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Eagerly Anticipating My First Data and Analytics Pilgrimage
As part of my professional plan this year, one of my goals is to increase my expertise in the area of analytics. That’s why I decided to ask my manager to send me to an analytics conference. What better way to bolster my analytics knowledge than to surround myself for 48 hours with world-renowned…
So “Algorithm” Is NOT a Musical Term? The New Vocabulary of Analytics
What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the phrase “data and analytics”? For me, it’s numbers. Numbers being crunched, twisted, and spit out by a large mainframe computer in a heavily air-conditioned room. What did you think about? As APQC kicks off its data and…
How to Make Running Your Business Look Easy: Analytics at Netflix
I confess that I have a burning passion for movies. I constantly seek out new movies to watch and I am always at least somewhat (and often very) distracted if a movie happens to be playing wherever I am. My girlfriend knows this and, quite kindly, acts as a second set of eyes out there…
Enhancing Logistics Operations in Upstream Oil & Gas
Corey Vickers, Logistics Category Manager at Chevron, previews his 2015 APQC Process Conference breakout session on the use of the LDSS solution. Chevron has been able to improve coordination and gain efficiencies resulting in tens of millions of dollars of reduced costs, and gain enterprise-wide…