White Papers: analytics

Today’s managers must always look at the past, present, and future. They need reports on past performance to improve operational efficiency. Business intelligence (BI) platforms such as Information Builders WebFOCUS, are providing a unified decision-support environment where managers can retrieve and analyze data about past, present, and future activities. In this paper, we will discuss the incorporation of predictive modeling capabilities into the WebFOCUS BI platform, and highlight how this advanced functionality can dramatically improve decision-making, thus reducing risk and costs while increasing revenue and profits.

Aggressive competitors recognise new tecnological breakthroughs and put them to work managing vast amounts of data. But the smartest companies don’t just gather and report information – they leverage it through business analytics. Find out how you can, too.

The New Zealand Automobile Association Inc. (AA) has taken an analytical approach to optimising the Customer and Membership potential of its overall operations and the results – in a relatively short time – have been impressive. Read their story.

Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect, analyse, and act on data. Every company can learn from what these firms do.