Gartner Business Intelligence Summit

Summit Tracks

Business Alignment and Value

This track takes a business centric view to help companies use BI, CPM and analytics to improve operations, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance business performance. In addition, it explores what Finance, HR and supply chain teams value most when it comes to making optimal decisions.

Sessions

Prioritizing Customer Analysis

06 February, 2012 (13:30 - 14:30)

There is no shortage of customer data available for analysis and no shortage of applications for this insight across the business. This presentation will explain the relative benefits and role of different types of analyses and how they can be applied for maximum benefit.

Beyond Counting Heads — The Neglected Potential of Workforce Analytics

06 February, 2012 (17:15 - 18:15)

Most organizations have done very limited workforce analytics and data driven workforce planning, largely ignoring its potential. This session will provide examples of effective workforce analytics, and provide you with the impetus to get started with your own workforce analytics efforts.

To The Point: Business Analytics in the Supply Chain

07 February, 2012 (08:00 - 08:30)

As more companies expand the use of analytics into operations areas, the supply chain (plan, source, make, deliver processes)is ripe for intelligence and innovation. In this session we will outline business users’ needs, emerging best practices, and how business analytics technologies can directly impact end-to-end supply chain performance.

To The Point: How to Get Analytics Into Your BI Program

07 February, 2012 (08:45 - 09:15)

Analytics is an often hyped and frequently misunderstood term. Business intelligence practices must embrace analytics or risk becoming obsolete in the eyes of many end user functions increasingly performing their own analysis. This session will help BI practitioners understand where and when to incorporate analytics into their BI programs.

Financial Analytics — How To Make The Finance Team Your New Best Friend

07 February, 2012 (11:45 - 12:45)

Finance users (like those in other domains) are demanding more analytics, and are increasingly likely to purchase these from their business application vendor without reference to IT. This session will explore the different types of analytics used by finance, and how IT can make these part of a broader BI strategy.