Intelligent Analytics- Beyond the form factor

As someone who works on Business reporting along with the whole continuum of metrics and reports catering to multiple business functions, we are not immune to the paradigm shift happening in the BI and Analytics space. A shift brought about by two fairly recent developments- the phenomenal growth of iPads and tablet PCs usage over the last couple of years and the renewed business emphasis on making quicker business decisions- based on seamless data discovery in a convenient, easy-to-use format. Mobility and convergence are the key themes; the advent of tablets and iPads are incidental yet vital to its cause.

Video: Apple iPad TV ad

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Soap-makers of the world, unite!

Recently I have written a blog on SKU Optimization which I would like to share.

Henry Ford once famously quipped about the Model T car in 1909- Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. As I hurriedly move around the aisle of the local Kroger Grocery store looking for a particular brand of I-forgot-what; I couldn't help but think that this was perhaps the best instance of SKU optimization ever done!

But this is 2011, and things have become a tad more complex ever since. CPG companies are looking to hold on to their market share- at the added cost of increasing their SKU portfolio; retailers are looking to streamline their aisles, lessening clutter and increasing their efficiency; and above all- customers are looking for simplicity in the choices they have once they enter the retail stores rather than the overwhelming assortment of confetti colored, similar looking products that craves for attention across the aisles.
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http://www.infosysblogs.com/retail-cpg/2011/11/soap-makers_of_the_world_unite.html