BI Insight

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Summer 2010 edition of “BI Insight” – our newsletter focused on the thoughts, events and products shaping our industry.

Applying strategic profit analysis concepts to business decisions, help companies identify, analyze, and use strategically important resources for continuing success and growth of the business.

Businesses are always looking for ways to improve and sustain profitability. Ability to do this is even more critical in today’s environment of declining revenues and slowing sales growth. Profit Analytics is a great fit for businesses as it helps them realize profit opportunities in their existing business and make profitable decisions about cost reduction and business expansion initiatives. To have a strong and successful business, you need to have a clear understanding of the financial impact of your business decisions.

In this edition of BI Insight, we explore how profit analytics enables companies to align and drive their strategies, tactics and operations based upon true profitability bringing a paradigm shift in Enterprise Information Management.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in Increasing Operational Efficiency using Profit Analysis
2. An article called Science of Profitability that explores innovative business intelligence solutions to significantly enhance business performance.
3. And, of course, my compilations of news and the best of recent BI publications

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the June 2010 edition of “BI Insight” – our newsletter focused on the thoughts, events and products shaping our industry.

In this technology driven environment, businesses are looking to improve momentum of change in their business. They are looking for upgrades to their systems and are seeking new and improved business processes. In thinking through the change process, it is important to be aware of all the potential hazards to avoid in the process of implementing “change”. But even after the change is implemented successfully, it could face resistance to adoption of the new system. In some cases, it may fail to deliver in the promised benefits or fail due to difficulty in training the end users. In short, change management can be a challenge!

In this edition of BI Insight, we explore how this change can be managed efficiently for any technology or system implementation. We have tapped into our experiences from various BI & DW implementations to provide a consolidated view of our knowledge and best practices in Change Management.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in a seamless migration to Netezza for Nationwide Financial Services
2. A white paper by Venkat Reddy Pagydyala, Manager and Principal Architect of Systech Solutions, Inc., taking us through a powerful list of things to remember for an Effective Change Management.
3. And, of course, my compilations of news and the best of recent BI publications

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the May 2010 edition of “BI Insight” – our newsletter focused on the thoughts, events and products shaping our industry.

“How do I deliver the right product—in the right quantity, at the right location, and at the right price?”

Times have changed and there has been a paradigm shift in the thinking of organizations. Organizations are seeking focused and robust Analytical solutions to answer specific questions. All manner of companies are looking out for approaches that will make them more agile and adaptable, and improve real-time decision-making capabilities.

Gartner rightly says, “To drive real business improvement, you have to keep score. But reaching consensus on what will be measured, how and when, is easier said than done”.

With so many competitors in this highly commoditized market, how do companies differentiate from their competition? Who are the most profitable customers/products/categories? How are the customers buying their product/category? How can they best evaluate the impact of market trade funding on sales to repeat successful promotions? Do you have sufficient data to take appropriate decisions to increase customer satisfaction?

With the help of Business Intelligence and Analytics, we are trying to answer these questions accurately – and possibly in real time! This edition of our newsletter focuses on some of the trends for “intelligent” analytics across the CPG & retail industry. We hope that our articles help you find strategic insights and acts as a catalyst for your business transformation.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in Category Management for a major home video distribution company
2. A featured report on collaborative strategies and technology solutions in Supply Chain Management.
3. And, of course, my compilations of the best of recent BI publications

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Hi there,

Welcome to the Mar 2010 edition of BI Insight newsletter!

Identify the relevance of integrating data in today’s customer centric market!

Good decision-making requires a complete and accurate view of data. And integration of all data sources is the start to getting the complete picture. To understand the source that feeds data and a design that supports your analytics is the key to successful data integration. The strategy used for data Integration and its design affects scalability and cost. In addition to these it affects the ability to support real time data integration, master data management and SOA. It also determines interoperability with other BI tools.

“According to the latest research at Aberdeen Group, issues with customer data greatly affect sales and marketing efforts in an organization. The lack of trusted customer data and an inability to target customers through data were the top two issues. 60% of Aberdeen’s survey named customer data integration and other customer data initiatives among their top priorities for 2010.”

This reveals the extent of the need for customer data integration at many organizations. The number of mergers in 2009 might have expanded the need for data integration. Our intent is to help you deploy architectures that are self-sufficient, future-facing, effective, scalable, and interoperable. This edition of our newsletter focuses on the importance of DI and its architecture. We hope that our articles make a good case for your architecture and design.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in Data mart development & reporting for Falken Tire Corporation, worldwide distributers of Ultra High Performance passenger vehicle products.
2. A conversational article by Srini Ramaswamy, COO, Systech Solutions, Inc., exploring the need for integrated data views of the customer in gaming and hospitality industry.
3. And, of course, my compilations of the best of recent BI publications

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Hi there,

Welcome to the Feb 2010 edition of BI Insight newsletter!

It has been very exciting & encouraging to see the recent developments in the BI space. It has been a great start but there is a lot of work required. Over the last month, Systech and BI Insight had a chance to personally experience several cutting edge BI solutions and collaborate with customers at the MicroStrategy World 2010. What impressed me the most was that despite a rough 2009, BI technologies continue to quickly adapt and expand to pursue business and performance opportunities.

This year Systech’s mantra is to put customers first. Systech uses an agile approach that applies user-centric design. Our focus is not just turning data into knowledge, but turning knowledge into a format that customers can easily use for decisions. By understanding issues through your metrics, identifying the KPIs and then applying our data visualization techniques we make Business Intelligence relevant to you.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in MicroStrategy Implementation for a leading specialty retailer.
2. A featured report on Systech at MicroStrategy World.
3. And, of course, BI news articles from reputed sources.

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Hi there,

Welcome to the Dec 2009 edition of BI Insight newsletter!

While the economy still faces some significant challenges, there are a number of reasons to feel optimistic about 2010: "The momentum is building." In a changing economy, businesses explore ways to streamline processes and reduce costs. It is essential to focus on innovation to spur recovery and long-term growth.

The latest statistics reveal that the top technologies for enhancing competitiveness over the next five years at high-growth, midsize organizations are business intelligence, analytics and self service portals. Recognizing the value of delivering competitive insights that are often hidden in data, Systech’s R&D groups and client engagements have given us an excellent test bed to explore deep analytics to target various industry verticals.

http://www.systechusa.com/solutions/

The solution provides valuable insights to help organizations to make evidence-based decisions, measure business objectives, drive sustainable growth and manage change.

This month’s highlights:

1. Systech’s project success in Global Credit Management Reporting for a leading provider of financial advisory services and international banking services.
2. A featured report on Data Warehouse Appliance.
3. And, of course, BI news articles from reputed sources.

We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers.

Cheers,
Vaishnavi Gollapudi
The Editor

Welcome to the October Edition of BI Insight! This month’s newsletter highlights Systech’s project success in “Store and Merchandising Analysis” for a leading specialty retailer of premium pet food and supply stores. In this case study you would see how a customer achieved an insight into sales & margins through Systech’s store analysis. The ‘Systech corner’ article features a report on Operational BI. This whitepaper includes an in-depth report on Operational BI. The main aim of this paper is to introduce the reader to “Operational Business Intelligence” and make him familiar with the characteristics and capabilities of Operational BI. And of course, this issue also includes BI news articles from reputed sources. We hope that you find the newsletter to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your peers!

Welcome to Summer 2009 edition of our newsletter – BI Insight! This month’s newsletter highlights Systech’s project success in “Productivity Analysis and Reporting for Prescription Claims”. In this case study you would see how a leading provider of Pharmacy Benefit Management Services achieved improved pricing and design strategy through Systech’s comprehensive, cost effective solution and analysis. The second article for this issue is Systech Corner, in which we feature an interview with Dr. Suresh Bangara, CEO of Hippocrates Gate, LLC. The interview examines his company’s latest application, AccessHSI that could potentially revolutionize the health care industry by providing an efficient and cost-effective solution. And apart from these we have also included BI news articles from reputed sources. We hope you find the newsletter interesting and informative. Please invite your peers to visit us and subscribe to us. Enjoy reading!

Warm Regards,

The Editor

Welcome to May 2009 edition of our newsletter – BI Insight! This month’s newsletter highlights “Systech Corner” which features an informal conversation with Maruthu Pandian, VP Operations, Systech India Pvt. Ltd. about “Systech’s outlook on Outsourcing to Emerging India”. Apart from this we have also included BI news articles from reputed sources. We hope you find the newsletter interesting and informative. Please invite your peers to visit us and subscribe to us. Enjoy reading!

Warm Regards,

The Editor