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Small Businesses Use Big Data to Offset Risk During Economic Uncertainty

Smart Data Collective

As a result, they will need to invest in data analytics tools to sustain a competitive edge in the face of growing economic uncertainty. Predictive analytics technology can help companies forecast demand One of the biggest challenges businesses face in any economy is predicting demand for their products or services.

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Enhance your Lending with Predictive Analytics

BizAcuity

Credit scoring systems and predictive analytics model attempt to quantify uncertainty and provide guidance for identifying, measuring and monitoring risk. Benefits of Predictive Analytics in Unsecured Consumer Loan Industry. Predictive Analytics enhances the Lending Process.

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Managing Seasonal Fluctuations in Retail with Analytics

Smart Data Collective

Data analytics technology has helped retail companies optimize their business models in a number of ways. One of the biggest benefits of data analytics is that it helps companies improve stability during times of uncertainty. There are a number of huge benefits of using data analytics to identify seasonal trends.

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Real-time Data, Machine Learning, and Results: The Evidence Mounts

CIO Business Intelligence

They identified two architectural elements for processing and delivering data: the “data platform,” which covers the sourcing, ingestion, and storage of data sets, and the “machine learning (ML) system,” which trains and productizes predictive models using input data. Data Architecture, IT Leadership

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Why the modern supply chain must ditch siloed working

CIO Business Intelligence

To this end, companies will increasingly turn to solutions to create a dynamic supply chain such as Teradata’s Transportation and Logistics Data Model (TLDM). But data is vital if any new approach is to be successful. Stay Ahead of Continuous and Rapid Change with a Dynamic Supply Chain. Supply chain of the future.

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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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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. According to Gartner, the goal is to design, model, align, execute, monitor, and tune decision models and processes.