Challenge
The speed of business is accelerating. As this velocity increases, so does the operational cost of delays negatively impact the bottom line.
Many companies are unable to track business and operating conditions in real-time. Instead, they make decisions based on data that has been uploaded into data warehouses, or reports that are hours or even days old. Business is in effect driven by looking into the rearview mirror. Too much time is spent fixing, or trying to fix, problems long after they have occurred and the damage is done.
See also this article (German) from Solution Providers.
What is lacking in BI?
Corporations have invested in Business Intelligence (BI) technology solutions to support decision-making and compliance. Yet those systems are not able to help companies effectively respond to the business conditions discussed above. Why not?
While BI tools are valuable for trending and predicting, they provide a historical perspective only. Even though many BI vendors tout real-time capabilities, BI reports can be 30-60 minutes old, and they are not viewing and analyzing the business process data thereby inhibiting sound decision-making.