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The Smart Business Intelligence Framework 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

To highlight the importance of business intelligence and the need to integrate it into the enterprise, the author has developed the concept of the Smart BI Framework. The Smart BI Framework brings together the four forces that drive business operations and the IT systems that support them. These four forces are people, plans, processes and performance. At the heart of a business intelligence system are the operational data store, enterprise data warehouse and data marts that supply the integrated, clean and consistent data for analysis. Many traditional data warehouse implementations have been deployed using the Corporate Information Factory architecture. As business intelligence becomes more integrated into the business environment, this traditional architecture must evolve to support the technologies and techniques outlined in this paper.

Getting Started With Operations Analytics 2006-08-10 01:00:12 Investcorp

Even sophisticated organizations are sometimes unsure how to proceed with analytic applications. This paper uses a case study to define an analytic application and characterize the problems analytic applications are good at solving. It then shows how analytics can deliver value to the operations function. As organizations mature in their use of Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence (DW/BI) solutions, many see the use of analytic applications as a logical next step. Success stories, such as credit scoring and fraud detection in the credit card industry, are well publicized and make analytic applications sound wonderful. Yet many organizations, even those that are quite sophisticated in their use of DW/BI technologies, are unsure how to proceed with analytic applications.

Putting the Business Back Into BI 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

Although BI means "Business Intelligence," it sometimes seems that the technology interests supersede those of the business. If the BI program gives more attention to dashboards, scorecards, OLAP, and data warehouses than to finance, R&D, marketing, operations, and customer support, then there is likely a need to put the business back into BI. The sole purpose of business intelligence is to deliver information that makes a difference - substantial, bottom-line business impact that is achieved through increased revenue, reduced expense, and risks avoided. The challenge of BI lies in making the connection between these business goals and the information that is actually delivered. This paper proposes a framework to meet that challenge by intersecting concepts of business management, business measurement, and corporate governance.

SCORing Big With Your Supply Chain Business Intelligence Initiatives 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

More than ever, today's leading global manufacturing companies are using business intelligence to improve their integrated supply chains. Large volumes of raw data are generated and stored by each process of the supply chain - plan, source, make, deliver and return - by the automated enterprise applications being used at most large, global manufacturers. The challenge for many manufacturers lies in determining what information is necessary to drive improvements and efficiencies at each process in the supply chain, and designing an information management environment to turn the raw data into meaningful metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) is a valuable information source regarding KPIs and metrics that are used to better manage the supply chain process.

Dominant Trends in Financial Services 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

It's clear that business intelligence has become a major priority for financial institutions. If a person looks at the major business issues in 2005, all of them focused on the need for greater access to data - data of "Certified" quality and accuracy, or at an enterprise versus Line-Of-Business (LOB) level, all coupled with enhanced analytics aimed at managing the business from a factual perspective. Business intelligence is no longer just a synonym for "Reporting." It truly has grown into its last name: "Intelligence". The push is squarely behind using data and analytics to reduce the uncertainty involved in managing a large enterprise. The acceleration of this phenomenon is driven by a number of interesting and converging drivers.

The Truth Will Keep You Free: Analytics, BI, and Compliance 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

Risk valuation is required by financial accountability regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Basel II. To comply, companies must document operational risks. To scope compliance efforts, they must determine a corporate risk threshold. And finally, there's the risk of jail time if a person fudge the calculations. Compliance is a risky business, even if the business isn't risky. Of course, risk is nothing new to corporate executives. It's the static electricity on the doorknob of opportunity: drag the feet, and it will zap. Thus, with or without the impetus of legislation, most companies perform some degree of business analytics, and larger enterprises employ increasingly sophisticated Business Intelligence (BI) systems to identify and avoid costly contingencies.

Bringing Business and IT Together: Key Elements of an Action Plan 2006-08-10 01:00:12 1105 Media

Business intelligence professionals have a great opportunity to be leaders within their organizations in bringing IT and the business together, driving more business value from IT investments and gaining the personal benefits that result. This paper provides a brief summary of some key elements of a potential action plan that BI professionals can use to bring IT and the business together, including comments from the session leaders at the conference. This action plan can be organized around the five key components of establishing effective partnerships: enable the business, empathize, internalize, contribute, and make it tangible.

Oculus Excel Visualizer 2006-09-08 01:00:28 Oculus Info

Oculus Excel Visualizer is a Microsoft Excel extension designed to give users immediate understanding of the data that drives their business intelligence. By leveraging the ubiquity, power and ease-of-use provided by Excel spreadsheets, Oculus has created a new paradigm in rapid data visualization. Users can now take advantage of their integrated charting capabilities to provide new views on data to provide further insight and comprehension.

Drive Actions and Processes with Pervasive Intelligence 2007-02-05 06:48:52 Oracle

To compete and succeed in today's ultracompetitive and fast-moving business environment, your business intelligence needs to be a seamless part of every business process.

With Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition, you can:

Create a complete, consistent view of enterprise information�across departments and data sources

Empower the entire organization with timely and actionable intelligence

Identify and respond to new risks and opportunities more quickly

Optimize business processes and affect results in real time

Want proof? Over 700 leading organizations have adopted Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition�including four of the top five banks, five of the top six telecommunications companies, eight of the top nine pharmaceutical firms, and five of the top six aerospace and defense companies.

Metastorm BPM - 5 Steps to Choosing the Right BPM Suite 2006-08-10 01:00:12 Metastorm

For you to fully take advantage of the latest, most proven BPM Suite technology, you must first understand the options available to you and then ensure you choose the right solution for your organisation. This paper outlines an approach for choosing a BPM Suite.

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Title	Date Added	Company
The Smart Business Intelligence Framework	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
To highlight the importance of business intelligence and the need to integrate it into the enterprise, the author has developed the concept of the Smart BI Framework. The Smart BI Framework brings together the four forces that drive business operations and the IT systems that support them. These four forces are people, plans, processes and performance. At the heart of a business intelligence system are the operational data store, enterprise data warehouse and data marts that supply the integrated, clean and consistent data for analysis. Many traditional data warehouse implementations have been deployed using the Corporate Information Factory architecture. As business intelligence becomes more integrated into the business environment, this traditional architecture must evolve to support the technologies and techniques outlined in this paper.
Getting Started With Operations Analytics	2006-08-10 01:00:12	Investcorp
Even sophisticated organizations are sometimes unsure how to proceed with analytic applications. This paper uses a case study to define an analytic application and characterize the problems analytic applications are good at solving. It then shows how analytics can deliver value to the operations function. As organizations mature in their use of Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence (DW/BI) solutions, many see the use of analytic applications as a logical next step. Success stories, such as credit scoring and fraud detection in the credit card industry, are well publicized and make analytic applications sound wonderful. Yet many organizations, even those that are quite sophisticated in their use of DW/BI technologies, are unsure how to proceed with analytic applications.
Putting the Business Back Into BI	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
Although BI means "Business Intelligence," it sometimes seems that the technology interests supersede those of the business. If the BI program gives more attention to dashboards, scorecards, OLAP, and data warehouses than to finance, R&D, marketing, operations, and customer support, then there is likely a need to put the business back into BI. The sole purpose of business intelligence is to deliver information that makes a difference - substantial, bottom-line business impact that is achieved through increased revenue, reduced expense, and risks avoided. The challenge of BI lies in making the connection between these business goals and the information that is actually delivered. This paper proposes a framework to meet that challenge by intersecting concepts of business management, business measurement, and corporate governance.
SCORing Big With Your Supply Chain Business Intelligence Initiatives	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
More than ever, today's leading global manufacturing companies are using business intelligence to improve their integrated supply chains. Large volumes of raw data are generated and stored by each process of the supply chain - plan, source, make, deliver and return - by the automated enterprise applications being used at most large, global manufacturers. The challenge for many manufacturers lies in determining what information is necessary to drive improvements and efficiencies at each process in the supply chain, and designing an information management environment to turn the raw data into meaningful metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) is a valuable information source regarding KPIs and metrics that are used to better manage the supply chain process.
Dominant Trends in Financial Services	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
It's clear that business intelligence has become a major priority for financial institutions. If a person looks at the major business issues in 2005, all of them focused on the need for greater access to data - data of "Certified" quality and accuracy, or at an enterprise versus Line-Of-Business (LOB) level, all coupled with enhanced analytics aimed at managing the business from a factual perspective. Business intelligence is no longer just a synonym for "Reporting." It truly has grown into its last name: "Intelligence". The push is squarely behind using data and analytics to reduce the uncertainty involved in managing a large enterprise. The acceleration of this phenomenon is driven by a number of interesting and converging drivers.
The Truth Will Keep You Free: Analytics, BI, and Compliance	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
Risk valuation is required by financial accountability regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Basel II. To comply, companies must document operational risks. To scope compliance efforts, they must determine a corporate risk threshold. And finally, there's the risk of jail time if a person fudge the calculations. Compliance is a risky business, even if the business isn't risky. Of course, risk is nothing new to corporate executives. It's the static electricity on the doorknob of opportunity: drag the feet, and it will zap. Thus, with or without the impetus of legislation, most companies perform some degree of business analytics, and larger enterprises employ increasingly sophisticated Business Intelligence (BI) systems to identify and avoid costly contingencies.
Bringing Business and IT Together: Key Elements of an Action Plan	2006-08-10 01:00:12	1105 Media
Business intelligence professionals have a great opportunity to be leaders within their organizations in bringing IT and the business together, driving more business value from IT investments and gaining the personal benefits that result. This paper provides a brief summary of some key elements of a potential action plan that BI professionals can use to bring IT and the business together, including comments from the session leaders at the conference. This action plan can be organized around the five key components of establishing effective partnerships: enable the business, empathize, internalize, contribute, and make it tangible.
Oculus Excel Visualizer	2006-09-08 01:00:28	Oculus Info
Oculus Excel Visualizer is a Microsoft Excel extension designed to give users immediate understanding of the data that drives their business intelligence. By leveraging the ubiquity, power and ease-of-use provided by Excel spreadsheets, Oculus has created a new paradigm in rapid data visualization. Users can now take advantage of their integrated charting capabilities to provide new views on data to provide further insight and comprehension.
Drive Actions and Processes with Pervasive Intelligence	2007-02-05 06:48:52	Oracle
To compete and succeed in today's ultracompetitive and fast-moving business environment, your business intelligence needs to be a seamless part of every business process. With Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition, you can: Create a complete, consistent view of enterprise information�across departments and data sources Empower the entire organization with timely and actionable intelligence Identify and respond to new risks and opportunities more quickly Optimize business processes and affect results in real time Want proof? Over 700 leading organizations have adopted Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition�including four of the top five banks, five of the top six telecommunications companies, eight of the top nine pharmaceutical firms, and five of the top six aerospace and defense companies.
Metastorm BPM - 5 Steps to Choosing the Right BPM Suite	2006-08-10 01:00:12	Metastorm
For you to fully take advantage of the latest, most proven BPM Suite technology, you must first understand the options available to you and then ensure you choose the right solution for your organisation. This paper outlines an approach for choosing a BPM Suite.