
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Data platform assessment

Get a structured assessment of your data platform, tooling, and operating model to understand whether you’re ready to scale analytics and AI. Our data and AI strategy consultants examine platform architecture, governance, security, data quality, lineage, and delivery maturity to define priorities and a practical upgrade path.

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Data quality evaluation

Assess and improve the quality of the datasets that matter most for your analytics and AI applications. Our data and AI strategy consultants define quality rules, ownership, and monitoring (e.g., completeness, timeliness, and consistency). This way, your models, dashboards, and RAG systems will run on trusted data, not assumptions.

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Data security & compliance consulting

Strengthen your data foundation by implementing governance and security controls for responsible AI adoption. ITRex’s data strategy consultants will assist you with role-based access, encryption, PII masking, audit trails, retention policies, and regulatory alignment to protect confidential data and keep AI use cases compliant.

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Data strategy roadmap development

Create a data and AI strategy roadmap that is aligned with your company’s goals and industry constraints. Our team will define target capabilities, prioritize usage scenarios, and map the practical steps (data, platform, governance, and operating model), helping your company achieve measurable results.

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Data integration & ETL

Design a data integration approach that makes data usable across analytics and AI systems. ITRex’s data strategy consulting team defines patterns for batch and streaming ingestion, transformation standards, and reliability controls. This ensures that data from disparate systems is consistent, properly governed, and ready for reporting and AI.

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Advanced analytics & ML

Move from isolated experiments to scalable data analytics and machine learning. We help you identify high-impact usage scenarios, determine data requirements and success metrics, and shape the platform and operation framework needed to deploy and maintain AI responsibly—without fragile pipelines or unowned models.

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BI & data visualization

Build a single source of truth your teams actually use. We align KPI definitions, standardize reporting logic, and create dashboards that support day-to-day operations—so decisions are based on consistent, trusted data. As part of our data and AI strategy consulting services, we also ensure your BI foundation is ready to support advanced analytics and AI use cases.

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Gen AI-powered data access

Deploy Gen AI solutions with RAG architectures so your employees can ask questions in natural language and get answers based on trusted internal data. Expert data and AI strategy consulting ensure that our solutions follow strict access rules, log the data used to generate each answer, and can be reviewed for compliance and accuracy.

How can you benefit from data & AI strategy consulting?

A strong data and AI strategy turns the information generated by your company into an operating asset, not merely a reporting output. It helps you scale analytics and automation projects with clearer priorities, stronger governance, and fewer delivery risks. Join forces with ITRex’s data strategy consultants to:

Gain a decisive competitive edge Increase customer satisfaction With data strategy consulting services, analytics and AI systems become reliable decision-making tools, not experimental side projects. A clear data and AI strategy enables you to identify patterns earlier, respond faster, and make better bets with trusted, governed data. A data strategy consultant turns behavioral and operational data into practical experience improvements—think smoother patient journeys in digital health, more predictable deliveries in logistics, and improved product quality in manufacturing.
Accelerate revenue growth Optimize costs Enterprise data strategy consulting services help you identify and implement revenue levers such as pricing optimization, smarter bundling, cross-sell signals, and demand forecasting by aggregating insights across products, channels, and regions. Experienced data and AI strategy consultants will identify where your data bottlenecks are causing manual work, rework, and unnecessary spending. Better operational visibility and forecasting lead to fewer firefights in logistics, production planning, and service delivery.
Enhance decision-making Launch innovative products Our data strategy consulting firm will help you establish consistent KPI definitions, a governed semantic layer, and a single source of truth. This reduces metric disputes and strengthens confidence in self-serve reporting for leaders and operational teams. Coupled with AI-assisted product discovery, data strategy consulting helps shape your product around actual market demand and customer feedback, not assumptions. It also allows you to dynamically adjust your business model as user preferences change.

How do we approach data strategy consulting projects?

When providing data and AI strategy consulting services, we start by clarifying the business outcomes, assessing platform readiness, and defining the governance required for analytics and safe AI adoption. ITRex can also validate assumptions with a lightweight prototype to reduce risk before larger investments. Our data strategy consulting flow looks as follows:

We align on the decisions or workflows you want to improve and translate them into concrete use cases. For instance, demand forecasting in logistics, production yield optimization in manufacturing, or patient journey analytics in digital health.
We evaluate data availability, quality, lineage, and security, alongside your platform’s ability to handle complex analytics and AI workloads. This includes key gaps in ingestion, storage, governance, consumption, and delivery processes.
We define how data will flow end to end, who owns what, and how changes are managed. ITRex’s data strategy consultants evaluate environments, access patterns, SLAs, and the roles required to run analytics and AI reliably.
We define practical controls such as role-based access, masking, audit trails, retention policies, and documentation requirements. These guardrails make AI safer to deploy and easier to defend in compliance reviews.
We deliver a prioritized roadmap with clear milestones, effort levels, and dependencies. If validation is needed, our data strategy consulting firm delivers a small proof point (e.g., a dashboard, a forecasting baseline, or a Gen AI/RAG demo grounded in governed data).

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What makes ITRex a reliable data & AI strategy consulting partner?

Proven delivery across data & AI programs. ITRex’s data strategy consultants bring 15+ years of experience supporting US and European organizations. The team has accomplished data-intensive initiatives in digital health, logistics and supply chains, and manufacturing, with governance and security built in.
Strategy that’s actionable, not theoretical. Our data and AI strategy consulting services tie business goals with platform decisions, operating models, and governance. You get clear priorities, realistic sequencing, and a roadmap that your teams can execute.
Responsible AI by design. We help organizations adopt AI wisely by defining practical safeguards such as access controls, data quality standards, lineage, and auditability. This reduces delivery risk and makes AI initiatives easier to govern company wide.
Vendor-agnostic recommendations. As a data strategy consulting firm, we are not dependent on a single platform or technology. Instead, we recommend the tools and architecture patterns that best fit your constraints, budget, and long-term scalability goals.

Data & AI strategy consulting: FAQs

What is AI & data strategy consulting & how is it different from a “classic” data strategy?

AI and data strategy consulting lays the groundwork for using data for smarter decision-making and safe AI adoption (including priority use cases, risk controls, and an operating model for ML/Gen AI). In contrast, traditional data strategies focus solely on reporting, platforms, and governance. For a digital health company, a data and AI strategy consulting engagement may help identify the data that can be fed to a copilot, along with a path for its responsible and ethical usage.

What’s the difference between data discovery & data platform assessment?

Data discovery is ongoing: you find, catalog, and understand what data exists in your systems and who owns it. It’s a common first step in enterprise data strategy consulting services. A data platform assessment is a structured review of your stack and delivery capability: pipelines, quality, security, lineage, and BI/AI readiness. What does this mean in practice? In manufacturing, discovery maps MES/ERP/IoT datasets; assessment explains why dashboards break or ML pilots can’t scale.

How do you assess AI readiness as part of data strategy consulting?

We assess AI readiness across four areas: data (availability, quality, lineage), governance (access, privacy, policies), operating model (roles, ownership, SDLC/MLOps), and platform (architecture, scalability, cost). For example, a supply chain client may require an assessment of event-data timeliness, KPI analysis, and confirmation that their platform supports forecasting and Gen AI. ITRex’s data and AI strategy consultants use these findings to establish clear priorities for your future data initiatives.

What do we get at the end of a data & AI strategy engagement?

Data and AI strategy consulting services result in an executable package: prioritized use cases, target architecture, governance and security guardrails, and a phased roadmap with effort and dependencies. You’ll also get a current-state summary, a future-state analysis, a gap backlog, and quick wins.

How long does a typical data strategy consulting engagement take & what affects the timeline?

Most data strategy consulting services require 2-8 weeks for strategy and readiness, depending on the scope. Timelines vary depending on the number of systems, stakeholder availability, data access, and workshops held across regions. A logistics network with TMS/WMS integration takes longer than a single-location manufacturer. If you include a proof point, allow extra time for practice.

How much does data & AI strategy consulting cost?

The cost is determined by the project scope, which includes the number of domains and systems, the depth of the assessment, and the amount of change management required. Many data strategy consultants charge a lower price for a focused evaluation and roadmap than for a multi-business unit program. For instance, a single-region logistics or manufacturing scope is less expensive than an enterprise-wide rollout.