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SAP Digital Boardroom Improves Public Transport Insights On Repairs, Delays, and More
Iver Van de Zand, Global SAP Analytics Hub Director The public transport industry is a heavy innovator. Trains and railways are equipped with IoT sensors to measure performance, delays, and incidents. Bus, subway, and train [...]
Trust Factor Marketing for an Immediately Deeper Funnel
A question for you all: In a customer facing situation, how many have had a personal conversation on the FIRST face to face meeting? One in which personality, interests, or individual facts are already known [...]
SAP HANA in Real-time, Advanced BI Tools: It’s Not All About the Money
by Sheri Tate - Director of Marketing. Amick Brown How ready is your organization to take on a culture shift? I am not talking about a new CEO, or a new CIO, or CTO – [...]
The Value of Bringing Analytics to your Data in the Decision Economy
by Nic Smith, Global VP of Product Marketing for Cloud Analytics, SAP With the rise of a digital economy, the way organizations make decisions are dramatically changing. You may have read stats like “by 2020 [...]
The Many Reasons to Love SAP HANA – Let’s Break it Down
With such a powerful product available, SAP HANA, there is still much confusion about the different varieties of HANA. How can you be sure the choice you make is the correct one? Since we hear [...]
Manage a Winning Project: Insist on Cultural Fit of Contractors
Matching culture well , between contractors and the company they work for is critical. Your project outcome depends on it. In any employment situation, cultural fit is critical. We often focus on this fact when [...]
Forrester Consulting Study Finds 171% ROI on SAP BusinessObjects Analytics
By Anita Gibbings, SAP Sr Director BI Product Marketing You know that there is plenty of money locked up in your data. But does your investment in analytics really pay off? Isn’t SAP too expensive [...]
BI Software Vendors Choose Their Strategies: On Premises, Cloud, or a Hybrid Approach?
by Iver van de Zand, Business Analytics Lead BeLux SAP Where should we deploy our analytics and business intelligence (BI)? In the cloud or on premises? It’s a question that is thrown at me frequently. [...]
SAP BW/4HANA – THE VALUE OF AGILITY
Thank you Neil McGovern, SAP Senior Director of Marketing for this article. On August 31st, 2016 we released SAP BW/4HANA. A great deal of ink and pixels has been spilled outlining its capabilities, but I’d [...]
GET MORE VALUE FROM OPERATIONAL ASSETS WITH PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
By Pierre Leroux, Director, Predictive Analytics Product Marketing Sharpening operational focus and squeezing more efficiencies out of production assets—these are just two objectives that have COOs and operations managers turning to new technologies. One of [...]
5 WAYS TO DRIVE VALUE WITH BI PROOF OF CONCEPTS
by Kaan Turnali, Global Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics Proof of concepts (POC) specifically designed for business intelligence (BI) projects can be invaluable because they can help to mitigate or eliminate the risks associated with requirements [...]
What if Beethoven and Mozart Invented Their Own Notation System
Anita Gibbings, Senior Director BI Product Marketing , SAP To appreciate how semantic notation can impact your business, take a step back for a moment and imagine if every composer from Mozart to Beethoven used a different [...]
Dresner’s Advanced and Predictive Analytics Study Ranks SAP #1 for Second Time in a Row
By Chandran Saravana, Senior Director Predictive Analytics Product Marketing For the second year in a row SAP has received the number one ranking in the Wisdom of Crowds 2016 Advanced and Predictive Analytics Market Study [...]
I Think We Need a GRC Tool. Where Do We Start?
by Thomas Frenehard, SAP GRC Solution Management I’m not going to say that I have this question every Monday morning, but it does pop up rather more often than I would have expected. This is [...]
The Self-Service BI Application Dinner: Restaurant Guests and Home Cooks
by Iver van de Zand, Business Analytics Lead BeLux In a recent thread on social media, there was an interesting discussion about just “how self-service-like” today’s self-service analytics components really are. Some of the thread [...]
In the New Digital Economy, Everything Can Be Digitized and Tracked : Now What?
by Pierre Leroux, Director, Predictive Analytics Product Marketing Welcome to a world where digital reigns supreme. Remember when the Internet was more of a ‘push’ network? Today, it underpins how most people and businesses conduct [...]
What You Need to Know About Supply Chain Risk
#3 in series by Matthew Liotine, Ph.D. , Strategic Advisor, Business Intelligence and Operations, Professor University of Illinois In our previous articles, we discussed how disruptions to a supply chain can originate from a multitude [...]
10 Data Visualizations You Need to Know Now
by Irvin Akopov, Content Marketing Manager, Business IntelligenceNo one likes reading through pages or slides of stats and research, least of all your clients. Data visualizations can help simplify this information not only for them [...]
Predictive Analytics Marketplaces
Contributed by Richard Mooney, Product Manager, Advanced Analytics Everybody knows that data velocity, volume and variety are exploding, that business expectations of transformative results for this data are incredibly high and largely unfulfilled and that [...]
Why in the World should I Hire a Consultant?
Contributed by Alyanna Espina, Recruitment Manager Amick Brown We are often asked why companies would hire outside consultants, when they could likely solve their business requirements on their own. After all, they have employees in house, which [...]
Part 1: Winning your End Users – SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio or SAP BusinessObjects Lumira or …
by Iver van de Zand, Guest Blogger Being part of one of the leading software companies is great and brings advantages and (sometimes) disadvantages. A key element I like so much in my work [...]
The Nature of Supply Chain Risk
Contributed by Matthew Liotine, PHD In our last article, we looked at the magnitude of the supply chain risk problem and how it is a major concern for most companies – large or small. Studies [...]
Integrate Non-SAP Data into Planning
Contributed by Gunnar Steindorsson, Allevo US Earlier we took a look at how effective cost planning in SAP isn’t always easy – but how it can be with Allevo. Let’s take a deeper look at [...]
Why SAP HANA and Spark for Big Data Predictive Analytics
By David Jonker, Sr Director SAP Big Data Product Marketing, Technology & Innovation Platform Big Data offers analysts and data scientists the opportunity to build more sophisticated and more accurate predictive models than before, but without [...]
Diversity – Embracing the New View
By Karen Gildea, Managing Partner, Amick Brown We live, play and work in an immensely diverse world. To classify ourselves, we align with others of the same representative group. We categorize ourselves into numerous different [...]
Detailed Cost Planning in SAP and Excel
Contributed by Gunnar Steindorrson , Kern Americas In our previous Blog , Get a Reporting and Analytics Planning Edge with Allevo , we gave a short overview of our powerful product that give significant value when working with [...]
Get a Reporting, Analytics, and Planning Edge with Allevo
By Gunnar Steindorsson Success Story - global manufacturer with multiple lines of business and dozens of facility locations . With Allevo, they reduced their planning cycle time by 60-65% by eliminating steps that were [...]
SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA – Let’s Start at the Beginning
by Ashith Bolar, Director AmBr Labs, Amick Brown Every week at Amick Brown, we are questioned about HANA There is a lot of confusion in the market with the multiple options. As well, there are many [...]
Where DOES the Time Go? Manage it and Feel Good, once and for all
By Jenna Rosdahl, HR Manager, Amick Brown Do you ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done? Well you’re not the only one. Many of us find ourselves [...]
Reimagine Predictive Analytics for the Digital Enterprise
As part of a broad announcement made at SAPPHIRE NOW 2016, SAP announced a range of new features and capabilities in its analytics solutions portfolio. Because predictive capabilities play an important role in the [...]
The Human Aspect of Predictive Analytics
By Ashith Bolar , Director AmBr Labs, Amick Brown The past decade and a half has seen a steady increase in Business Intelligence (BI). Every company boasts a solid portfolio of BI software and applications. The [...]
4 Best Practices to make your Storyboards more Dynamic and Appealing
By Iver van de Zand - Business Intelligence & Analytics - SAP - Visualization - DataViz - Evangelist - Author of "Passionate On Analytics" Your end users will love it when you’d deliver your story- and [...]
Corporate Social Responsibility and Small Business
by Karen Gildea , Managing Partner , Amick Brown Sustainability has been a recognized business strategy for the past decade or so. Strategies to reduce the adverse impact that a corporation had the on the [...]
The Time to Change is Now
by Paul Pallath, PhD, Chief Data Scientist & Director, Advanced Analytics SAP The world is speeding ahead at a significant pace towards a major revolution—the data-driven economy. Several data-driven start-ups in the last decade have [...]
Predictive Analytics and the Segment of One
by Richard Mooney, Product Manager, Advanced Analytics, SAP One of the areas that SAP is investing heavily in is the idea of providing ‘extreme customer experience’ to the ‘Segment of One.’ What does this [...]
Customer Analytics – Predictive at the Center of Everything You Do
Many Thanks to Chandran Saravana, Senior Director, Predictive Analytics Product Marketing, SAP As we discussed earlier, digital transformation is about taking a holistic approach to transforming the customer experience in all aspects. In this way, you [...]
Brainteaser: Storyboard or Dashboard…Self-Service or Managed…you choose
By Iver Van de Zand, SAP If there is one term that always is food for discussion when I talk to customers, it is definitely “dashboard”. What exactly is a dashboard, how close is [...]
The Art and Science of Customer Empathy in Design Thinking
by Kaan Turnali, Global Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics Customer-centric solutions demand empathy. But, how we employ this principle within design thinking is as critical—if not more—as what we do in the process. Certain slices can [...]
What you should consider when embarking on an Advanced Analytics journey?
By Paul Pallath, PHD, Chief Data Scientist & Director Advanced Analytics, SAP In my previous Predictive blog, I introduced four main considerations that organizations need to keep in mind when they’re beginning that journey. Today, I’ll [...]
Predictive Analytics 101 – The Real Business Intelligence, part 2
by Ashith Bolar, Director AmBr Data Labs @ Amick Brown In my first post, "The Real Business Intelligence" , I emphasized on the significance of Predictive Analytics in the Business Intelligence space. Let us take a [...]
Are you Planning to Embark on an Advanced Analytics Journey?
by Paul Pallath, PhD, Chief Data Scientist & Director, Advanced Analytics, SAP Welcome to the new world! The manner in which data is generated and captured today has come of age. Traditionally the way of [...]
Context Awareness: Online or Real Time in Digital Transformation?
By Iver van de Zand , Business Analytics Leader, SAP Excuse me? Online instead of real-time; isn’t that the same? Well, have I got news for you: It is not. Driven by enterprise needs and [...]
You need to watch this Predictive Analytics video from SAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5dqUmRI8xI You're Welcome ! Amick Brown
Five Tips for New Recruiters
By Alyanna Espina, Business Development at Amick Brown When my bosses told me that I was getting trained to become a Recruiter, my heart started racing and the feeling of panic started to sink in. [...]
Is Bench Strength a Valid Differentiator ?
By Karen Gildea , Managing Partner, Amick Brown Just over five years ago, with four of my long-time colleagues, we started an IT consulting firm specializing in SAP and Business Intelligence. Together we had led [...]
How can Employers Increase Employee Engagement?
By Jenna Rosdahl, Human Resources Manager at Amick Brown When you think employee engagement, you probably think of employees who are involved, committed to the organization and satisfied. But what many people don’t understand is [...]
“Passionate on Analytics” , new book available
from Iver van de Zand My book "Passionate On Analytics" is available now Driven by a deep believe of the value of business analytics and business intelligence in the era of Digital Transformation, the book [...]
How Real a Problem is Supply Chain Risk?
by Matthew Liotine, PHD Operations Management and Planning Expert Professor at University of Illinois Amick Brown Strategic Advisor Risk is a pervasive force in business, and consequently, in the supply chain operations that are necessary [...]
If the right people do not have the data they need, how can the intelligence be accurate?
By Ashith Bolar , Partner and Director AmBr Data Labs Lack of user-acceptance is considered a failure of any new Information System -- a rule that equally applies to a Business Intelligence initiative. And the [...]
25 years into a career and you are Outsourced – time to Panic or a Gift?
By Karen Gildea, Co-founder and Managing Partner Amick Brown Like so many of my peers, and by that I mean those that started their careers years ago with the plan to remain at the same company [...]
2016 and Business Analytics: Be Prepared for a Smashing Year: Part One
by Iver van de Zand, SAP The end of the year is always a time to reflect, but also a time to look ahead and think about what might be different or innovating next year. [...]
The Real Business Intelligence
Ashith Bolar, Director of Research, Amick Brown In the state of the art of computing, every company generates a large amount of data, and it goes without saying that every organization does some sort of [...]
What is Design Thinking?
Contributed by Kaan Turnali, SAP "Customer-centric design is about looking out from the inside—rather than outside in" Today’s organizations face multifaceted problems that are part of increasingly complex business models. Continued expansion of global transactions, [...]
The Overwhelming Power of Analytics in Retailing and B2C: Part 2
Contributed by Iver van de Zand, SAP Retailing and business-to-consumer (B2C) market requirements for online insights are relying heavily on the closed-loop portfolio. The permanent and online interaction of analytics towards rolling planning or predictive [...]
Artificial Intelligence meets Business Intelligence
By Ashith Bolar, Director of Research, Amick Brown It’s bound to happen: Artificial Intelligence (AI) will meet Business Intelligence (BI). In fact, in several places, it has already happened. But let’s take some time to [...]
The Overwhelming Power of Analytics in Retailing and B2C: Part One
Women With Shopping Bags --- Image by © Tim Pannell/Corbis Thank you to Iver van de Zand, SAP Online grocery shopping and personalized bonus cards – we all face these incentives every day. [...]
Placing short and long term Resources based on Corporate Culture Match
by Anitha Brown, Managing Partner Amick Brown The Importance of Cultural Due Diligence We have all been there. You are a few months in to a new job and something is just not perfect. The work [...]
The Closed Loop portfolio in Analytics
The Closed Loop portfolio in Analytics Authored by Iver van de Zand, SAP We talked about the overwhelming power of analytics in Retail and B2C market-segments earlier and one of the topics discussed there, [...]
Data Driven Decisions improve your business
Fact Based Decision Making For many companies the first reporting and analytics question that they ask is, “What specific items should my company measure?” However, what you measure should be based on how to get [...]
Top Three Hurdles to Successful Reporting and Analytics
This is a first conversation based on what I am hearing in the market. There will be more to come, and I want your thoughts please. Let’s make a difference. Top Three Hurdles to Successful [...]
Thinking Machines – Part 3
This is the third and last installment of a 3-part series on machine learning. If you want to read the first two parts, follow the links below. The outline of the 3 installments is: Machine [...]
Thinking Machines – Part 2
This is the second installment of a 3-part series on machine learning. If you want to read the first part, the link is below. The outline of the 3 installments is: Machine Learning Introduction Various [...]
What’s new with SAP? – by Ashith Bolar
A few days ago SAP announced SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA. Shortened to SAP S/4HANA, this is a big strategic launch. Here is why you need to take heed. The new SAP S/4HANA is [...]
Thinking Machines – Part 1
This is the first installment of a 3-part series on machine learning. The outline of the 3 installments is: Machine Learning Introduction Various implementations of machine learning Impact to business of machine learning computers The [...]
Go where Big data takes you – by Ashith Bolar
Big data Analytics is the new buzz in town. It is every big data analysts’ dream to analyze data, big or small, and get insights into things that were previously unseen by others. And now [...]
Object oriented programming – by Ashith Bolar
I thought I would write few words on Object-oriented programming. Now you might ask me why I am spending my time talking about a technology that's almost as old as computer programming itself -- an [...]