Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2013

Analytics tools give decision-makers the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market. This is why, according to IDC research, business analytics was among the top five IT investment initiatives in 2012. Complimentary Resource – 8 Tips for Social Business.

Operations 50

Operations Resources Innovation ROI 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

The good news is that as information usage increases business intelligence tools are building support for communities of users. When Bill in Finance generates his monthly Top Line report, Craig in Marketing can leave a comment on the "Revenue" column inquiring, "Is this billed revenue or booked revenue?" And in a Web 2.0

Business Intelligence 15

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

If you're looking to conduct cross-continent business, know that you can, but the task is not easy. Managing one location has it's own challenges like keeping up with all of your departments including Human Resources, sales, marketing and the like. Expanding to new markets and managing your global business is in your forte.

Tips 50

Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. They are tasked with mining through data to find answers to particular business problems. Treating analytical resources like marketing dollars will help ensure wise investment.

Magazine 50

Magazine Banking Marketing Analysis 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. Integrate your marketing efforts with sales activity.

CRM 13

CRM Project Succession CIO 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Here are ways to delegate the work to your analytics technologies: • Next-Gen Business Intelligence (BI) and data visualization. At its core, next-gen business intelligence is bringing data and analytics to life to help companies improve and optimize their decision-making and organizational performance.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, a business intelligence company, raised the issue of incentives and structure with me in an interview at Saleforce.com’s Dreamforce conference. Though he was writing about Chief Marketing Officers, his advice is equally valuable here.

Incentives 8

Incentives Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

With the swipe of a credit card, the customer support team can move to Zendesk or Desk.com; the HR team lives on Workday; the business intelligence group moves to GoodData or Domo; the finance team logs into Netsuite; the marketing department orbits around Marketo and Salesforce''s marketing cloud.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Adobe’s radical transformation from a product-based business model to a service-based one raised eyebrows in the industry, with many software vendors now wondering how radically they should approach the SaaS model.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

By this logic, there’s no reason to applaud the growing number of graduates from top universities opting for jobs in startups and tech rather than finance. GDP, according to Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner , venture-backed companies made up more than 11% of public firms as of 2011, with a total market value of $25.9

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur CRM Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. They're simpler to implement than their enterprise-wide counterparts and business people see them as worthwhile and cost-effective.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

By the end of October in 2010, the market value of the 100 constituent stocks reached 582 billion RMB, accounting for 31% of the total market value of the Shanghai Stock Exchange's A shares. His friend, Dr. Shiping Liu, founder and CEO of Global Business Intelligence Consulting Co.,

Long-term 15

Long-term Sample Report Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Sales, as well as Production and Quality all produced large amounts of data that could be interesting for data science pilot projects. We needed to shield the team from being flooded by business intelligence reporting projects. Unfortunately, this didn’t narrow it down a whole lot.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. I believe that IT will become a more integrated operational component of delivering business results, as at ING. IT went from being a potential source of competitive advantage to being a necessity for competitive parity.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8