Business Intelligence (BI) Systems
Articles on Business Intelligence Systems, Best Practices, BI Strategies, and News3 Reasons Everything in Business is About to Change
There are three important patterns happening in the world that will ultimately change business in fundamental ways: where it is done, how it is done, and who does it. An article from McKinsey Quarterly, Management Intuition for the Next 50 Years, documents these...
2 Questions to Ask about Your BI Project
If you are considering a Business Intelligence Project, there are two questions you should consider. These questions will help you pinpoint what exactly you may need to do with your BI project, as opposed to simply getting "analytics" or "implementing a BI tool"....
“Small Data” Revolution for Marketers
Marketers are now capable of gathering huge amounts of data on consumer behavior ranging from where customer shop to what apps they use and which comments are“like” on Facebook. By tapping into data on consumer behaviors, it is predicted that, Big Data is going to...
Successful Women Executives in Business Intelligence
An increasing number of women are entering the field of Business Intelligence, and are leading several companies as successful executives. This post includes interviews of four successful female professionals and what it took them to excel in their respective Business...
How Business Intelligence Benefits Call Centers
Business Intelligence, according to Wikipedia, makes interpreting voluminous data friendly and enables implementing an effective strategy successfully. This post talks about how BI could benefit contact centers as a data management tool. See excerpt below. A more...
Business Intelligence Smart Even for Small Business
Business Intelligence is essential for decision making since it helps businesses to do more with their data, improve productivity and efficiency. However, many business intelligence applications are often thought of as a solution that is used by larger businesses who...
Get With The Program! Accept Excel As the Cracklin’ BI Solution.
Excel is pervasive in businesses, with a probably very low estimate of a couple of hundred million users around the world. Countless companies run some part of their reporting, analytics or planning systems using spreadsheets. For this good reason Excel is regarded...
Better Business Intelligence from a New ERP System? Think Twice!
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems are widely acknowledged as a backbone software component for mid-to-large sized companies. The general idea is to create efficiencies in the way a business is run by gathering information from different functional...