Businesses Using BI to Make Decisions Are Five Times More Likely to Make Fast Decisions!

Jul 27, 2015

Self-serve, personalized business intelligence, dashboards and alerts, and mobile BI with KPIs, balanced scorecards and impact and sensitivity analysis creates an environment in which business can make confident and rapid decisions. Click here: Business Intelligence in Action

Complex Issues Become Clear with Cross-Tab and OLAP

Sep 1, 2013

Complex Issues Become Clear with Cross-Tab and OLAP When I was eight years old, I stood at the curb in front of my house and sold lemonade. I charged five cents a glass and I was quite successful. It was … Continued

My Friend Stan Uses ‘What If” Analysis to Stop Guessing and Start Achieving!

Feb 15, 2013

My Friend Stan Uses ‘What If” Analysis to Stop Guessing and Start Achieving! Thanks to my colleagues for letting me use their BI problems as lessons. Here’s another lesson for my readers. My friend, Stan is CFO for a consumer … Continued

What If/Sensitivity Analysis

Feb 10, 2013

What If/Sensitivity Analysis Betsy says: My colleague, Stan got tired of playing guessing games and gambling his CFO career in the process. He asked a wise friend (me) what he should do and I recommended that he get himself a … Continued

With Cross-Tab OLAP Analytics, I’m (Almost) the Queen of the World!

Oct 15, 2012

With Cross-Tab OLAP Analytics, I’m (Almost) the Queen of the World! Last year I attended a business conference. You know the kind – they are designed to show you new ways to manage your business and to remind you that … Continued

A Balanced Scorecard Assures Your Team Will Win!

Aug 31, 2012

A Balanced Scorecard Assures Your Team Will Win! If you’re a baseball fan, you probably think a Balanced Scorecard is one that puts the best team on the field and combines great hitting with great pitching. If you’re an IT … Continued

Today’s BI Forecast: Clear Visibility

Jun 15, 2012

Today’s BI Forecast: Clear Visibility Have you noticed that meteorologists get the weather forecast wrong at least 50% of the time? In business, we do our own forecasting and, more times than not, we get it wrong. Businesses need forecasting … Continued

See the Future! Psychics vs. Accurate Business Forecasting and Trend Analysis

May 31, 2012

See the Future! Psychics vs. Accurate Business Forecasting and Trend Analysis Do you have a psychic on your staff? I didn’t think so. Most of us would find it hard to justify that kind of resource to our management team. … Continued

Are You Focused on the Rule or the Exception? Hint: Throw Away the Rule Book

May 15, 2012

Are You Focused on the Rule or the Exception? Hint: Throw Away the Rule Book In life, we usually focus on the rule, rather than the exception to the rule. ‘The rule’ is what will usually happen, and if we … Continued

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