Should I Start a Citizen Data Scientist Program?

Is it the Right Time for My Business to Initiate a Citizen Data Scientist Program?

Whether you are a business owner, a business executive or a business manager, or you just like to keep up with industry trends, you no doubt have read about the transition of business users to Citizen Data Scientists. The topic has been in industry journals and publications for years, and it is still relevant today.

Case Study : Smarten Augmented Analytics Case Study- Pharmaceutical, Clinical Research and Innovation Company

Smarten Augmented Analytics Case Study- Pharmaceutical, Clinical Research and Innovation Company

The Client is a global business governed by a foundation whose mission is to have a meaningful social impact, both for patients and for a sustainable world. With its unique governance model, the Client business can fully serve its vocation with a long-term vision and fulfil its commitment to therapeutic progress and to serving patient needs. The company has grown exponentially, first across France and then throughout the world, driven by the transformation of the business.

Case Study : Smarten Analytics Case Study – Implementation for Largest Global Air Cooler Company in India

Smarten Augmented Analytics Case Study- Implementation for Largest Global Air Cooler Company in India

The Client is the largest global manufacturer of Air Coolers. The Client is an India-based Multi-National Company with a presence in over sixty (60) countries. As the market leader, this enterprise enjoys a prime position in the residential, industrial and commercial market segments and its brand is considered synonymous with cooling products in the global market. The Client is a market disrupter in what is a diverse and poorly organized sector and it has set the market benchmark with 201 trademarks, 64 registered designs, 15 copyrights and 48 patents, thereby setting the gold standard for air cooling in the global market.

The Smarten Augmented Analytics solution allows the Client users to interact with data to identify overall profitability at various levels in the organization. It also allowed the Client team to measure tactical and operational results at a summary level, and at a detailed level for an individual task, or a group achievement.

Key Benefits and Deliverables:

  • Consultancy for understanding and designing sales and transactional analytics across functional departments and data cleaning and structuring
  • Centralized access to information from diverse data sources, through interactive graphical and ad-hoc analysis
  • Defining common themes and designing user friendly Management Dashboards
  • Compiling, structuring, and harmonizing various modules like Sales, Collection, Services, Finance, etc.,
  • Exceptions and alert analysis for monitoring performance against budget allocated for each project
  • Automating all operational reports with pristine quality data
  • Training IT staff, power users and end users
  • Low cost of acquisition, short rollout time, and less training results in lower TCO
  • User-friendly interface reduces burden of ad hoc queries to IT team
  • Enterprise architecture with zero footprint browser interface ensured rapid rollout across various locations to many users
  • Responsive user interface allowed users to access the solution with all popular smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices

Provides Mobile App access for all BI dashboards and reports for portability and on-the-go report access. The Mobile App also allows users to share reports in various formats over diverse mobile platforms and applications.

The Smarten team initially executed an on-premises installation of the solution and followed this with migration to AWS ‘m5.4xlarge with 64 Gb memory and 16 core’ instance. The Smarten team provided the Client with cloud and application management services for the Smarten application.

With the selection and implementation of the Smarten Augmented Analytics solution, the Client has achieved its goal of creating a centralized analytics system that is accessible and adds value at all levels of the organization. The Smarten intuitive interface allows users to make the most of available data and to effectively manage their resources, revenue, procurement, business operations, manpower allocation etc. It supports the Client team in tracking organizational performance, to reduce cost and increase the profitability of each department, without compromising quality.

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Citizen Data Scientists Can Collaborate with Others!

How Should My Citizen Data Scientists Work with Data Scientists and Analysts?

Gartner has predicted that, ‘30% of organizations will harness the collective intelligence of their analytics communities, outperforming competitors that rely solely on centralized analytics or self-service.’ What does this mean for business Citizen Data Scientist initiatives? It does NOT mean that the organization should turn away from this type of initiative. What it DOES mean is that a business should recognize the value and purpose of each aspect of its analytical community.

Citizen Data Scientists Can Help You Achieve Your Goals!

Think of What Citizen Data Scientists Can Do to Help Your Business!

Whether you have recently been nominated to become a Citizen Data Scientist or you are considering the value of this type of transition for your business, managers and team members alike often ask exactly what a Citizen Data Scientist can do. According to technology research firm, Gartner, the number of Citizen Data Scientists will grow at five times the rate of traditional data scientists. If that’s the case, there must be something to this trend, right?

3 Things Citizen Data Scientists Need in Predictive Analytics!

The technology research firm, Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ When combined with Citizen Data Scientist initiatives, the adoption and use of predictive modeling and forecasting techniques can be a boon to any enterprise. Team members who have access to augmented analytics and assisted predictive modeling can plan better, predict more accurately and dependably meet goals and objectives.

Enjoy the Benefits of Citizen Data Scientist Initiatives!

Business Users & Data Scientists Benefit from Citizen Data Scientist Initiatives!

A business that does not optimize its resources is doomed to fail. In this rapidly changing business environment and market, every organization must make the best of precious human resources. No one has enough funding to hire additional resources to get the job done and, when there are extra funds, those funds are quickly earmarked for new products, marketing and other crucial activities.

Techniques to Ensure Successful Augmented Analytics Implementation!

If your business is ready to implement a BI tool and augmented analytics solution, there are some things you will need to do first. If you plan correctly, you will enjoy a successful implementation. If you do not perform an assessment, understand your requirements and choose the right option, you are likely to fail in your initiative and your ROI and TCO will not meet expectations.

Include Mobile BI in Your Augmented Analytics Requirements!

What Are the Advantages of Mobile BI and Augmented Analytics?

A recent report revealed that by, 2028, the Augmented Analytics market is projected to reach USD 46.26 billion at a CAGR of 24.30%. The business intelligence solution market has evolved into augmented analytics and these solutions designs have progressed to support average business users with simple solutions that combine sophisticated analytical techniques and algorithms with easy navigation, reporting and insight.

Why Should I WANT to be a Citizen Data Scientist?

3 Benefits of Making the Transition from Business User to Citizen Data Scientist!

If you are a business owner, executive or manager, you have already heard about (and are probably implementing) strategies for Citizen Data Scientists. If you are a business user, you may be hearing rumblings of this in your everyday work and wondering exactly what this type of initiative means for you and why you should consider it beneficial.