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Enterprise Decision SupportEnterprise Decision Support- A Commercial Perspective- A Commercial Perspective
Pete Catley
Supervisor, Sales Reporting Systems,
Ford Europe
Thursday 18 November, 1999
SEM304 - Commercial Programming
Agenda:Agenda:
Introduction Enterprise Decision Support Overview Case Study: Smarts
Why Do BusinessesWhy Do BusinessesHave ITHave IT
Departments?Departments?
Only Small BusinessesOnly Small BusinessesCan SurviveCan SurviveWithout ITWithout IT
As Soon As You StartAs Soon As You Startto Scale up As anto Scale up As an
EnterpriseEnterpriseYou Begin to RecogniseYou Begin to Recognise
the Need for anthe Need for anIT DepartmentIT Department
IT Departments HaveIT Departments HaveDeveloped Over the YearsDeveloped Over the Years
Adding Machines
Business Systems Technical Systems
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Transaction Processing
Database Applications
Process Control
CAD / CAM / CAE
Reporting Applications
Analytical Applications
Why Do We Analyse?Why Do We Analyse?
Beware:Beware:ParalysisParalysis
ByByAnalysisAnalysis
Business Reality:Business Reality:Difficult to TurnDifficult to Turn
“Data”“Data”IntoInto
“Information”“Information”
Reporting
Decision Support
Actionable Intelligence
Everything That HappenedEverywhereAll The Time
Key Things That HappenedIn Important Locations
At Relevant Times
Some Things You Could DoTo Address The Issues
• Fixed Format• High Redundancy• High Effort To Interpret
• Dynamic Format• Focused Output• Low Effort To Interpret
• High Value Add• Very Rapid Response
Imagine If Your CarImagine If Your CarHad NoHad No
Instrument Panel?Instrument Panel?
Now Imagine You AreNow Imagine You AreA Captain Of IndustryA Captain Of IndustryAt The Helm Of TheAt The Helm Of The
SS “Shareholder Value”SS “Shareholder Value”
So the Vision is:So the Vision is:Wouldn’t It Be NiceWouldn’t It Be NiceIf We Had A SystemIf We Had A System
Which Which Told UsTold UsWhere The Issues Were?Where The Issues Were?
Vision EnablersVision Enablers
Reporting By Exception “Traffic Lighting” OLAP “Slice & Dice” Key Performance Indicators E-mail Notification Of Exceptional Events Use of “Push” Web Technology “What If” Analysis & Modelling Thematic Mapping
What Do You NeedWhat Do You NeedTo Do To GainTo Do To Gain
Actionable Intelligence?Actionable Intelligence?
Operational SystemsCapture
Data Warehouse
Staging AreasCleanse
Meta-Data Layer
Data Marts
Store
Aggregate
Interpret
OLAPDeliver Ad-Hoc Reports Executive Information
NormalisedRelational Model
De-Normalised“Star Schema”
MainframeData Sources
Simple RelationalTables
That Looks Pretty StraightforwardThat Looks Pretty Straightforward
Let’s Do It!Let’s Do It!
Case Study:Case Study:
SALES MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS & REPORTING TOOL SETsmartssmarts
First:First:Sell The VisionSell The Vision
““How Much Is All ThisHow Much Is All ThisGoing To Cost Me?”Going To Cost Me?”
““Ouch!”Ouch!”
Build A Cast-IronBuild A Cast-IronBusiness CaseBusiness Case
Gain A PowerfulGain A PowerfulSponsorSponsor
Who, In Their Right Mind,Who, In Their Right Mind,Would DevelopWould Develop
A Mainframe-basedA Mainframe-basedSpreadsheetSpreadsheetIn-House?In-House?
Nobody -Nobody -They’d Buy Excel!They’d Buy Excel!
Pick AnPick AnArchitectureArchitecture
MOLAPHigh PerformanceNo. DimensionsData Volume
ROLAPNo. DimensionsData VolumePerformance
HOLAPHigh PerformanceNo. DimensionsData VolumeDevt. Complexity
DOLAPCostDevt. ComplexityImplementation Ease
Front-End ArchitectureFront-End Architecture
Buy OLAP Tools– Web-Based Ad-Hoc Query– Reporting– Web Publishing– Personal Web Portal Concept
Back-End Architecture Back-End Architecture
Re-Use Existing Data Extract Build Staging Areas Build Data Transformations Build Data Warehouse Build Data Marts
But:But:Choose The Right ToolsChoose The Right Tools
Pick “Best-In-Class”Pick “Best-In-Class”
(But Teacher Chooses(But Teacher ChoosesWho’s In The Class!)Who’s In The Class!)
Tool SelectionTool Selection
ATAD /FSIC Shortlist “Proof Of Concept” Workshops Tool Selection Matrix FSIC Architecture Review
Pick A Good TeamPick A Good Teamandand
A Strong Project ManagerA Strong Project Manager
MetricsMetrics
7 Months To Gain Funding Approval 6 Months To Deliver Phase 1 Team of 9 120 Gb Database Sun E4500, 10 x 337mhz CPUs, 4Gb $1.4m per annum Cost Saving Launched On Time (to the day!)
But:But:Do The Users Like It?Do The Users Like It?