Business IntelligenceMaximum benefit of information!The term Business Intelligence circumscribes the systematic collection, analysis and presentation of electronic data supported by software solutions. The consolidated findings are used as decision support for accomplishing strategic and operative business objectives, such as optimising the company’s product portfolio, gaining market shares, business processes optimisation, cost reduction, risk minimisation etcetera. To achieve these goals company internal data are used and combined with market data purchased from data providers. Scorecards – keep the company on trackScorecards are distinguished to focus on the enterprise’s core objectives. Diligently selected Key Performance Indicators provide information about the degree of target achievements. Scorecards also support the effective communication of targets and strategies by keeping them in permanent awareness for the user. Moreover, the distinct allocation of targets to Business Units and Staff Members help to point out responsibilities. Dashboards – detect situations and trends intuitively to analyse backgroundsComplex market contexts can be shown in dashboards with graphical elements that help users to understand circumstances fast and easy. The dashboard informs you about actual situations and trends and thus allows analysing market incidents. With just one click on an eye-catching element of the dashboard you can change the view and focus on the presented details (Drill Through). Ad hoc Analysis – quick answers to unforeseen questionsBesides a continuous monitoring of fixed Key Performance Indicators there are additional questions arising that require fast and reliable answers. For these cases analytical tools are needed that help to explore the data warehouse content in a flexible manor. If the analysis results are relevant for a permanent investigation these information should be capable of being integrated into scorecards, dashboards and reports. Data Warehousing – consistent data in a central locationAll these tasks can only operate properly if there is a consistent, validated and centrally provided data basis available, also named “single point of truth”. Only this way it can be warranted that no contradictory information do appear in dashboards, reports und scorecards. The major challenges are founded in a proper data modeling of the Data Warehouse and the previous Data Management. The different data sources need to be combined in a consistent way, which requires exact knowledge of data structures and data content, especially with data from external data providers. Right tool – right place!Our strength is based on the combination of data / business know-how and technical expertise: In our core markets we perfectly know about structures and contents of the mostly complex data, thus we can help our customers to leverage their investments and gain utmost value from the data. Based on customer`s needs we can give recommendations concerning best in class standard software. For any requirement that cannot be handled with standard software we can help with customized development support using Java or .Net technology, which is also valid for the integration of systems. We mainly use the following standard software:
We are capable in database technologies like:
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