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- 1INTRODUCTION to business intelligence for small businesses Business intelligence (BI), a technology-driven process used for analyzing data and presenting useful information to help top management users to make decisions. BI systems assist companies in identifying market trends and related problems that need to be addressed. In summary, BI technologies allow a business to view their operations in timelines. This presentation shall provide you with 8 ways in business intelligence which can help small businesses get underway.1. FULFILL DIFFERENT NEEDS
New business intelligence tools are designed to cater for the different needs of customers. Smart self-service BI tools allow you to analyze multiple data sources on your own.
The following applies to business needs:
Understanding your customers- Monitor customers buying and their frequent purchase of certain products. The demand of these products can determine your customers and business expectations.
Meet your customer’s needs- The business needs to cater for customer expectations, and if required needs to be adjusted accordingly.
Have Clarity- To be concise of the products required by the customers’ needs.
Careful Planning- Through careful planning (including all research done) and interactive working strategies could generate useful information to your business which can determine its success or failure.
Focus on your business- Technology in a business simplifies time management and helps eliminate irrelevant activities.
Balance of work ethics- Operating a successful business, one needs to have complete balance between their personal and work e - 22. INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS This is an important fact to be considered when analyzing customers’ needs. Acquiring and maintaining a sound customer database is particularly important for small businesses. This builds a good relationship with existing customers. BI systems generate data about customers’ behavior and structure. Acquiring this data helps understand customers behavior and sales. By attaining this data, one can determine the customers trends in their business and focus on customer services. Agents or employees using BI systems acquires this information, which enable you to analyze specific customer KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) such as customer satisfaction scores. Obtaining this information is advantageous in the approach of your customers needs, management processes and assist in evaluating your business cost.3. ANALYZE AND EASILY COMBINE VARIOUS DATA SOURCES ONLINE
Online dashboards are readily available, which enables information to be accessed wherever your location. This information in small businesses are helpful and cost effective. Having a self-service BI tool, provides you with immediate data in a concise and clear format in the convenience of your personal device. This data assists in businesses in enquiring right data at the right time, and can be a competitive advantage in the business world. Data connectors such as Google, Facebook and Amazon web services are examples of these and that can merge data “under one roof”. (Durcevic, 2018) - 34. READ YOUR FUTURE WITH PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS The future of your business depends on various factors, namely: Expenditure– Determine your necessities, record all your expenses and ensure constant capital required for continuous operations. Historical Analysis- Historical growth rates can help predict the required quantity of your products needed. Careful consideration must be calculated in terms of operational of marketing and advertising cost of the business’ products. Trend of Markets– A calculated forecast can determine the success of a business. It is important to understand the market trends and to implement caution when predicting future revenue. Buying Power– It is cautiously advised to note the customers’ buying patterns in relation to the general market trend. This can have effect on the prices of products. (Durcevic, 2018)5. USE THE RIGHT DATA VISUALIZATIONS FOR YOUR DATA STORIES
The human brain adapts to visual process of information. Visual presentation is the best informative way of presenting different data to investors, customers, and stakeholders.
Using the tools on BI systems, data can be formatted and designed without wasting valuable time. These tools can analyze your data and be utilized accordingly in the forms of visual charts, flow diagrams etc.
Dashboards provide Return on Investments (ROI) by highlighting trends and if any, discovering irregularities. Using the dashboard tools enables employees to analyze and interact with their own data. A dashboard should be subject based, relating to the data collected and displayed in an understandable format.
Small businesses need to ensure an accurate portfolio when launching their business intelligence. (Durcevic, 2018) - 46. FOSTER COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION In today’s economically challenging world, sound economic decisions depend on the survival of a business. Having the appropriate personnel, relevant information, gives enterprises a definitive edge over their competitors, and results in happier customers, partners, and employee environment. Business Intelligence system allows the functionality for persisting knowledge and making better decisions using collective intelligence and social networking capabilities. It makes the sharing process easier and enabling more efficient decision making among team members who may have been working to reach conclusions on an individual basis. (Durcevic, 2018)7. SECURE YOUR DATA
Data is an important asset to an organization and therefore it is essential to safeguard it from all threats, or else in the wrong hand it will lead to data corruption and the down fall of a business. (Imanuel, 2018)
BI system tools have a functionality of data warehousing in which data can be securely stored at a storage facility. The corporate data, although it is highly sensitive information that can be easily “hacked”, one has to create secure means of placing data in secure IT professional care. Creating it by the means of a “cloud” and with strict security standards, these cloud-based data can easily accessible by authorized employees only. This system of stored information is cost effective. (Durcevic, 2018) - 58. MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FASTER BI systems help with the right decisions and for businesses to grow. The correct start-ups and constant monitoring are required for the success of a business. 4 Tips for A Big Data Strategy for A Small Business: Start Small- Approach the data with a question or hypothesis in mind and check if the data collected relates to your question or hypothesis. You can then use the data as your beginner step to more advanced research. Be Agile- Big data gives you an insight into real-time data, and when you are able to make changes immediately, it is you who has the competitive advantage. Involve All Your Team- It is important to create a dashboard culture in your company and make sure your team members let themselves be guided by data in their everyday decisions. Big data is beneficial for a small business as it increases team morale and involvement levels.Use Smart Data Sources and Tools- You can find online databases or files that can increase your knowledge on your customers lifestyles. Once you have all this data in your databases, you will need a business intelligence software that will make your business insights emerge. Data analysis tools will usually allow you to perform cross-database analysis, and juxtapose data in different formats.
Analytics for a small business fulfils various needs for a business to make better decisions. (Durcevic, 2018) - 6CONCLUSION Our presentation, in a nutshell, emphasizes that Business Intelligence is vital in allowing small businesses to analyze different situations and make incisive decisions by utilizing technologies and resources available to them. BI allows for the integration of both practical and theoretical factors into everyday operations of a business, enabling critical thinking to assess every possible situation to achieve the best possible business outcome. We have also highlighted the ways in which correct usage of a successful BI in a small business can help facilitate the smooth transition of data systems into actual business practices, such as better understanding your customer base and increasing efficiency of business actions. We’d like to end our presentation with a quote by Nobel Prize winning economist Ronald Coase, he once said “Torture the data, and it will confess to anything.”Customers require technical information. BI systems help with the transparency of these information provided to the customers. These also assist in building a better customer relationship and understanding your customers’ needs, future growth performance as well as determining potential competitors. (Durcevic, 2018)
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