BI with Theory of Constraints – A 3-Dimensional Approach

Business Intelligence is a methodical approach for management to facilitate enhanced performance through better decisions. BI is about 3 things, People, Process and Technology. And the Success of any BI projects depends largely on these 3 key factors. A project manager’s function in most business intelligence and performance management projects is to act as a [...]

Inviting BI Thought Leadership

Do you have an interesting article or news that you would like to contribute on Business Intelligence? Do you want to share your views on any of the Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Warehousing (DWH) / Analytics / BI 2.0 / XBRL / enterprise application technology / Corporate Performance management / Decision Support Systems, etc.?
We [...]

Why Business Analytics is important for business more than ever NOW !!

As the global political & physical barriers are collapsing, all the global markets are getting opened for businesses, creating a fierce competition within companies to market their products, increase their revenues, grab most of the customers. Organization are not just worried about the profitability but also survival in this tsunami of Global reach.
All along [...]

BI among top IT priorities in 2012

Till now 2012, the Year of Dragon as per Chinese calendar has seen many resolutions, predictions, trends, forecasts, reports, priorities for Business Intelligence (BI). But I think report of BI being at the top of IT agenda for 2012 is a big one.
BI and analytics have ousted several other much hyped technologies like cloud computing, [...]

Life after Business Intelligence

Business today moves at the speed of information. Getting right information into right hands at right time is essential. Business initiatives that have the biggest impact on company’s bottom-line get enabled after Business Intelligence (BI). BI soon becomes IT’s ‘must have’ application.
Single view representation and analysis of enterprise data adds an additional thrust to smart [...]

Competing with Analytics

United Business Media (UBM) India organized Technology For Marketing & Advertising (TFM&A) India on 4-5 November 2011.  TFM&A India 2011 was an exhibition cum conference program of case study-led seminar sessions and high-level thought provoking Keynotes.
It is clear that in the current economic climate, marketing and advertising professionals in India are keener than ever to [...]

Increase Velocity of Decision Making

Operational BI delivers the right information at the right time to the right business users to enable them to react rapidly to solve business problems and satisfy new business requirements. It helps organizations work smarter and become more agile, which in turn enables them to be more competitive and to improve customer satisfaction.
By authorizing operational [...]

Effective BI Rollouts

A panel of CIOs shared their experiences and challenges in rolling out BI applications
MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. invited some of its customers on to the stage in order to share their experiences in rolling out BI tools and applications with the audience. The round table discussion organized at the 9th version of the Express group’s [...]

Levels of Decision Making

Business Intelligence (BI) has been used by organizations since the last decade in various different forms: some using manual generated reports while some using system generated; some using static reports while some using dynamic reports; some reports only available to top management while some used at operational level. Most BI systems are specialized in managing [...]

Mahindra Finance gains comprehensive insights using BI

Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services recently was selected as one of the Information Week’s third edition – EDGE winner for the best IT implementation in India. This was formally announced at the EDGE Award function hosted at Inetrop, Mumbai on September 30, 2011. Below is the profile of the winners published in the October issue [...]