It’s that reporting time of the year, which means you’re most probably looking down the barrel of at least a few tedious days going line by line through data sets, trying to get a semblance of a picture of health for the powers that be. Say hello to your trusty friend Excel, that all-pervasive tool of data crunching that we all know, love and sometimes hate! And because we’re all so familiar with Excel, we’re also wise to its issues –
The impact of technology on the hotels industry might not be obvious to the outsider – excepting, of course, the advent of online booking and internet aggregators – but to those working in the industry, the complicated nature of the business is crying out for an overhaul. Hospitality has traditionally been seen as one of the slower industries to embrace digital transformation. The successful innovators are those who have the means to invest in new ways of working while not being
It’s that reporting time of the year, which means you’re most probably looking down the barrel of at least a few tedious days going line by line through data sets, trying to get a semblance of a picture of health for the powers that be. Say hello to your trusty friend Excel, that all-pervasive tool of data crunching that we all know, love and sometimes hate! And because we’re all so familiar with Excel, we’re also wise to its issues –
The vast majority of business leaders now know that to achieve truly sustainable growth, they need to double-down on digital transformation. But a recent report by Forrester, on behalf of Microsoft, shows that digital transformation is not enough on its own. “Enterprises that fail to build out a full digital transformation strategy miss out on the big picture,” the report states. “ Those pursuing a limited digital transformation strategy tend to focus on smaller, more tactical initiatives
Today, even with innovations in, BI software, financial reporting, management reporting and self-service analytics applications, monitoring every aspect of your business is still too complicated. It’s essential for you to use the right tools to track your business performance effectively, yet there are dozens of different software applications and approaches on the market, making choices confusing, complicated and all too often costly – especially as your user population grows. With the majority of businesses trying to manage and present data from
It’s all well and good saying that you already have a ‘BI reporting solution’ in place for your business, but the truth of the matter is, that a reporting solution for advanced analytics alone quite simply cannot realise the true benefits of business intelligence for your organisation. The reality of the situation is, that in order to harness the full potential of BI, you first need to ensure your approach is more of a methodological process. Once this is established,
At BIBA 2017 we conducted a survey of 60 Brokers, Insurers and MGAs, as part of our ongoing research into Management Information in the Insurance Industry… With the insurance industry so reliant on its data for writing profitable lines of business, and the looming regulatory changes that are set to demand increased data transparency, the findings from our survey were quite alarming… It may not come as a surprise to you that a resounding majority of respondents acknowledged the accuracy of
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