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Small Businesses Use Big Data to Offset Risk During Economic Uncertainty

Smart Data Collective

One survey from March 2020 showed that 67% of small businesses spend at least $10,000 every year on data analytics technology. As a result, they will need to invest in data analytics tools to sustain a competitive edge in the face of growing economic uncertainty. In 2023, big data Is no longer a luxury.

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Big Data: The Technology Behind Retailers Success

Smart Data Collective

Data-based insights can help make the right decisions, keep up with market trends and navigate the uncertainty. Such predictive analytics can help to define what products will spike the biggest interest of the audience. As a result, in 2020, Asos announced a 19% growth in revenue when the pandemic hit. Source: ELEKS.

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How to Move from Real-Time Data to Real-Time Decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

Hubbard defines measurement as: “A quantitatively expressed reduction of uncertainty based on one or more observations.”. This acknowledges that the purpose of measurement is to reduce uncertainty. And the purpose of reducing uncertainty is to make better decisions. Data creates the context for decision-making.

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The New Normal for FP&A: Scenario Planning

Jedox

We are currently operating in an environment with a very high (if not the highest ever) level of VUCA, (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). The way you mitigate uncertainty is with planning, planning, and more planning. To quote General/President Dwight D.

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PODCAST: COVID19 | Redefining Digital Enterprises – Episode 10: COVID-19 | Evolving Trends of Digital Transformation

bridgei2i

This is probably the first time ever that we are witnessing a demand, a supply, and also a resource uncertainty. 2020 will long be remembered for the pandemic that wreaked havoc on the global economy and disrupted communities and businesses in unprecedented ways. Vignesh: Ganesh, you really highlighted some very important themes.

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Is 2022 the Year for Finance Transformation

Jet Global

In 2020, many organizations implemented automation as a matter of necessity. As Deloitte notes in its Finance 2025 Revisited report: “Automation gains… generally helped a remote workforce keep the lights on, not produce predictive analytics (though that capability readily exists).” Enhancing the Value of the Finance Team.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 10

Domino Data Lab

Clearly, when we work with data and machine learning, we’re swimming in those waters of decision-making under uncertainty. See you at Rev 3 in 2020! I recall a “Data Drinkup Group” gathering at a pub in Palo Alto, circa 2012, where I overheard Pete Skomoroch talking with other data scientists about Kahneman’s work. Upcoming events.