2018

In this view of data strategy, defensive activities are centered on minimizing risk and include activities like regulatory compliance, detecting fraud, preventing theft, and insuring the accuracy of the data. Meanwhile, the offensive activities are most often customer-focused and include data analysis and modeling to inform customer retention or acquisition strategies and support financial decisions.

The small and midsized manufacturers we work with understand the need to update their manufacturing and supply chain processes. Our clients are pressed for resources, especially time. needed to make sweeping changes to take full advantage of newly affordable manufacturing technology.

Raw data is of little value to a business, until it is turned into information. Information isn’t much more valuable, until it used to enable knowledge. Then you have something to really useful to work with, to differentiate from your competitors, to operate smartly and profitably.