This presentation covers the history of retail business analytics, the challenges retailers face, and checkpoints of what they should be seeking in a BI or analytics tool.
10. Quantum… The small details create significant change Noun Physics: The smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess Adjective Sudden and significant: a quantum increase in revenue.
Forcing a move away from insight based analytics (only) to now include decision point analytics and action.
Newtonian Physics – the laws governing the movement and interaction of large objectsQuantum Physics – the laws governing the movement and interaction of small thingsGranularEmergenceInteractionsLiving systemsLearning systems
How we have designed and delivered solutions to address these needs
How we have designed and delivered solutions to address these needs
How we have designed and delivered solutions to address these needsMerchandise optimization solutions (EBO) that use predictive decision point analytics to link demand signal and demand response planning, optimization, and execution capabilities….
Reframe the QuestionUse insight to Predict future Put it in business Context with your strategiesEnsure it is ActionableDeliver the results
Taking what is traditionally BI and using it as a constraint or variable in the larger and more complex equation of how to optimize my business….NOT: Who is my best customer? Are you really asking, who was my best customer last…w, m, y?NOT: What is my most optimal supply chain today?Given what I know about my customer, my product, my supply chain, how do I make the most profitable inventory movement and placement decisions….knowing there are 135M different decisions to be made.
Link your business goals to the scienceBusiness purpose and processCreates visibilityProvides all information necessary for decisionImbed in technology, not just processFocus is decision point analytics