The key to any successful business intelligence or data warehousing solution is its ability to provide information to those who need it.
CEOs want a lot these days:
- Lower costs
- Improved customer and supplier satisfaction
- Better product quality
- Decreased time to market
- Business growth
- Enhanced competitive advantages
- And more!
The solutions they are examining most earnestly to achieve these goals fall under the umbrella called "business intelligence." An appropriate business intelligence solution transforms raw business data into meaningful information that can be used to make timely decisions to advance these goals. The business intelligence solution needs to work not only internally, but also externally, with outside partners that include customers, vendors, and other parties in the supply chain. The key to any successful business intelligence or data warehousing solution is its ability to provide information to those who need it.