BI: What does it mean for your inventory?

Ventana Research reports that companies with real-time visibility into projects and performance metrics have IT spending effectiveness levels that are 64 percent higher than those that do not. Executives at Dick's Sporting Goods sports stores recently overhauled how the company analyzes its product lines, building and tracking reports for sales. The company has used merchandise management software that tracked inventory for its stores and distribution points for years, but had no single repository where reports and figures were kept, Baseline reports. The chain recently deployed business intelligence software from MicroStrategy to mine the warehouse and create standard reports displaying, among other things, how apparel and equipment were selling from store to store and in different regions across the country.

To learn more about how Dick's Sporting Goods is utilizing business intelligence:
- read the full article in Baseline