CORPORATE

We’ve seen a steady rise in the importance of data analytics, in organizations as varied as consumer goods companies, professional sports franchises, political consultancies, medical research institutions, and financial firms. We are at the steering wheel of many of these organizations acting as their ever-elusive data scientists and data analysts guiding their business and departments decision making process.

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation agencies are hampered in planning, managing and evaluating their services. Data analytics is changing the amount, type, and quality of data available to planners and managers. We utilize multiple automatic data sources, such as smart cards, GPS vehicle locations, cell phone Call Detailed Records, and mobility tracking apps, to estimate and predict travel demand, and evaluate travel demand management program.

RETAIL

Big Data analytics is now being applied at every stage of the retail process – working out what the popular products will be by predicting trends, forecasting where the demand will be for those products, optimizing pricing for a competitive edge, identifying the customers likely to be interested in them and working out the best way to approach them, taking their money and finally working out what to sell them next!

EDUCATION

Data-driven decision making in schools is a global trend aiming to support school autonomy and allow schools to meet both external requirements of accountability to regulatory standards, as well as internal continuous self-evaluation and improvement needs. A vital aspect of this process is data literacy for teachers, which empowers teachers to use data in the decision-making process.

BANKING

Data and analytics will be a differentiator for some time, with other banks playing catch-up. So there’s an opportunity here if you choose, as an institution, to be thoughtful about where you make some smart, targeted investments. Do you use data and analytics to drive growth in the business, to drive better risk behaviors in the business, and to reduce costs across the business? And that can be a huge differentiator.

HEALTHCARE

The healthcare industry generates large
amounts of data, driven by compliance and regulatory requirements.
The potential to improve the quality of healthcare delivery meanwhile reducing
the costs, these massive quantities of data hold the promise of supporting a wide range of medical and healthcare functions, including among others clinical decision support, disease surveillance, and population health management.