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ALSO CALLED:
Business Performance Metrics,
Sales Metrics
DEFINITION: A business metric is any type of measurement used to gauge some quantifiable component of a company's performance, such as return on investment (ROI), employee and customer churn rates, revenues, EBITDA, and so on. Business metrics are part of the broad area of business intelligence, which comprises a wide variety of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access
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Business Metrics White Papers
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Strategic Profitability Management
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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Very few of today's companies have a reliable way to achieve the widest profitability margins consistent with other strategic objectives, largely because no one person or organization is responsible for it. Read this white paper to find out what Ventana Research recommends as part of an effective profitability management strategy.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012
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Smarter Underwriting: New Strategies for Cost Control and Pricing Precision Using Data Management
sponsored by FICO
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While insurers have invested in automating high volume decisions, most are not leveraging advanced analytics and other data-driven strategies to improve pricing decisions and cross-channel opportunities. In this white paper, FICO describes how to use business rules management systems as a core technology to improve revenue while controlling costs.
Posted: 23 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011
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The 11 Secrets of Business Rules Success
sponsored by FICO
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When automating decisions, choosing the right business rules management system is not enough. In this white paper, FICO offers 11 steps to help you make the most of business rules, from understanding where to apply the technology in your business to strategies to operationalize analytics and continuously improve decisions.
Posted: 23 Dec 2011 | Published: 23 Dec 2011
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Best Practices for Embedding BI into your Software Solution
sponsored by Birst
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This paper offers practical advice on how to plan for, build, and market an analytics product. If you execute product development and rollout well, you can grow your business, build customer satisfaction, and improve the “stickiness” of your product. But like any great opportunity, success requires careful planning and attention to detail.
Posted: 15 Apr 2011 | Published: 15 Apr 2011
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Enterprise Analysis: An Introduction to Evaluating Your Organization
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Enterprise analysis by a Business Analyst (BA) is a method used to identify and define why an organizational change is needed. Read this whitepaper to learn the importance of this process to an organization.
Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 26 Aug 2010
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Building a Best-Run Finance Organization
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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This SAP Executive Insight examines the changing role of the finance organization in today's business environment. Further, it describes how companies can develop best-run finance organizations.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009
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Measuring The Business Value of IT
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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Discover how to efficiently measure projected business value, increase the ROI of your SAP investments, and improve the overall worth of your IT initiative with a consistent methodology for both business and IT users.
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 | Published: 31 Jan 2008
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BUSINESS METRICS DEFINITION (continued): … A business metric is any type of measurement used to gauge some quantifiable component of a company's performance, such as return on investment (ROI), employee and customer churn rates, revenues, EBITDA, and so on. Business metrics are part of the broad area of business intelligence, which comprises a wide variety of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions. Systematic approaches, such as the balanced scorecard methodology, can be employed to transform an organization's mission statement and business strategy into specific and quantifiable goals, and to monitor the organization's performance in terms of achieving those goals. |
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