Business Intelligence ensures that the right information reaches the right person at the right time. At least, that's the intention. If that can be achieved, you're already a step ahead. However, the real work is yet to begin: influencing the behavior of customers, managers, and employees based on essential information and insights. We can only speak of successful Business Intelligence when that is the case. … [Read more...]
Step by step guide: How to migrate to a new BI tool
Choosing a new BI tool A large pharmaceutical wholesaler opted to implement a new BI tool, switching from their old one, in order to distribute and share management information. The company is currently using Business Objects and wants to make a change. The selection of a new tool can be finished as soon as: The reference visit at another pharmaceutical wholesaler leaves a positive impression. There has been an international workshop. There are no major financial purchasing … [Read more...]
Strategy mapping: beyond the scorecard
A strategy plotted out in a good strategy map can be a lasting competitive advantage, but only if you can make sure that you're doing different things, or doing things differently, than the competition. … [Read more...]
Smart companies cash in on business intelligence
Who deserves the title of "Smartest Organization of the Netherlands"? The election of the Smartest Organization of the Netherlands, the Dutch Business Intelligence Award, is in full swing. Organizations from various industries are vying for the title, including an online bank, a mortgage agency, a sustainable plantation, a national bakery chain, an international trade business, a large government institution, an educational institute, a very progressive healthcare agency, a consultancy, and … [Read more...]
Organizing the organization
Organizing the organization itself? The organization itself has to be organized. It sounds cryptic, but we're referring to the activities and resources needed to support and improve the organization or company. We could call this the organization's overhead and management. We're talking about coordination by, for example, procedures and guidelines, Human Capital Management, process management, information management, ICT, finance - basically everything that isn't part of a company's core … [Read more...]
One algorithm can replace 100 reports
The old BI world and the new AI world Business Intelligence has been used to help organizations work more information-driven for years, and it's showing no signs of stopping. According to Daan van Beek, CEO of Passionned Group and author of the BI book "The Intelligent Organization," BI still serves as an umbrella term, and even covers the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data hype. We had a conversation about data-driven working and the careful balancing act between the 'old' BI world and the … [Read more...]
SAS begins with the end in mind
A Great American Business Leader SAS software has been operational since 1976, and they are very successful. Year-over-year, their revenue shows growth. Founder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight has been recognized as a Great American Business Leader by Harvard Business School, and he still writes SAS programs and develops statistical models. It’s my third time attending the SAS Analysts Relations conference. Every time I wonder at the way SAS people behave and interact with each other and their … [Read more...]
The 5 most important BI trends – Data Analytics in 2017
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is back on the agenda An old term from 1960 has been revived. It's developing very quickly, powered by all applications of major data masters such as Google, Uber, Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. The algorithms were there, but the large amounts of data were missing. Artificial Intelligence never managed to get rid of this. And forecasts were not always as reliable. Now, since more and more pictures, videos, blogs, posts, and sensor data gets available, … [Read more...]
Does every BI consultant become a Data Scientist?
A Report Builders Club Traditionally, Business Intelligence (BI) has an image of a "report builders club," as a client of mine has recently expressed. This traditional image creates the profile of a typical BI consultant. It is true that a handy and competent report builder is especially great on knowledge of tools, methods and techniques, and is sometimes involved in gathering the business requirements of his customers. … [Read more...]
The 7 Business Intelligence Trends for 2016
More and more organizations see the benefits of Business Intelligence and Analytics. Thanks to continuous innovation, more and more data is becoming available. This leads to useful and surprising insights into both the private and public sectors, which use the acquired information in increasingly smarter ways. In practice, Passionned Group forecasts the following seven Business Intelligence trends for 2016. … [Read more...]
