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Implementing BI

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By Scott Cleveland on June 23, 2010 4:46 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Episode 5 - Solution Vision When looking at your challenges for business intelligence, it is important to understand what you want in a solution. What is your 'vision' for a solution for your company? What would you like the solution... Read More..

Implementing BI

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By Scott Cleveland on June 16, 2010 3:37 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Episode 4 - Objectives Why do you need a business intelligence solution? What are your objectives for putting a solution in place? Your objectives are the business benefits that you expect to achieve as a result of spending time and... Read More..
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Why Implement BI?

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By Scott Cleveland on June 8, 2010 4:40 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Episode 3 - The Current State of Decision Making Gartner says - Because of lack of information, processes, and tools, through 2012, more than 35 percent of the top 5,000 global companies will regularly fail to make insightful decisions about... Read More..

Why Implement BI?

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By Scott Cleveland on June 2, 2010 1:42 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Episode 2 - It's about making better business decisions. In my last blog, I made a case for making better business decisions. I said that business intelligence [access to information] leads to increased revenues, decreased costs and risk mitigation. Today,... Read More..
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Why Implement BI?

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By Scott Cleveland on May 25, 2010 3:33 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Episode 1 - It's about making better business decisions. Decision making can be regarded as the mental process resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternatives. Every decision making process produces a final choice. Don't we... Read More..

Better Informed Decisions through BI

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By Scott Cleveland on May 18, 2010 11:25 AM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
The Aberdeen Group interviewed 216 global organizations... The ability to make better informed decisions through Business Intelligence [BI] systems is directly related to the cleanliness, relevance and timeliness of that data. Best-in-Class companies are taking strides to reduce time-to-information; generate... Read More..

Opportunities for Business Intelligence

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By Scott Cleveland on May 11, 2010 12:04 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
"The reality is that you can derive added value from your existing information," explains Don Tapscott, an internationally renowned author. "Once you can have sensible discussions about your data, you can leverage it to make better decisions and achieve sustainability... Read More..

Using Business Intelligence

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By Scott Cleveland on May 4, 2010 5:17 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Overheard at a recent BI Conference... The amount of data being generated is doubling every year and some think it could double every month. Company data is a strategic asset and if it's not used, the company is wasting a... Read More..

The Time for Business Intelligence is Now

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By Scott Cleveland on April 27, 2010 12:02 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
From a BusinessWeek special report March 2, 2009... The recession is fostering interest in Business Intelligence [BI] software, which helps companies analyze the data they collect for new cost-cutting or sales opportunities. Business Intelligence software can bring together data from... Read More..

Business Intelligence becomes a Top Priority

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By Scott Cleveland on April 21, 2010 10:48 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
According to MarketWatch, a new report published by Aberdeen Group concludes that pervasive and role-based supply chain intelligence emerges as a critical factor for improving operational performance. 'The only way to ensure that a company's supply chain is able to... Read More..
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Scott Cleveland is a technical, innovative and creative marketing manager with over 25 years of experience in marketing, marketing management, sales, sales management and business process consulting aimed at high tech companies. Areas of Expertise Include: Product Marketing, Solutions Marketing, Solution Selling, Sales Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Improvement and Process Optimization RScottCleveland@gmail.com

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