Published: 25 March 2019
ID: G00707556
Analyst(s): Chief Data and Analytics Officer Research Team
Applying machine learning (ML) to business problems is less forbidding than conventional wisdom suggests. Data and analytics leaders can learn from Iron Mountain Incorporated’s Accounts Receivable team. They created an ML pilot with two FTEs working part time for six months without data scientists or IT support that decreased time to settlement by 40%.
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Business Context
Prerequisites
Solution
How Prediction Can Improve a Business Process
From Business Prediction to Training Dataset
Prediction-Informed Action Plan
Results
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Implementation Tools
About This Research
Recommended by the Authors
About the Function and the Targeted Role
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