Deloitte Business Analytics

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

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.

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.