From messy data to meaningful information.

CostCraft™ cleans, restructures and reports on the operational data Canadian organizations already have — field records, lab results, supplier files, CRM exports, cost reports.

  1. 1Records arrive from sites, suppliers and systems.

  2. 2Exports and spreadsheets never quite match.

  3. 3One clean table. Anything that can't be fixed safely is set aside, with a reason.

  4. 4Every value is checked against its target.

  5. 5Same method, every month.

How we work

  • Canada-wide
  • Rules first, exceptions shown
  • Free 30-minute data review

Four services. One standard.

Every engagement produces data and reporting your team can rely on and your reviewers can follow.

Illustrative

Data cleanup

Extraction, error identification and verification, with Tablify™ doing the rules-first extraction. We get your source data fit for purpose before anything is built on top of it.

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Transformation

Restructuring data into the form your reporting actually needs. When the shape of what you have doesn't match what you have to produce.

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Reporting

Power BI reporting, operational dashboards and cost reporting for finance and operations teams — built to your data, not a generic template.

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Partners

Working behind consultancies and CRM/ERP implementers: we prepare and clean client data so migrations and reports land on time.

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Where this work shows up

The same problem turns up in very different organizations: data that arrives messy and has to become something people can rely on.

  • Technical & regulated reporting

    Monitoring, lab and field data rebuilt by hand every reporting cycle.

    Sectors: Environmental & technical consulting · Mining · Utility contractors · Food processing

    This is where most of our delivered work is.

    Compliance reporting
  • Product & supplier data

    Supplier catalogues and item records in every format, none of them matching.

    Sectors: Wholesale distribution · Manufacturing · Retail

  • CRM & ERP migration preparation

    Legacy client, member or donor records too messy to migrate on schedule.

    Sectors: Implementation partners · Associations · Nonprofits · Donor CRM consultants

    Working with partners
  • Multi-location reporting

    Location reports that don't line up, so nobody can compare them.

    Sectors: Franchises · Logistics · Hospitality

All four, in more detail

Before, after, and what couldn't be fixed

Worked example, synthetic data: eight supplier lines in, five clean rows out, three exceptions with a reason each.

Before 8 rows

Supplier item lines as received, from three files (synthetic)
#SKUSupplierItemQty (as sent)
11042Supplier A Ltd.Hex bolt M8 x 40, zinc100 ea
2SKU-1042 SUPPLIER A LTDHEX BOLT M8X40 ZN1 box/100
3SKU-2210Supplier Bnitrile gloves L12 dozen
4sku_3305supplier bSafety glasses - clear24 pcs
5SKU-4410Supplier C IncCable tie 200mm1,000 EA
6SKU-5120Supplier C Inc.Duct tape 48 mm2 cs
7SKU-6?01Supplier DWork light, LED6 ea
8SKU-7002Supplier-AShop towels6 rolls

After 5 rows

One SKU format, one supplier name each, quantities in base units (synthetic)
SKUSupplierItemQtyUnit
SKU-1042Supplier AHex bolt, M8 × 40, zinc100ea
SKU-2210Supplier BNitrile gloves, large144ea
SKU-3305Supplier BSafety glasses, clear24ea
SKU-4410Supplier CCable tie, 200 mm1000ea
SKU-7002Supplier AShop towels6roll

Exceptions 3 rows

Rows that could not be resolved, each with a reason (synthetic)
RowSKUStatusReason
2SKU-1042 FlaggedDuplicate of row 1 once the box of 100 was converted to 100 ea. Kept once.
6SKU-5120FlaggedQuantity given in cases ("2 cs"), and the case size isn't on the item record. Not guessed.
7SKU-6?01FlaggedSKU not in the item master. Not guessed.
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Start with a free data review.

Thirty minutes. You bring a data problem — a file that won't cooperate, a report that takes too long, a submission that keeps failing. We'll tell you what's actually going on.

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