The worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history began with a relatively harmless malfunction — the failure of a secondary cooling circuit. Such issues weren’t uncommon at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Plant. The failed circuit wasn’t enough to do…

No one would expect an individual that has never exercised a day in their life and subsists on junk food to win the Boston Marathon. While we know this to be true, many organizations believe that gathering and leveraging low-quality data will suddenly provide keen…

Imagine you’re the leader of a battle-hardened military unit. To reach your next objective, you’ll have to hoof it through hostile territory. It’s perilous terrain. Danger could lurk around any corner. In this scenario, what would you find more valuable?…

You’ve got the data, you’re pulling reports; but like many other businesses and organizations alike, you may find your team is asking the question, “How are we using our data?” While this is the right question to ask, teams should…

Qualitative Data Visualization When it comes to getting a holistic and comprehensive understanding of your data, it’s important to think beyond the numbers. Qualitative data holds a piece of the data story that allows us to dig a little deeper,…

Over the course of the past few months, waves of economic uncertainty and consumer demands have disrupted the logistics industry across both local and global supply chains. As we remain in the midst of a pandemic, many of these challenges…

The educational landscape has drastically shifted across the country. Challenges that have surfaced for both higher education and K-12 are unique to their scope but still share a common thread. The impact of a global pandemic, from early stages of…

Behind many businesses of all sizes today sits the integrated structure for process management known as the centralized ERP system. Although manufacturing is one of the major industries found to implement ERP, it is certainly versatile to meet the needs…

Introducing new technologies in the workplace can be challenging. With each new business intelligence (BI) tool, there needs to be an accompanying strategy for how that technology will be implemented and communicated. Understanding where this strategy can go wrong, as…

The difference between making good decisions and bad decisions is the quality of information used to make the decision. Timely, relevant, and well-articulated data can guide decision making, but messy and incomprehensible data can stymie innovation and undermine confidence and…