The Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence combination reduces the time required to conduct analysis and make decisions before the data gets stale.
If it takes too long to sift through the data to get to information opportunities may be lost. This could mean getting at the data in seconds after it is available or several days. The successful execution of a Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence project reduces the time significantly to get to the data and make better decisions.
Waiting weeks or even months to get to the answers could be deadly because windows of opportunity may close or a competitor will be able to take advantage of a an opportunity your organizations will have missed.
In highly volatile markets such as today, regulators could stepping in and request that information be turned around within days with severe penalties if you don’t comply. Your organization needs to be equipped to deal with such sudden high value ad hoc requests.
I would be curious to know what levels of improvement in turnaround time for data people may have experienced from a Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence effort?


