{"id":2503,"date":"2013-04-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2013\/04\/12\/day-3-pass-business-analytics-conference-analytics-in-action\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:20","slug":"day-3-pass-business-analytics-conference-analytics-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2013\/04\/12\/day-3-pass-business-analytics-conference-analytics-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: PASS Business Analytics Conference, Analytics in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the final day of the <\/span>PASS Business Analytics Conference<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s been a valuable opportunity to learn from other industry leaders, partners and customers, all of whom have great ideas and insight on what the future of analytics looks like. As far as what it looks like for Microsoft, we\u2019ve spent the last couple of days talking about not only the immediate view, with the <\/span>availability of the preview<\/span><\/a> of project codename \u201cGeoFlow\u201d for Microsoft Excel, but also about <\/span>our strategy<\/span><\/a> to make data accessible to everyone using familiar tools. As we wind down at the show, we\u2019d like to share some real-world examples of how customers are seeing success today with analytics. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Union_Bank_of_Israel\"<\/span>The sixth largest commercial bank in Israel is the <\/span>Union Bank of Israel<\/span><\/a>. They use <\/span>BI<\/span><\/a> to evaluate their services and operations, combining financial, operational and transactional data. Prior to implementing their new Microsoft solution at the end of 2012, they used a third party solution that required custom reports that could only be performed by the IT department. Today, their employees are taking advantage of <\/span>PowerPivot<\/span><\/a> to create rich reports and visualizations in minutes and produce insights in half the time. Reports are more accurate as they can look at the thousands of calculations behind report values. And, collaboration across the IT and finance departments has changed radically \u2013 business employees can create self-service sophisticated BI enabled by IT, and IT can instantly see how changes to the database impact reports. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jettainer\"<\/span>Another example is German airfreight container management company <\/span>Jettainer<\/span><\/a>, which has the largest fleet of loading devices in the world. Managing 85,000 containers at 350 airports worldwide is a big task in itself, but to further complicate things, Jettainer used separate data platforms for inventory control and business intelligence, meaning employees had to learn and manage two different systems. The company moved to <\/span>SQL Server 2012<\/span><\/a> for both systems and uses Master Data Services to create and maintain a single version of the truth for employees, who can now track inventory development and arrange for additional supply through one system. The ability to use Office tools to create reports through PowerPivot and <\/span>Power View<\/span><\/a> has increased adoption among employees, meaning BI \u2013 and resulting insight \u2013 is in more hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the solutions and deployments we help to create vary widely, the common goal across all of our customers boils down to getting the most complete insight as quickly and efficiently as possible. <\/span>Union Bank of Israel<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Jettainer<\/span><\/a> are just a few examples of customers working with Microsoft to conquer their analytics challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n

Read more from The Art of Analytics<\/em> series here:<\/span><\/p>\n