Ask QueBIT About Analytics
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Ask QueBIT About Analytics
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Episode 62: Taking Technology Fandom to the Next LevelGuest: Christoph HeinMost of us are ambivalent about the technology we use at work. Ideally, we don’t even want to think about it. We know that technology enables business operations to pr
Episode 61: ESG and Sustainability Reporting PrimerGuest: Bill PrimeranoESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability Reporting requirements for businesses are well on their way to becoming unavoidable. For some companies it’
Episode 59: Analytics Shorts: 3 StoriesGuests: Tyler King, Deepak Kumar, A.G. TanThis week we are showcasing three of QueBIT’s expert consultants: Tyler King, Deepak Kumar and A.G. Tan. They have so many great stores to tell, but very little
Episode 59: Breaking Down Silos between Finance and Operations Guest: Amyn DhamaniSpecialized functions – or “Silos” – evolve in companies for a very good reason. It’s simply more efficient to clearly partition all the work that needs to be d
Episode 58: Whatever happened to IBM Watson?Guest: Mike McGeein, IBMIn early 2011 a computer called Watson, developed by IBM, stunned the world by beating two of the all-time best human players of Jeopardy, a TV quiz show. To pull this off, W
Episode 57: How to be a Transformative CFOGuest: Brian FrohnLarge influential consultancies like McKinsey, Gartner and others have been talking for several years now about how the responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) are expa
Episode 56: Predictive Planning for FinanceGuest: Justin CroftHow can Artificial Intelligence (AI) help the Office of Finance? Since most of the AI use-cases in the media revolve around intelligent assistants (like Siri and Alexa), or self-dr
Episode 55: A New Era for Procurement and SourcingGuest: Bryan Baum/AnaplanProcurement and Sourcing are critical functions, especially at companies whose prosperity depends on maintaining well-oiled supply chains. A job that requires diligenc
Guest: Deepak KumarAs a company grows and needs to develop specialized functions such as “Sales”, “Operations” and “Finance”, keeping everyone coordinated and on the same page takes more and more concerted effort. Over time, this natural separ
Guest: Bruna GarciaIn 2021 “Supply Chain” went from being an esoteric piece of business jargon, to being a household phrase. We will leave it to the popular press to fan the flames of public anxiety while lambasting industries plagued with Sup
Episode 52: Allocations for the Insurance IndustryGuest: Chris WillsonIsn’t profitability the same as revenue? Why does the difference matter?If these questions sound boring, how about this one: How would you feel if you went out to an expen
Episode 51: Accelerating down the Home Stretch of xP&AGuest: Andy WeissSome of the most important beneficiaries of a good Planning & Analysis process are on the front lines of the business. These are the people in sales, operations and line m
Episode 50: End-to-end Integrated Planning Processes at ChemturaGuest: Jessica QuilesEveryone is talking about Extended Planning and Analysis – or xP&A – these days. On paper, it is easy to appreciate the benefits of integrating planning acr
Episode 49: The Importance of Data Strategy for xP&AGuest: Mike BurkeAt which point does the “data” part of your planning project start to take center-stage? When you go beyond grabbing general ledger trial balances from a single data source,
Episode 48: Hybrid Cloud for Planning, Reporting and AnalysisGuest: Mike CowieIt’s the summer of 2021 and IBM has been airing a series of TV commercials on something called “hybrid cloud”. One of them features racing driver Jamie Chadwick ask
Episode 47: Why xP&A is not just marketing hypeNo guestExtended Planning and Analysis – or xP&A – is having a moment right now. It is the latest piece of jargon being hyped up by analysts like Gartner (who coined it) and planning software ven
Episode 46: Taking the First StepGuest: John SternerIt’s interesting how human beings are used to planning journeys through life – like vacations, going to college, and retirement – but when it comes to buying technology, there can be a tende
Episode 45: Software Evaluation PrinciplesGuest: Christine SchoenenThere is so much technology being thrown at us each day that deciding which software tools to invest in is overwhelming. It’s one thing to take a chance on a free app on your
Episode 44: The Sad Truth about DataNo guest.“Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration” is a famous quote attributed to Thomas Edison. The QueBIT version of this is “Successful analytics is one percent modeling and 99 per
Episode 43: 2020, The Year of AnalyticsNo guest.2020 was a difficult year on many fronts. It was also a year when companies needed to get more out of analytics technologies, to mitigate some of the challenges. Analytics evolved from being a “
Episode 42: Launching a Diversity and Inclusion ProgramGuests: Andrew Chavis, Dallas Crawford, Odile Davis-Wolfe & Gus SlaughterIn Episode 39 we talked about how companies that have inclusive cultures and embrace diversity also end up with re
Episode 41: From “spreadsheet hell” to better decisions at EversourceGuest: Fran BergerAs the largest utility in New England, Eversource has all the planning and reporting needs one would expect of a Fortune 500 company – and maybe more! Oper
Episode 40: Why Master Data Management MattersGuest: Clare HuttonOur clients often ask us whether we “do” Master Data Management (MDM). It’s a good question because Master Data Management is important to DO, but answering the question can fee
Episode 39: Diversity, Inclusion … and Transformative AnalyticsNo guestThis episode was partly inspired by an article in the November-December 2020 issue of the Harvard Business Review titled “Getting Serious about Diversity: Enough Already w
Episode 38: You can’t have Agile Planning without Building ModelsGuest: Richard CreethMost businesses rely on spreadsheets as a tool to inform, and to drive decision-making. Often these spreadsheets contain models where certain inputs drive c
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