CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Responsible investment Gartner’s latest data from its board of directors survey shows that its top focus area is the economy, but IT for sustainable growth does at least hint at CEOs, boardrooms and CIOs being in unison about marrying financial performance with environmental impact.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Experimentation Risk Metrics 143

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

by AMIR NAJMI & MUKUND SUNDARARAJAN Data science is about decision making under uncertainty. Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature.

Uncertainty 56

Uncertainty Statistics Measurement Cost-Benefit 56

Alation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today’s best-performing organizations embrace data for strategic decision-making. Because of the criticality of the data they deal with, we think that finance teams should lead the enterprise adoption of data and analytics solutions. This is because accurate data is “table stakes” for finance teams.

Finance 52

Finance Data Transformation Enterprise Metrics 52

Jet Global

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most operational finance activities are driven by the month end and ledger close, typically involving a web of steps including transaction processing, reconciliation, journal entry capture, and financial statement preparation. Tip 3: Make decisions with operational data. Tip 1: Overcoming month-end inefficiencies.

Finance 98

Finance Reporting Forecasting Metrics 98

Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 19, 2021

Data is the backbone of effective digital marketing, and content is not just king; it is the entire royal family. Instead, they have solid data backing their content marketing decisions; hence, they have seen a remarkable improvement in the effectiveness of their strategies. Every day, internet users generate vast amounts of data.

Marketing 130

Marketing Analytics Measurement Optimization 130

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Government executives face several uncertainties as they embark on their journeys of modernization. What makes or breaks the success of a modernization is our willingness to develop a detailed, data-driven understanding of the unique needs of those that we aim to benefit.

Data-driven 86

Data-driven IT Measurement Cost-Benefit 86

Jet Global

APRIL 27, 2020

Frequent updates based on real-time data provide an up-to-the-minute view of key metrics. Clear visibility to key metrics keeps the team focused and encourages clear, concise daily communication. Cash is still king, so if liquidity could be a challenge for your business, make it one of your key metrics.

Forecasting 80

Forecasting Finance Metrics Risk 80

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

In an IT marketplace marked by turbulence, inflation, and economic uncertainty, the process of contracting with vendors for technology products and services has gotten significantly more challenging for CIOs. Pricing models and metrics can also be complex, making it difficult to understand when additional costs might kick in, Alexander says.

Cost-Benefit 116

Cost-Benefit Risk Uncertainty Technology 116

Jet Global

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the beginning of the new decade, companies should review how well they’re utilizing today’s most important business asset: data. Over the past decade, enterprises across every industry have discovered that data is key to maintaining their competitive advantage. The question is why. A New Roadmap for Financial Reporting.

Reporting 78

Reporting Snapshot Data-driven Uncertainty 78

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cloud, sustainability, scale, and exponential data growth—these major factors that set the tone for high performance computing (HPC) in 2022 will also be key in driving innovation for 2023. As leaders in the HPC industry, we are worried about how to cool these data centers. Another big focus is on liquid cooling. [2]

Cost-Benefit 59

Cost-Benefit Machine Learning Modeling Uncertainty 59

Timo Elliott

AUGUST 27, 2020

Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to forget dreaming when facing extreme stress from uncertainty and constant disruption. ” As data-driven as businesses are, the hard numbers say that soft skills like empathy, leadership, and creativity matter most. Making the right trade-offs to find an edge.

Uncertainty 64

Uncertainty Marketing Manufacturing Metrics 64

Sisense

MARCH 26, 2020

We provide actionable advice around how organizations, and ultimately the builders of data and analytic apps, are adapting to meet these changes. Now is the time to apply the full force of business intelligence used by analytics teams to help navigate growing uncertainty. Using data to build a more resilient supply chain.

Management 91

Management Cost-Benefit Uncertainty Digital Transformation 91

bridgei2i

JULY 8, 2020

This is probably the first time ever that we are witnessing a demand, a supply, and also a resource uncertainty. Their head is like can we augment data from other data sources that can give us a glimpse into the future. Effectiveness, which is, how can any form of digital information help us drive business metrics.

Digital Transformation 132

Digital Transformation Enterprise Insurance Risk 132

Jet Global

JUNE 22, 2022

Using analytics to build out dashboards across different companies allowed us to have a standardized metric like price per pound. By getting a large enough sample size of companies of each type within the supply chain, I can also compile enough data on the scope of the industry.

Analytics 52

Analytics Dashboards Finance Uncertainty 52

Darkhorse

MARCH 31, 2015

They’re ready to transform your organization into a data-driven decision-making juggernaut. Add to these all of the decisions that they could be making (but aren’t) because of uncertainty or laziness. We’ll do so by eliminating those with high risk in data inputs, research, and implementation. Now data can be a killer.

Uncertainty 45

Uncertainty Data-driven Consulting Metrics 45

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. Here, $X$ is a vector of tuning parameters that control the system's operating characteristics (e.g.

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

Sisense

APRIL 20, 2020

COVID-19 is the biggest human challenge we’ve encountered in decades — and despite the focus on epidemiology it actually centers on data. In Data Surrounds Us , we shift our focus from what happened to what we can do better. Now more than ever, data will be a barometer of truth. Data will guide us towards a new normal.

Uncertainty 52

Uncertainty Data-driven Dashboards Strategy 52

Timo Elliott

JANUARY 18, 2021

And so we scrambled the crisis management team and started looking at the data from very, very early on. It’s very fact-driven, but it’s a combination of facts and how we’re responding as a company and how people are responding personally. And it’s very, very data-driven. It’s a feedback loop.

IT 71

IT Dashboards Digital Transformation Data-driven 71

O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 13, 2020

From a technical perspective, it is entirely possible for ML systems to function on wildly different data. For example, you can ask an ML model to make an inference on data taken from a distribution very different from what it was trained on—but that, of course, results in unpredictable and often undesired performance. I/O validation.

Management 240

Management Metrics Machine Learning Modeling 240

Occam's Razor

JULY 12, 2010

I want to constantly be in the know of new and more clever ways of working with data, tools that are often solutions to problems we don't know we have yet or tools that are sometimes seeking problems to solve!! Well not crap… lots of data that no one cared about or actioned. More desire to be data driven.

Analytics 96

Analytics Measurement Metrics KPI 96

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

Digital disruption, global pandemic, geopolitical crises, economic uncertainty — volatility has thrown into question time-honored beliefs about how best to lead IT. Thriving amid uncertainty means staying flexible, he argues. . CIOs need to understand the data behind the success or failure of technology,” Chandarana says.

IT 133

IT Cost-Benefit Uncertainty Digital Transformation 133

Domino Data Lab

JUNE 2, 2019

Co-chair Paco Nathan provides highlights of Rev 2 , a data science leaders summit. We held Rev 2 May 23-24 in NYC, as the place where “data science leaders and their teams come to learn from each other.” Nick Elprin, CEO and co-founder of Domino Data Lab. First item on our checklist: did Rev 2 address how to lead data teams?

Data-driven 110

Data-driven Data Science Machine Learning Modeling 110

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

by THOMAS OLAVSON Thomas leads a team at Google called "Operations Data Science" that helps Google scale its infrastructure capacity optimally. But looking through the blogosphere, some go further and posit that “platformization” of forecasting and “forecasting as a service” can turn anyone into a data scientist at the push of a button.

Forecasting 113

Forecasting Data Science Statistics Uncertainty 113

Domino Data Lab

JULY 22, 2019

Paco Nathan presented, “Data Science, Past & Future” , at Rev. At Rev’s “ Data Science, Past & Future” , Paco Nathan covered contextual insight into some common impactful themes over the decades that also provided a “lens” help data scientists, researchers, and leaders consider the future.

Data Science 109

Data Science Machine Learning Data Governance Modeling 109

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2023

While customers worried about the uncertainty of orders being filled, customer service representatives were required to navigate through 10 different systems and data sources for answers. With workers dependent on a disjointed network, the conditions created by the pandemic made it all but impossible to consistently satisfy demand.

IT 72

IT Uncertainty Forecasting Data-driven 72

Jet Global

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Financial planning and analysis are usually categorised by a multitude of data sources, slow manual processes, and long planning cycles, which are out of step with the speed of the business. During periods of uncertainty, this helps us plan for – and be ready to respond to – different outcomes. A new world of data possibilities.

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Finance Business Driver Key Performance Indicator 98

Domino Data Lab

JUNE 23, 2019

Skomoroch advocates that organizations consider installing product leaders with data expertise and ML-oriented intuition (i.e., Companies with successful ML projects are often companies that already have an experimental culture in place as well as analytics that enable them to learn from data. A few highlights from the session include.

Management 110

Management Machine Learning Experimentation Metrics 110

Peter James Thomas

AUGUST 12, 2018

These normally appear at the end of an article, but it seemed to make sense to start with them in this case: Recently I published Building Momentum – How to begin becoming a Data-driven Organisation. A number of factors can play into the accuracy of data capture. Honesty of Data that is captured. Timing issues with Data.

Metrics 49

Metrics Statistics Data Quality Measurement 49

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2015

by NIALL CARDIN, OMKAR MURALIDHARAN, and AMIR NAJMI When working with complex systems or phenomena, the data scientist must often operate with incomplete and provisional understanding, even as she works to advance the state of knowledge. There has been debate as to whether the term “data science” is necessary. Some don’t see the point.

Slice and Dice 45

Slice and Dice Experimentation Data-driven Data Science 45

Jet Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, the construction industry includes a plethora of non-financial data points to track – are projects being delivered on time? Due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2022 in the United States, nonresidential construction is expected to continue expanding despite expected uncertainty in 2023. Why Track KPIs?

Uncertainty 52

Uncertainty KPI Reporting Measurement 52

Jet Global

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More than ever before, business leaders recognize that top-performing organizations are driven by data. You measure it using three common financial metrics, namely, days of inventory (DOI), days of payables (DOP), and days sales outstanding (DSO). Another important metric that impacts customer satisfaction is the fill rate.

Management 96

Management KPI Metrics Recreation/Entertainment 96

Jet Global

MAY 24, 2022

Businesses around the globe are struggling to do more with less as budgets tighten, uncertainty looms, and talented workers can be scarce. Companies are generating more data than ever before, and it’s falling on the finance team to make sense of the meaning behind all those numbers. Data silos require a lot of extra work.

Finance 52

Finance Reporting Sales Software 52