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How to use prescriptive analytics and gain a competitive edge
Analytics’ best-kept secret is Decision Optimization, the prescriptive analytics solution that looks through millions of choices to help come up with the best decisions for your organisation. It is a...
How Prescriptive Analytics Works in the Real World
In our first blog post on prescriptive analytics, we described what it is and how it works. In this second post, we’re going to explore a few practical applications of...
The Power of Prescriptive Analytics
IBM Decision Optimization is a prescriptive analytics solution. Prescriptive analytics helps organisations make better decisions by solving complex optimisation problems. Special software evaluates millions of combinations of information to give...
What does Quantum Computing have to do with Corporate Planning?
IBM unveiled the world’s first commercial Quantum Computer, Q System One, at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month. At IBM Think 2019, Dr. Dario Gil,...
What can we learn from a debate between man and AI?
At IBM Think 2019, Project Debater, the “first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics” took on a champion debater, Harish Natarajan, on the topic, “We should subsidise...
The Big, Bold Theme of IBM Think 2019
IBM Think 2019 was as inspiring and ambitious as ever. Attendees got to experience IBM’s Project Debater debate ‘for’ subsidised preschool against champion debater Harish Natarajan. IBM Research shared their...
Pillars of Planning: Use the Right Tools
Most finance people are really comfortable using Excel. It’s very affordable and available everywhere. It’s a fantastic personal productivity tool. But spreadsheets seldom scale well, making Excel an unsuitable tool...
Pillars of Planning: Identify the Drivers that Matter
The fourth pillar of planning identifies key business drivers (read about the first, second, and third pillars in our previous articles). These drivers may be resources, processes or conditions that...
Pillars of Planning: Plan to the right frequency
Now that we’ve looked at what level to plan and at what horizon, we can take a look at the third ‘Pillar of Planning’ – planning frequency, which depends on...
Pillars of Planning: Plan to the Right Horizon
Every corporate plan has a beginning and an end. The time between the two points is the planning horizon. It’s the amount of time an organisation will look into the future...
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