Putting Analytics to work is about improving performance in key business domains using data and detailed analysis

1. Transform your business with superior analytics Best Practices in Decision Making

2. Putting Analytics to work is about improving performance in key business domains using data and detailed analysis Action : 3 step process Analytics & Decisions

3. Decisions Reduce Operational Cost Increase Throughput New Sales Increase Sales Profit Reduce Personal Cost Less Time on work performed Customer Retention Increase efficiency profit Reduce System Cost Comply with Govt. Regulations

4. A Business Analyst (BA) analyzes the organization and design of businesses, government departments, and non-profit organizations; they also assess business models and their integration with technology. There are at least four tiers of business analysis: Planning Strategically - The analysis of the organization business strategic needs Operating/Business model analysis - the definition and analysis of the organizations policies and market business approaches Process definition and design - the business process modeling (often developed through process modeling and design) IT/Technical business analysis - the interpretation of business rules and requirements for technical systems (generally IT) Business Analysis

5. Choose carefully your BI Tools, looking for standardization. Of course, you can and should choice a BI vendor to front-end, and others to the back-end as data warehouse platform or ETL tool. The standardization is mainly in the BI front-end tools (query, reporting and analysis); you should choice only one BI suite of tools that attend all the front-end requirements. Ongoing training the users on the BI tools and how to use better the data in the tools, also offering the right BI tool to the right user group, recognizing the importance of BI front-end tools in attracting the users. Always keep in your mind that Business Intelligence has to delivery the right information when it is required, in the right format, in the right time to the right people. Selecting BI tools

6. A NexTop is a business intelligence cloud computing tool, that enhances the experience by offering a PC like interface and simplifies interaction of dash boarding, ad-hoc reporting and charting. It provides a common platform that is open and collaborative. Productive increases using the WebTop. NexTOP, Ultimate BI tools

8. Allows User to import their own data - either through Excel and Google Docs, and future will allow SQL

9. Virtual Segmentation, helps you to keep your data organized

10. Customize report generator

11. Collaborative documents and reports

12. Embed snippet for charts, tables & reports

14. Blogs with RSS

15. Articles/Discussions with document upload/download and RSS

16. Automated Forecasting module with simple click

17. Sharable Virtual Segmentation

18. External data sources like OECD, IMF World Bank

19. Moveable Icon’s and customize background and colors

20. ODBC capabilities for extracting from excel and google docs

22. NexTOP, A business intelligence cloud computing tool