Using business intelligence and analytics to drive better decision-making

Business intelligence (BI) has remained a top priority for CIOs over the last ten years and business intelligence platforms are one of the fastest-changing areas in IT. Many organisations have invested in state-of-the-art business intelligence technologies to try and achieve greater competitive advantage. However as we emerge from the global recession a clear business case for new technology has to be made.

Business intelligence is not just about technology; used effectively, BI allows your organisation to understand its customers, manage profitability, cut costs, monitor risk, model scenarios and manage performance.

PA Consulting Group helps clients through the full technology lifecycle as well as with improving processes and people capabilities. We help you exploit the full potential of BI and make a real difference to decision-making in your organisation.   

If you want to provide intelligence to your customer-facing business units, validate your BI strategy and business case, or use predictive analytics to automate a process and provide real-time optimised recommendations to support decision-making, our expertise can help you stay one step ahead. PA can help you with:

a business intelligence maturity assessment - Our maturity assessment delivers a BI and analytics strategy and improvement roadmap covering people, processes and technology. If you want to rationalise what you have, improve data management processes, adopt a lean BI approach, or figure out if and when you should use analytics as a service, our roadmap will set out the best approach.

a guerrilla business intelligence approach - Our guerrilla BI approach helps jump-start stalled BI initiatives by delivering rapid results without the significant investment you might expect. It can help deliver a solution with healthy return on expenditure where requirements are difficult to specify.

navigating the growing regulation on data - We can help you keep pace with regulatory change. Combining sector expertise with IT experience, we map out your master data and define and deliver solutions for Solvency II, Dodd-Frank and International Financial Reporting Standards.

adoption of the latest business intelligence solutions - PA can support organisations looking for the next generation in business intelligence and analytics approaches. We can help deliver a data-driven transformation to provide transparency in your operations, maximise your customer revenue and identify opportunities to save costs.

To find out how PA can help you optimize your business intelligence and analytics, please contact us now.