Gathering and analyzing Business Intelligence should not be difficult and it should not be generic. Dashboards should not be restrictive and business users should be able to get what they need, when they need it to make good business decisions and accurately plan. When it comes to the Supply Chain function and industry, business intelligence is more important than ever today.
Exactly what is smart data visualization? Are we now dependent on a computer or a piece of software to decide how we see our data? Have we lost control of our reporting, data sharing and data views? The answer to those questions: a resounding ‘NO’. To understand smart visualization, let’s consider the old, traditional data visualization tools. Traditional data visualization is static and, while it may offer a choice of graphs and displays, it is not interactive. In other words, it is not smart. In the traditional scenario, visual illustrations, graphs, and displays are not useful. They don’t help business users to analyze and understand data or, more importantly, to choose the right method to display and report data for decision-making. The right view of data can make all the difference!
Every organization manages projects – some are big and some are small and some are the lifeblood of the enterprise. Even with an enterprise project management solution, consulting companies, internal project management teams and other businesses that provide project management services often fail to meet objectives. Your organization needs analytics for project management in order to establish goals and track milestones and project results, or the enterprise cannot learn from its mistakes, forecast resources, predict revenue or improve its competitive position in the market.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a well-known report and tool both for vendors and for prospective customers. The Gartner Business Intelligence Magic Quadrant offers in-depth analysis of the current market and predictions of where the market is going. There is no doubt that the Business Intelligence market has moved toward Advanced Data Discovery tools and self-serve tools like Self-Serve Data Preparation, and Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis.
Whether you are a Sales Manager or an executive, you really need to understand the impact of sales efforts for every product, every division and every location. There is no way to achieve consistent sales results without up-to-date, accurate information. Analytics for sales force allows Sales Directors and Sales Managers to use data to monitor goals and objectives. Dashboards for sales teams allow you to monitor enterprise sales results at the international, national, regional, local, team, and individual level! With a reporting tool for sales teams, you can manage incentives and set targets and provide accurate sales forecasts and predictions to ensure that the enterprise consistently meets its goals and can depend on the predicted revenue and profits for investment, new product development, market expansion and resource acquisition.
Imagine if your advanced data discovery tool could take the guesswork out of data preparation and visualization and allow your business users to see past the obvious to find the true insight and subtle patterns, trends and data that will help your business to achieve success. Features like smart data visualization make it easy to see what is happening, where the source of a problem lies and what market opportunities may be ripe for the taking.
The concept of Clickless Analytics is one that will be happily embraced by business users and by the business enterprise. The reason is simple! Clickless Analytics allows users to find and analyze information without specialized skills, by using natural language.
Nearly every organization is using social media to promote its products and services and to establish and sustain relationships with prospects and customers. But, how do you know whether your social media outreach and your internet marketing campaigns are working?
Design is important! Design skills are used in many industries; everything from appliances and cars to clothing and software interface design. The overall design, the layout, the detail…it is all important. People want to use products that work in many environments. Think about it! It wouldn’t make sense to design a car that was suitable only for people with short legs!
If you have heard of Augmented Data Discovery (aka Smart Data Discovery), but you don’t quite understand what it is and its value to average business, then we really need to talk!
