New Generation of Technology Will Rely on Analytics, Study Shows
A new era of information technology is emerging where analytics and business intelligence is coming out on top, and security…
Alfred Hitchcock and a Classic Forecasting Scam
The Forecasting SavantSuppose you received an email from a self-proclaimed forecasting savant, advising you of a big upset in the upcoming…
Ignore Your Business, Rake in the Profits
Want to uncover interesting ways to drive value from data? Most organizations focus primarily on internal opportunities that support their…
How to Stay Out of Cash Flow Crises Using Cash Position Analysis
Cash Position Waterfalls are “easy” to implement – if you have the time and patience. Cash Position Waterfalls are “easy”…
What the Ebola Crisis Has Taught Us About Big Data
Ebola.It would be hard to imagine anyone who hasn’t heard of the deadly virus sweeping through Africa. According to the…
5 Common Use Cases for Hadoop in Retail
Retailers have gained a unique advantage over consumers that previously never existed. They are now able to track and analyze…
Miss the Right Connections at Your Own Peril
Historically, most analytics have had laser focus on specific entities like a customer, a product, a vendor, or a variety…
How to Get Started with Value Add Forecasting
Better Predictions = Higher ProfitsSo the promise of using statistical algorithms, forecasting and predictive analytics is now added to the…
Forecasting: It’s What’s Hot in Supply Chain Analytics
Better Data, Better Forecasts In the world of commerce, every business ecosystem has a type of supply chain that is critical…
3 Tips to Make You a Genius Forecaster
Both Ben Bernanke and Edward John Smith got it wrong. They made terrible forecasts that either wrecked the economy, or…

