Business Intelligence Applications

How could AI technologies help or enhance business intelligence?

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May 1, 2011

Franck Dernoncourt and 1 other person answered this question

Check out this book, this is precisely what you're looking for: http://www.amazon.com/Adaptive-Business-Intelligence-Zbigniew-Michalewicz/dp/...
You may find the table of contents as well as the introduction here: http://solveitsoftware.com/___abi/AdaptiveBusinessIntelligenceChapter1.pdf more

Artificial Intelligence

Now on Demand- Focus Roundtable: Business Intelligence in 2011

Jan. 26, 2011

Andi Gutierrez published a brief

2011

Brad Freitag

What does the Business Objects brand represent?

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Jan. 26, 2011

Ryan Pollock asked a question

When does BI make sense over an end to end ERP solution?

Jan. 23, 2011

Richard Bird and 6 other people answered this question

Great answers from everyone.
I have worked with an organization that had separate Finance and Manufacturing systems. There was no correlation between the Financial data and the Manufacturing data, even though there was a tremendous effort put into trying to align them. They could not rely ... more

Sales

How can the sales team benefit from having a Business Intelligence system in place?

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Jan. 13, 2011

David Ferguson and 9 other people answered this question

One component of BI for the sales team that I find is often missed is providing salespeople direct access to customer service information. A lot of organizations will have a CRM system in use by the sales team but a separate Service Desk for support ... more

What are some examples of good HR BI dashboards?

Jan. 12, 2011

Barbara Lewis and 2 other people answered this question

Hi Barbara,
The dashboards that you need really depend on what the objectives of the HR team are and to which information you have access.
For example, you could be focused on any of these things:
1. Hiring and retention
2. Identifying potential HR litigation or liability ... more

Human Resources

Business Intelligence 2.0

Top 3 reasons to consider a SaaS BI system over on-premise?

Jan. 11, 2011

Barbara Lewis and 2 other people answered this question

I agree with Dan, although I have a slightly different take:
1.) Immediate and Long Term Affordability - SaaS solutions are subscriptions to services provided over the internet. So there's no hardware to buy, no software to deploy, and no consultants to engage. You also pay ... more

In your opinion/experience, what makes a good BI report?

Jan. 7, 2011

Luca Bertozzi and 3 other people answered this question

Yeah, Hrvoje, we surely are. Still, what frightens me the most is that I've seen way too often a lot of BI quacks claiming they have some sort of BI wand that enables them to build BI solutions immediately and effectively. And, most unfortunately, a ... more

Tips for designing a successful dashboard?

Jan. 6, 2011

Kirsty Lee and 1 other person answered this question

i'd also suggest looking at http://bimeanalytics.com/blog/which-chart/