Business Intelligence
What is Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence (BI) is about finding the data you need to do business more effectively. In fact, good BI can easily reveal a treasure trove of critical information, much of which you probably didn’t even know you had.
However, today’s “Big BI” solutions are ineffective for the vast majority of businesses. The BI industry exceeds $25 billion in sales annually, yet it touches less than 5% of the potential client base. But how could they?
Typical BI solutions can take months, involve large up front investments, and require personnel proficient in the field before you can even make an informed decision on which BI solution to choose, let alone implement one. And even after implementation, independent research from the Business Application Research Center (May 2009) indicates that only 8% of the people who have those tools available actually use them.
Who wants to be the pioneer fomenting revolution and taking the risk upon themselves to drive one of those projects though?
Fortunately it doesn’t have to be this way.
Positioning Yourself Wisely
BI the InterWorks Way
We think it is important that you get results fast with less up front risk and investment. We’re experienced in helping you identify the best areas opportunity so that you can achieve results fast. Our evolutionary method is less risky and implements quickly. And, our solutions are user-friendly.
Visual Analysis – Business Intelligence for Everyone
Using Tableau Software as the front end tool we’re able to create reports from your cleaned data quickly. These reports will be highly visual, using the best practices that science has discovered about human perception. Tableau also eliminates the overload of choices by offering only the appropriate visualization for your data, not a list of 99 unnecessary variations. The software intelligently recommends the best visualization for the data.
Ad Hoc Analysis
Your business is not static. The questions you have to answer change every day. You need a flexible visual analytical tool that facilitates probing your data. You need to be able to analyze information that comes from inside and outside your company. Our tools can help you visualize related information from different data sources in a few minutes.
You can create new views and ask different questions in seconds. Whether the data resides in a table on Wikipedia, in Excel, Access or any of the popular enterprise-class database products, Tableau can visualize all those different data sources using a single view in seconds
Updating Your Data Capabilities
Analysis of very granular data will quickly reveal any gaps or inaccuracies in your data. The challenge always revolves around getting the most detailed information from your business system and insuring that information reconciles to your reported financial data. We have a successful track record in implementing credible solutions quickly and can help you resolve data quality issues.
How We Save You Money
Our business information solutions save you money in several ways. First, the initial cost of Tableau Software is much less than the typical “Big BI” vendor tools. Second, we save you time by showing you how to create reports and setup your data. This means lengthy data analysis is done by your company, not a third party. Third, since we are a full service IT shop, we can help you with any problems that arise along the way, allowing you to focus on your data and the goal of creating the best possible business information from your data.
Business Intelligence for Everyone
Our goal is bring BI to every business, regardless of size or budget. Our solutions are highly visual and user friendly. Having good, detailed information to base business decisions upon will allow you to save time and maximize the use of your resources.
For Small Business
For most small businesses, a traditional BI solution isn’t possible. In fact, the cost of a traditional system could easily be a small company’s gross income for an entire year. By using Tableau and the expertise of InterWorks consultants, you can have a low cost system with flexible, visual, high-value reports at any level of detail you desire.
We also offer special pricing plans for small businesses. Please call us to discuss how we can help you implement a solution that will help you get the edge on your competitors.
For Large Businesses
If you have ever looked for a BI solution you know that the price tag can be shocking. That isn’t the case with InterWorks. Our Tableau based solutions can begin to get you answers in hours or days versus weeks or months.
Executives and managers need high level information that is timely and easy to navigate. You need the ability to ask ad hoc questions and create different visualizations rapidly. Business isn’t static. Reports need to adapt to the business need. You should have to call IT to get your answers.
If you would like to explore how InterWorks can help you get more utilization from your existing data warehouse or data mart, setup a free appointment with us and we’ll be happy to demonstrate how we can make this happen using your own data for the demonstration.
For Municipalities
Business information data isn’t just for businesses. City and County government can derive value in rapid-fire visual analysis. Imagine having dynamic reports showing traffic patterns, crime patterns, population density, analysis of city services, equipment fleets and much more.
Give us a call to discuss how we can help you cost effectively improve services to your local population. We would be happy to meet with you to discuss how InterWorks can help you achieve your goals with rapid-fire visual analysis that is flexible and scalable.
For even more information online, visit our COO's Business Intelligence blog: http://www.thedatarevolution.com/