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Bots That Can Talk Will Help Us Get More Value from Analytics

Harvard Business Review

And yet research from TDWI states that at organizations where 50% of employees have access to business intelligence tools, only 20% of that group actually use them. Not surprisingly, the executives who run these chains are pretty focused on data. Call center coaching. Big companies often have big call centers.

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End the Chaos: A Better Approach to Business Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

Business executives are unaware of the extent to which their staffs routinely reinvent the wheel to get the information they need. Everyone from product managers, to call center reps, to the front-line worker in the branch or store uses information to make decisions. It's a hidden cost, and a growing one.

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Five Steps to Resource Optimization: Any process can be improved.

Strategy Driven

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

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How IT Professionals Can Embrace the Serendipity Economy

Harvard Business Review

Not only have managers started sharing merchandizing insights, but they also share maintenance tips, and the corporate offices now regularly tap store manager knowledge to help interpret business intelligence results. Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center. A Board Director''s Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right.

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