LinkedInAuthor Archives for Pat Hennel
Using “Show and Tell” to Drive Business Intelligence Adoption
March 9, 2017 12:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the 30 years that my company has been in business, no challenge for IT and Business Intelligence (BI) professionals... View Article
Proven Way To Increase User Adoption of Business Information
February 20, 2017 9:00 am Leave your thoughtsAll BI managers want their users to adopt and benefit from their BI tools; but most companies today still have... View Article
Operational Analytics: The Benefits Are BIG For Manufacturers
January 10, 2017 10:23 am Leave your thoughtsRecent benchmark surveys of C-level executives at manufacturing businesses indicate that the focus of business analytics is shifting from customer... View Article
Gain Better Insights with Data through Visual Analytics
September 6, 2016 11:12 am Leave your thoughtsVisual analytics can aid in analytical reasoning by presenting complex information in a series of figures, tables, and graphs so... View Article
Using Dashboards to Drive Operational Performance Improvements
August 16, 2016 10:10 am Leave your thoughtsOperational dashboards are used to monitor all aspects of the business from an operational perspective. These types of dashboards visualize... View Article
Data Quality in BI: It’s More Than Putting Lipstick on a Pig!
July 25, 2016 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsData quality is one of the biggest challenges that enterprises face when it comes to business intelligence. If the data... View Article
Self-Service BI May NOT Be What You Think
July 11, 2016 11:07 am Leave your thoughtsOne of our sales reps recently asked the IT director of a mid-market manufacturing company if he’s considered self-service BI so... View Article
Data Visualization Brings Business Intelligence to Life
July 5, 2016 9:52 am Leave your thoughtsWhile business intelligence tries to make sense of all the data that’s collected each and every day by organizations of... View Article
Strategies to Effectively Use Dashboards
May 27, 2016 10:30 am Leave your thoughtsThe way that companies use dashboards varies greatly from business to business. While some may see dashboards as an effective... View Article
Today’s Reporting Challenge – Catering to Different Users in Different Ways
May 16, 2016 12:42 pm Leave your thoughtsToday’s business user expects immediate access to their data for reporting purposes; but while some only need to view basic... View Article