Simpson Associates has been chosen by Wirral Council to design and deliver a machine-learning and advanced data analytics solution based on Microsoft Fabric, an all-in-one suite of analytics software that spans data movement, data science, real-time analytics and business intelligence.
Simpson Associates will work with the council’s in-house teams to develop a Microsoft Fabric data platform, with the early stages of the project covering the development of several proof-of-concepts using synthetic data and increasing the council’s in-house skills.
The council’s primary focus for the Simpson Associates and Fabric project is around enabling earlier interventions and forecasting future demand. The proofs-of concept are expected to include: envisaging whether performance risks can be used to predict when early interventions will be needed; machine learning will be used to identify the core drivers of negative outcomes and define potential mitigation strategies; and developing predictive models to forecast future service demands.
