There is a lot of change in the utilities industry. Increased demand for electricity, the need for cleaner energy, and an aging infrastructure are...
How Geographic Data Plays a Role in the Future of the Utilities Industry
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How Data Can Improve the Flow of Inventory
Organizations are constantly taking steps to make sure their supply chains are running as efficiently as possible. There are all kinds of possible...
How Data Helps Older Adults Stay at Home
Baby boomers caused the largest-ever 10-year gain among the 65+ population from 2010 to 2020. The increase of 15.5 million people was the fastest...
Providing Students with a Real-World Analytics Tool
One of the ways colleges and universities use data is to determine if they could be offering more classes that might draw prospective students....
What Baseball’s New ABS System Can Teach Us About Analytics
Over the past few years Major League Baseball has introduced a number of new rules. For a sport notoriously slow – or even resistant – to making...
Using Data to Identify Supply Chain Weak Links
If there’s been one constant in the supply chain industry over the past half-decade it is the likelihood of disruption. Dating back to the pandemic,...
Using Public Data with Your Analytics
Data can serve different purposes for different organizations. Many organizations acquire an analytics solution to develop a plan for their own...
An Election Year Puts the Spotlight on the Energy Industry
As the 2026 election nears, energy prices are expected to be front and center in the political conversation. Lawmakers who already felt prices were...
How Data Helps Improve Accessibility
Data can sometimes be intangible. We don’t encounter the numbers in our everyday lives that organizations spend most of their time trying to make...
Data Helps Supply Chain Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions
Many organizations have learned important lessons over the past few years about how to adjust their supply chain routines when a disruption occurs....
AI’s Role in Preventing Fraud Depends Upon Trusted Data
Whether or not you are someone who relies on artificial intelligence in your everyday life, it has become an unavoidable reality. It may be...
Census Data Helps Inform Decisions in Higher Education
Decision-makers in higher education have an immense amount of data they use in their work. Depending on the issues they are trying to address, they...
What the Winter Olympics and Business Intelligence Have in Common
One of Jerry Seinfeld’s classic bits revolves around the Olympics. He jokes about the silver medalist: “Of all the losers, you came in first.” He...
How Data Impacts the Automotive Supply Chain
The automotive supply chain may not orbit around Detroit the way it once did, but the city, or at least the state of Michigan, still plays a big...
AI is Available to the Masses. What Does That Mean for Business Intelligence?
ChatGPT helped introduce people to how they could use artificial intelligence (AI) for everyday tasks. In case people didn’t hear the buzz when it...
How Data Helps Utilities Limit the Damage from Winter Storms
The utilities industry is one in which if everything runs smoothly, customers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it. If something goes wrong,...
“Where’s the Beef?” How Data Turns AI From Gimmick to Growth
Not too long ago, I decided to treat myself to lunch at Wendy’s. My daughter was about to head back to college, and we spent the morning together...
How Analytics Can Help with 2026 Supply Chain Challenges
In 2025, organizations in the supply chain industry were ringing in the new year as they tried to figure out how proposed new tariffs would impact...
Analytics Can Guide Higher Ed through Challenging Times
The higher education industry does not enter 2026 on a high note. Coming off a year in which the Education Department was dismantled and policy has...
Top 5 Blog Posts of 2025
You can’t open an app at the end of the calendar year without being hit with data. What songs did you listen to the most over the course of the...