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External Data Supports More Accurate Planning

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

One of the points that I look at is whether and to what extent the software provider offers out-of-the-box external data useful for forecasting, planning, analysis and evaluation. Robust datasets that hold a large and diverse set of data from which to glean inferences create more useful and accurate forecasts.

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Predictive Models Are Nothing Without Trust

Cloudera

Ryan Garnett, Senior Manager Business Solutions of Halifax International Airport Authority, joined The AI Forecast to share how the airport revamped its approach to data, creating a predictions engine that drives operational efficiency and improved customer experience. Here are some highlights from Paul and Ryans conversation.

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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

ln this post he describes where and how having “humans in the loop” in forecasting makes sense, and reflects on past failures and successes that have led him to this perspective. Our team does a lot of forecasting. It also owns Google’s internal time series forecasting platform described in an earlier blog post.

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What is predictive analytics? Transforming data into future insights

CIO Business Intelligence

The science of predictive analytics can generate future insights with a significant degree of precision. With the help of sophisticated predictive analytics tools and models, any organization can now use past and current data to reliably forecast trends and behaviors milliseconds, days, or years into the future.

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Predictive analytics: opportunities and limits for the future of finance

Jedox

What Predictive Analytics Cannot Forecast. Predictive Analytics Example in Finance. A Brief History of Predictive Analytics. No industry has attempted to do more with predictive analytics than the financial services industry. What is Predictive Analytics?

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A Planning Center of Excellence Delivers Performance Improvement

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

AI is also making it easier for executives and managers to rapidly forecast, plan and analyze to promote deeper situational awareness and facilitate better-informed decision-making. Finance people think in terms of money, but line-of-business managers almost always think in terms of things.

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The new CFO: How AI has changed the game for chief financial officers

CIO Business Intelligence

Traditionally, the work of the CFO and the finance team was focused on protecting the company’s assets and reputation and guarding against risk. While these roles will not change, the foundational work of the finance organization, the structure, the import, and the focus of these dimensions will change. It’s a huge shift from the norm.

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