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Self-Service BI May NOT Be What You Think
One of our sales reps recently asked the IT director of a mid-market manufacturing company if he’s considered self-service BI so his users…
Data Visualization Brings Business Intelligence to Life
While business intelligence tries to make sense of all the data that’s collected each and every day by organizations of all types,…
Strategies to Effectively Use Dashboards
The way that companies use dashboards varies greatly from business to business. While some may see dashboards as an effective way to…
Today’s Reporting Challenge – Catering to Different Users in Different Ways
Today’s business user expects immediate access to their data for reporting purposes; but while some only need to view basic reports and…
How Reporting And Analytics Differ and Why They Are Both Important: Part 2
In part one of this series we took a look at how reporting and analytics differ. Now we look at why they…
How Reporting And Analytics Differ and Why They Are Both Important: Part 1
This is part one of a two-part series. Even though we often hear the terms “reporting” and “analytics” used interchangeably, this is…
Improving Demand Forecasting: Is It Worth the Effort?
The attitude of manufacturers has changed over time for many reasons – economic conditions, global competitiveness and profit pressure. So the question…
5 Ways a BI Competency Center Adds Value To The Business
According to the Gartner Group, a Business Intelligence Competency Center (or BICC) transforms business intelligence, analytics and performance management from siloed efforts…
How Do You Evaluate the Performance of BI?
Learn how to manage the performance of the BI environment to make more informed decisions based on real data. Business intelligence, or…
BI: Simple, Fast and Complicated(?)
While working with a customer on one of our latest BI solutions for the easy delivery of key information, KPIs and reports,…