Operational BI = Common Sense?

Spotted in a ComputerWorld/SAS Operational BI document called “BI @ the Speed of of Business”: “Mark Moorman, Advisor to the Office of the CTO at SAS… cites one government agency that was required to buy only low-grade lumber for construction projects. When a supplier offered to significantly discount a large stockpile of high-quality lumber in order to clear its warehouses, the agency had to turn him down, even though it meant... [Read More...]

Will Computers Ever Help With Decisions? (No)

Executives are still dissatisfied According to the latest surveys, executive dissatisfaction with the information available to them to make decisions is just as bad as when I started working in BI 20 years ago. How can this be? Have the billions invested in BI and information systems proved to be worthless? Will computers ever help with decisions? I believe the bottom line is no, they won’t — but with a big caveat.   Model: Yolande... [Read More...]