The North American Bikeshare Association (NABSA) reports that there were 50,000 bike share bicycles in the U.S. as of 2016, an increase of 30,000 bikes since 2012. Those bikes made 28 million trips in 2016, a 25 percent increase over 2015, and as of 2017, more than 130 North American cities had bike share programs. […]
Case Study: Using Data Quality and Data Management to Improve Patient Care
Mismatched patient data is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to healthIT.gov, and a 2016 survey by the Poneman Institute revealed that 86 percent of all healthcare practitioners know of an error caused by incorrect patient data. Patient misidentification is also responsible for 35 percent of denied insurance claims, […]
Case Study: Enterprise Metadata Repository Facilitates Change at the University of Washington
This past summer The University of Washington went live with Workday, a Software-as-a-Service human capital management solution. It replaced a decades-old HR/payroll (HR/P) system and represented the largest administrative transformation in the school’s history. Human resources personnel are affected by the change, of course, but so too is practically everyone else on campus. That’s to […]
Realizing Competitive Success with Strategic Analytics and Blueshift ONE
Blueshift has “A fairly relentless pursuit of more and faster performance,” said Justin Stafford, CEO and co-founder. Blueshift is an Australian company that provides Cloud-based integrated business planning solutions for companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) space. Blueshift does this through a product called ‘ONE,’ which combines the complexity of business planning – including […]
Case Study: Polaris Puts Data Analysis in the Service of Defeating Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is believed to be the third-largest criminal activity in the world, according to the FBI. The Department of Homeland Security advises that industries around the world including agriculture, hospitality, restaurant, and domestic work, as well as prostitution, often take advantage of modern slavery. Those pulled into this underworld are often held in isolation […]
Case Study: A Business Intelligence Upgrade Keeps Ultra Mobile Operating at Light Speed
“Our development teams move at light speed here,” Mike Burkes, VP of Business Intelligence, Fraud Management, and Revenue Assurance at Ultra Mobile says, “Decisions made on a Friday are worked into the next available Scrum sprint and can be out the door to our customers in as little as two weeks.” Ultra Mobile provides international […]
Case Study: Hach Supports Water Quality with Master Data Management
On the home page of the Hach company website, there is a red button that says, “Hurricane Assistance.” That’s because the company provides water quality testing equipment to communities, companies, and individuals all over the world, some of whom are dealing with natural disasters. Above the button, the words: “After the storms, Hach is here […]
Case Study: Kela and the Rebirth of the Mainframe System
Due to rising costs, Markku Suominen, ICT Director of Kela IT Services, knew that time was running out for their mainframe system, yet there were concerns about developing a completely new environment. “The programs and databases on our mainframes use over 10 million lines of PL/1 code,” he said. “We do not have the resources […]
Case Study: Three Strategies for Data Governance Success
“How do we measure the quality of our health care?” asked Laura Tellmann, Healthcare Informatics Executive at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, speaking at the Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference. She shared a photo of a young boy who had survived a brain tumor and post-surgery stroke, as a reminder that the quality of the […]
Case Study: Enhanced Master Data Management Implemented at Office Depot
“The way customers are shopping has changed and continues to evolve,” said Sam Copeland, Vice President of Merchandising Operations for Office Depot, in a recent interview with DATAVERSITY®. To meet this new challenge, he said, “We need to have nimble systems, processes, and perfect data quality.” Since the implementation of Stibo Systems’ STEP solution for […]