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Workforce retention analytics

Thu, 6 Jun 2013 13:42:12 +0530

Our workforce retention analytics tool uses advanced analytics that can predict turnover risk at the individual level and can also provide senior executives the lead time they need to address retention challenges and keep their leading performers.

Analytics answers

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:15:03 +0530

In our newest blog post, "Analytics answers," Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Casey Graves discusses how analytics help businesses imagine and architect, then re-imagine and re-architect, creative solutions.

Readmissions analyzer

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:14:06 +0530

Our Readmissions Analyzer solution helps healthcare leaders harness the power of their data to prevent readmissions and manage costs more effectively.

Enterprise fraud and misuse management

Thu, 30 May 2013 17:13:11 +0530

Many organizations across sectors have been victimized or may be vulnerable in some way to fraud, waste and abuse. Our Enterprise Fraud and Misuse Management solution provides the ability to screen transactional activity for evidence of fraud in real-time and diagnose external fraud rings that may threaten an organization.

Economic value analysis

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:08:28 +0530

Economic value analysis allows health care leaders to establish their baselines in support of effectively evaluating the costs and benefits of alternative business and clinical models.

Dynamic review

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:07:15 +0530

Dynamic review employs a layered approach of filtering, analytics, text categorization and validation to inform decision-making, leading to better, more informed document review decisions.

How does your data garden grow?

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:43:29 +0530

In this Short Takes...on Analytics blog, "How does your data garden grow," Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Marcus Shingles discusses how organizations can use analytics for business growth.

Weathering the storms

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:11 +0530

Deloitte’s analytics-based Operation Enhancement Initiative (OEI) was employed to help a mid-size electric and gas retail and distribution utility in the Northeast better utilize operational data.

Drilling through data

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:39 +0530

Deloitte helped an independent oil and gas company derive a solution to seamlessly navigate its data and thus help users extract new insights about the relationship between cost and performance and perform on-the-fly competitor comparisons.

Banking executive data quality dashboard

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:39:52 +0530

Our data quality dashboard for banks can provide a host of advantages to executives looking to make smarter decisions using data driven insights.

Analytics answers

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:38:10 +0530

If you have questions about analytics, you’re not alone. At Deloitte, we’ve built a host of analytics tools that are ready for deployment today. And we’re just getting started.

Introducing dynamic review: Document review in new perspective

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:54:14 +0530

Our discovery methodology deploys advanced analytics, including predictive coding, to enhance document review management and reduce costs. You can make more intelligent decisions without necessarily leaving your existing platform or purchasing technology.

Doing the unexpected: Shaping and sharing the future with big data

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:44:37 +0530

In our newest blog post, Deloitte FAS LLP’s Vivekanand Gopalkrishnan discusses how powerful, innovative and transformative big data can be.

Is analytics driving the scale paradox?

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:58:52 +0530

In this Short Takes...on Analytics blog post, Ryan Renner, Deloitte Consulting LLP, discusses how the convergence of disruptive technologies and analytics can create new competitive opportunities.

Putting strategy first

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:47:57 +0530

Using analytics, one organization achieved a holistic view of its customers, streamlining analysis and establishing an integrated global business process that drives performance.

High flyers

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:58:55 +0530

In our newest blog post, "High flyers: Using talent analytics to get to the next level," Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Jeff Schwartz discusses how companies can ascend above the competition with talent analytics.

Talent analytics video series

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:58:15 +0530

Wherever you are on the analytics journey, there are things you can do to raise your game. Join Jeff Schwartz and Tom Davenport as they share their thoughts on using talent analytics for new advantages.

Data scientists 3-minute guide

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:57:34 +0530

The data scientist understands how to discern answers from unwieldy data. If you’re making big bets on analytics and want to make sure you have the right talent to deliver, it’s worth thinking about the role a data scientist could play in your organization.

How to tell stories about data

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:03:51 +0530

In this week’s Short Takes on Analytics blog post, Tom Davenport, independent senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics, discusses the importance of not letting the numbers get in the way of a good story.

Telling a story with data

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:03:09 +0530

Learn how quantitative analysts help translate findings into stories decision makers can understand in this Deloitte Review article.

What does big data really mean, and how do you create value from it?

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:02:20 +0530

Deloitte Consulting LLP's John Lucker and Jim Guszcza join Wharton's Elea Feit for a discussion on big data's challenges and value.

Finance organizations: Becoming a more effective partner in the business

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:01:21 +0530

Join our Dbriefs webcast on March 20 to find out how finance organizations can become more effective partners to the businesses they support.

Organizing for analytics in health care

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:44:59 +0530

The growing thirst for information - reliably accurate information - is dramatically changing the health care industry in many ways.

HIMSS13 product collateral

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:44:32 +0530

While you are exploring HIMSS13 and all the great information to be found at the educational sessions and technical exhibitions, take a look at Deloitte’s product and services collateral.

HIMSS 2013 annual conference and exhibition

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:43:48 +0530

Deloitte can help you in your efforts to define a vision for your organization in the constantly changing world of health care. Through the use of data, analytics and content we can work with you to derive insights and make decisions about the future; to do things differently - or make a new way forward. Wherever you need to go, we see you there.

HIMSS13 resource library

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:42:56 +0530

While you are exploring HIMSS13 and all the great information to be found at the educational sessions and technical exhibitions, take a look at Deloitte’s recent publications and research on topics such as analytics, heath care IT, security and privacy, accountable care, meaningful use, ICD-10 and more - some of the top issues impacting CIOs in 2013.

The three-minute guide to banking analytics

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:34:22 +0530

Rebooting and refocusing your bank’s analytics capabilities can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Identify where data and analytics can have the greatest impact.

The three-minute guide to sustainability analytics

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:32:49 +0530

Sustainability analytics can help companies understand the cost, impact and performance of their past and present sustainability initiatives - and anticipate future conditions and requirements.

Is big data "too big to Ignore"?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:32:02 +0530

Visit our new DU Press page featuring a collection of analytics articles and videos that can help answer this question.

Hands-on analytics

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:54:20 +0530

Deloitte Analytics HIVE is the advanced technology, visualization-based approach used to display how analytics works and what it can offer as business tools and approaches become increasingly more intuitive

Helping make the invisible visible with socialytics

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:09:56 +0530

In our newest blog post, John Hagel discusses socialytic disruption and the performance of teams. Learn how socialytics was applied to track patterns of interaction for better decision-making.

The WOW of the HIVE

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:10:09 +0530

Our newest blog post explores a typical visit to the HIVE, which consists of preparation, the HIVE session and the "new possible," all designed to help businesses discover new insights through visualization.

Text analytics: Ride the wave or stay ashore?

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:12:40 +0530

In our newest blog post, Cindi Thompson tackles tough questions on text analytics. Should you jump in and ride the wave?

Text analytics: The three-minute guide

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:11:00 +0530

For many companies, unstructured data is simply exhaust from digital transactions and other online activities. But forward-looking organizations are mining this data for valuable insights.

Then and now

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:41:13 +0530

Our newest blog post examines the Soho cholera outbreak of 1854, illustrating how far geospatial analysis has come.

The three-minute guide to geospatial analytics

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:40:26 +0530

Using geospatial analytics, businesses can identify patterns that were previously buried in spreadsheets, resulting in better decisions.

The power of zoom: Transforming government through location intelligence

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:39:03 +0530

The increasing wealth of data provided daily by smartphones, physical sensors and the Internet - the "digital exhaust" created as a byproduct of millions of our daily lives - has given rise to new models and opportunities for government to better understand its challenges and design more effective solutions.

The insight economy: Big data matters - except when it doesn’t

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:34:39 +0530

For a lot of executives, big data is the land of false promises and lost dreams - another overhyped trend in a long line of trends-that-weren’t. There’s definitely enough hype to give anyone a headache. What is big data - and why you should care?

The insight economy: Finding value in big (and small) data

Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:28:30 +0530

You’ve probably seen the headlines - big data is this year’s media darling. While articles about big data keep coming, the marketplace may be lacking consensus on what exactly big data is and why anyone should care.

The road worth taking on the workforce analytics journey

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:04:42 +0530

With the level of HR information maturity slowly increasing, there is an opportunity for organizations to use data and analytics to guide the organization forward in a way that makes a difference.

Realizing the talent dividend

Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:07:41 +0530

With the changing global economy, the importance of talent is also changing. Talent has grown from being a business expense to becoming a business investment - one that drives an organization's performance and bottom line.

As shared services matures, how is it evolving? [Infographic]

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:33:42 +0530

Shared services is no longer the new kid on the block. Although the basic concept has hardly changed, it’s being applied today on a much larger scale.

What is your data trying to tell you?

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:32:38 +0530

Business analytics uses data to drive business strategy and performance. It includes a range of capabilities - from looking backward to evaluate what happened in the past, to forward-looking approaches like scenario planning and predictive modeling. Explore our latest resources to learn how analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value.

Use analytics to pull the pricing lever

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:46:43 +0530

Price management initiatives have been shown to help companies increase their margins by 2 to 7 percent within a year, producing a 200 to 350 percent return on investment . So why is pricing so far down the list of options for organizations looking to improve performance?

Faces of Deloitte Analytics

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:56:58 +0530

Our new recruiting campaign, "Faces of Deloitte Analytics," is designed to raise the profile of analytics at Deloitte. We are looking for analytics talent.

Using analytics to reduce the specter of capitalizing all operating leases[Infographic]

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:55:44 +0530

Use any metaphor that comes to mind: going down the rabbit hole, stepping into the looking glass, landing in an alternate universe - whatever your preference, the depiction is apt.

On-demand risk analytics: A new generation

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:57:14 +0530

You can’t manage risk if you can’t measure, analyze and forecast it. Read and discuss how to manage risk in today’s highly regulated environment and volatile economic times in our new Short Takes on Analytics blog by Vivek Katyal.

How does data science differ from traditional analytics functions?

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:21:10 +0530

Read and discuss how the data scientist role is essential to an organization that wants to manage big data in our new Short Takes on Analytics blog by Tom Davenport.

Increase your project success rate

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:38:41 +0530

Analytics can help businesses reduce the risks of project failure, including unforeseen costs, operational failures and regulatory non-compliance. Read this new blog post to learn about research-centric, data-driven and value-focused predictive project analytics.

Business analytics for mid-sized companies: Leveling the playing field

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:37:06 +0530

Until recently, a company’s level of technological sophistication was often pre-determined by how much it could afford to invest. But the advent of cloud technology has leveled the playing field for smaller companies with limited budgets, enabling them to leverage the benefits that cloud computing offers, especially in the area of data analytics.

The CFOs Role in Moving from Customer Analytics Insight to Action

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:25:19 +0530

Discover the reasons why the CFO should be a major driver leading analytics efforts to generate more successful customer relationships.

Raise Your Pricing IQ

Wed, 30 May 2012 16:24:27 +0530

Many businesses have trouble measuring their pricing IQ. They can't identify which products are performing well and which aren't. While a high pricing IQ lets businesses take the next step toward wealth creation, low economic intelligence leaves them hard pressed to make choices, design plans or make strategic decisions.

Do Something About It

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:27:10 +0530

For multinational manufacturers, the links between strategy, business activities and enterprise value can be unclear. Can pricing analytics help?

Workforce analytics as a sales tool? Here’s how

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:26:04 +0530

We’ve discussed here on HR Times the rise of workforce analytics as a tool to give HR leaders insights that can help them support broad organizational goals. In fact, workforce analytics is one of the eight human capital trends discussed in the report Leap Ahead. Another is HR’s growing role in supporting sales force effectiveness, which has HR implications ranging from talent strategies and organization design to learning and development, compensation, governance and change management.

Unlock the potential in your data

Wed, 9 May 2012 20:36:27 +0530

Adding insight to finance

Wed, 2 May 2012 21:34:36 +0530

Finance analytics can afford public organizations the means to improve transparency and transform their approach to decision making.

Risk analytics: The three-minute guide

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:31:53 +0530

Many organizations want to take advantage of the benefits of risk analytics to proactively identify and understand sources of risk to limit risk exposure, or to take certain risks to generate returns. Risk analytics can help establish a baseline for measuring risk across the organization and offer executives clarity in identifying, viewing, understanding and managing risk.

Workforce analytics is a journey and a process

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:44:25 +0530

Everyone is talking about being smarter, but where does the analytics journey start for your workforce issues?

Forward focus: Analytics - turning data into dollars

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:22:57 +0530

Finding the small changes that add up to that big difference is the goal and the result of the proper use of analytics.

Know thy customer

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 20:59:42 +0530

Using analytics, one bank achieved a holistic view of its customers, improving its ability to respond to regulatory and audit requirements.

Fraud analytics: The three-minute guide

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 20:58:44 +0530

Fraud analytics can provide insights that allow a company to manage potential threats before they occur as well as develop a proactive fraud and bribery detection environment.

Mobile analytics

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 20:57:42 +0530

Leading executives are demanding the ability to perform meaningful analytics activities from their mobile devices. Is your organization taking the right steps to integrate mobile analytics into the enterprise?

Healthy operations: A case study

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:04:12 +0530

Deloitte infuses a federal government agency’s business intelligence solutions with advanced analytics.

No more ugly data: Designing analytics user interfaces for government decision makers

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:03:15 +0530

Constant advances in graphic, mobile and Web technology make it possible to translate "big data" into meaningful, impactful visual interfaces.

Workforce analytics: Using advanced analysis to manage talent and risk

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:02:02 +0530

Workforce analytics involves using statistical models that integrate internal and external data to predict future workforce and talent-related behavior and events.

The measure of insight

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:59:36 +0530

Deloitte enterprise planning capabilities help an international banking institution improve performance, rationalize metrics and enhance the brand. (PDF download)

Analytics in retail

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:51:20 +0530

To avoid getting lost in all the numbers, retailers should demand more from their data. Learn about six key areas where retailers can apply analytics to drive value for their stakeholders.

Delivering value through risk and regulatory analytics

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:28:20 +0530

Companies are seeking greater transparency, deeper insights and more reliable predictors to manage risk, meet regulatory requirements and gain a competitive edge.

Using analytics to help gain a competitive edge in manufacturing

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:57:52 +0530

New advancements in analytics can provide not only reports on past and present operations, but also help forecast the future - giving progressive manufacturers the competitive edge.

Smarter phones, smarter shoppers and strategies for a new consumer perspective

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:57:02 +0530

Never in the history of commerce has it been possible to acquire as much data or participate so extensively in the process of connecting with consumers. Consumer product companies that systematically fine-tune these connections as well as their marketing strategies can be well positioned with regard to creating mobile-enabled paths in sync with evolving consumer needs.

A delicate balance: Organizational barriers to evidence-based management

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:54:47 +0530

Data analysis is only part of an "analytics" project; and ironically it often isn’t the hardest part. It is not uncommon for sophisticated technical work to end up on the cutting room floor - resulting in unrealized value - for reasons having more to do with human and organizational behavior than the finer points of data quality or statistical methodology.

Tech Trends 2012

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:03:41 +0530

Available now. Deloitte’s annual Technology Trends report examines technology put to practical business use. This year’s theme, "Elevate IT for digital business," examines the broad impacts of five technology forces that have influenced our reports over the past several years - analytics, mobility, social, cloud and cyber security. Our 2012 trends are grouped into two categories:

Disruptors are technologies that can create sustainable positive disruption in IT capabilities, business operations and sometimes even business models.
Enablers are technologies in which many CIOs have already invested time and effort, but which warrant another look this year because of new developments. Enablers may be more evolutionary than revolutionary, but the potential is there to elevate the business game with technology.

It’s an uncommon, and perhaps even unique, time to have so many emerging forces - all rapidly evolving, technology-centric and each already impacting business so strongly. Whether or not you have previously thought of your business as inherently digital, the convergence of these forces offers a new set of tools, opening the door to a new set of rules for operations, performance and competition. This is an opportunity for IT to truly help elevate business performance. Each of these 2012 trends is relevant today. Each has significant momentum and potential to make an impact. Each warrants timely consideration. Forward-thinking organizations should consider developing an explicit strategy in each area - even if that strategy is to wait and see. But whatever you do, step up. Use the digital forces to your advantage. Don’t get caught unaware or unprepared.

Deconstruct your data

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:02:23 +0530

Explore our latest resources to learn how business analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value.

Mining for insight

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:00:16 +0530

Pricing analytics can help companies better examine their customers, products and marketplace dynamics to help improve their growth and profitability.

Tap into the power of analytics

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:10:38 +0530

New ways of applying supply chain analytics can lead to dramatically higher levels of performance.

Three minute guide to customer analytics

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:08:31 +0530

Customer analytics is among the most powerful enablers companies have for translating their customers’ signals into useful insights.

Achieving analytics excellence: Part two

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:27:55 +0530

Part two in the "Achieving analytics excellence" series discusses how building an analytics center of expertise (COE) can give companies a leg up on managing the powerful technological capabilities inherent in analytics.

Know what your customers want before they do

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:27:03 +0530

Using increasingly granular customer data, businesses are starting to create highly customized offers that steer shoppers to the "right" merchandise at the right moment, at the right price and in the right channel. But few companies can do this well. In "Know what your customers want before they do," published in the December 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review, read how retailers can hone their "next best offer" capability by breaking the problem down into four steps.

Achieving analytics excellence - part one

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:10:00 +0530

Read the first installment of our new series on achieving analytics excellence through organizing and developing an analytics center of expertise.

Isn’t more analytics the answer to solve your pricing challenges?

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:01:27 +0530

Pricing has always been perceived to be a numbers game. So it’s not surprising that, encouraged by new technologies, a lot of companies are pushing for advanced analytical tools to help take their pricing strategies to the next level. But at the same time, some are wondering whether more analytics is really the answer to their problems. After all, they’re already swimming in numbers. In fact, they could probably rely on intuition alone to identify the obstacles in their way today, right? Explore the debate.

Workforce reporting and analytics

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:00:12 +0530

Are you frustrated that massive amounts of workforce data are going unused in your organization? Then take just three minutes to read our guide to workforce reporting and analytics to see how workforce analytics is capable of delivering deeper insights that can pave the way to more effective decision making.

Is big data just a big distraction?

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:34:46 +0530

Your business generates a tremendous and growing amount of data. If you could decode it all, you could be sitting on a significant competitive advantage. And yet there’s a growing chorus of business leaders who claim that by focusing on big data - datasets that are very large, highly complex or both - companies could be missing out on other, more immediate opportunities. So which is it? Does big data really hold the keys to breakout insights into the business, or is it just distracting from the real business at hand?

Organizing analytics

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:33:45 +0530

As more leaders develop their organization’s analytics capabilities, the debate becomes centered on how to manage them. The key is finding the right model for your organizational culture.

Visual analytics: Revealing corruption, fraud, waste and abuse

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:49:44 +0530

For entities around the globe, identifying potential corruption and fraud activities in large volumes of data has historically been difficult and quite costly. The rich insights within that data may be difficult to identify by traditional means and remain hidden.

Adding insight to audit

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:48:45 +0530

Analytics holds extraordinary promise for moving the internal audit process from hindsight to insight and foresight.

Analytics in banking

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:47:28 +0530

The banking sector is rife with change and uncertainty. It is difficult to understand the current complex environment, much less to predict the future with any degree of confidence. Banks need more in-depth information to effectively manage risk and drive risk-adjusted performance. Leveraging business analytics may help turn data into information that can provide answers.

Marketing ROI on steroids

Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:20:26 +0530

Is your Marketing ROI sufficient enough in today’s complex business environment? Or should you pump things up by using advanced analytics? Weigh in on the Debate.

Evaluating first-time defaulters: From the inside out

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 16:50:14 +0530

This article sheds light on the ways banks and other financial institutions can interact and utilize data analytics to identify and retain first-time defaulters in order to build profitable, long-term relationships.

Technology Trends 2011: A federal perspective

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:42:09 +0530

This federal perspective report provides agencies with a fresh look at the top 10 technology trends that are expected to impact their constituents and organizations.

Take a fresh look at your data ... from the inside out

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:15:41 +0530

Powerful trends are driving the adoption of a new approach to business analytics. Explore our latest resources to learn more.

Sustaining analytics

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:41:17 +0530

Analytics is on the forefront of the c-suite's agenda these days. Operating in today's complex, highly regulated business environment, leaders can no longer just "trust their gut." Most companies already have a subset of the capabilities they need to engage in sustainable analytics.

Making sense of social data

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:55:21 +0530

We create data constantly, leaking information about our actions, whereabouts and characteristics. Increasingly these data are stored, analyzed and put to use to understand us and our behaviors at an extraordinarily granular level – and forcing executives to rethink how they understand, reach and even influence their customers.

Cut to the core of analytics excellence

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:51:32 +0530

Explore our latest resources to learn how analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value.

Deloitte makes acquisition to strengthen analytics portfolio

Thu, 26 May 2011 14:48:31 +0530

Deloitte announced it has purchased substantially all of the assets of Oco, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class software as a service (SaaS) business analytics solutions. This investment further demonstrates Deloitte’s commitment to the managed analytics marketplace.