Predictive analytics and the use of Ai in business
“What happens next?” It’s a question that besets every business. While no person, tool, or technology can predict a definite future, there are a few things that come close. Predictive analytics is a branch of data analytics, often associated with Big Data and data science, that predicts future outcomes from […]
The Future of Analytics – A Beginner’s Guide To Google Analytics 4
New interface, tag template, terminology, data model, configuration options, and more – Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is here with all its new and exciting features designed to make data collection and analysis simpler and more efficient. The next-generation data analytics platform was introduced by Google in 2020 and will completely […]
5 Data Science Led Business Ideas That Can Make You Rich In 2023
The world is overflowing with data. To be precise, approximately 328.77 million terabytes of data are created each day (Source – Exploding Topics). With this amount of data being generated each day, it is only wise for businesses to analyse relevant data, gain valuable insights from it, and make suitable changes […]
Case study – Digital adoption in Retail
Aims and benefits This is a case study about a delicatessen outlet in the West Midlands area of the UK that roared back into life after the Covid lockdown period, thanks to their astute use of data. Prior to the lockdown, they had been looking for ways to boost visitor […]
Case study – Digital adoption in Logistics
Aims and benefits This is a case study about a transport company that successfully reduced its insurance premiums and claims and also delivered sustainable change through the use of data. FiguringOutData.com was commissioned to build a digital platform for a specific aim. To help reduce insurance premiums and claims. It […]
Why FiguringOutData
Given what we do, the name of our company is easy to explain. We help businesses to ‘figure out’ their data – how to put their data to work to help the business grow. This takes about 10 seconds to say which is helpful when in a crowded room and […]
A Smart Use of Mirrors
A company we served many years ago had an appearance problem. They had encouraged staff to wear casual dress to the office whenever circumstances permitted (e.g. no client meetings). But it wasn’t long before ‘casual’ became ‘barely acceptable’ with designer holes in jeans becoming larger by the week. A full […]
Data visualisation for digital transformation
Successful digital transformations depend on several factors e.g. alignment of the transformation objectives with strategic goals, leadership, and the quality of the work performed. This article focuses upon perhaps the most important – people in the business owning the transformation process. This means that the people responsible for the services […]
Visualising data is more important than ever
There is little doubt that companies that have and know how to use data cope with adversity better than those that do not. A food outlet in Tamworth in the West Midlands discovered that, by using passenger counts for local buses and train services, traffic flow data, WiFi/Bluetooth detector counts […]
Stealthy Police and the electric bike.
We have been looking at data from electric bikes – that are ridden by the Police. The benefits are what might be expected e.g. they use the car less – so it’s cheaper and better for the environment. Other benefits are not perhaps so obvious. For example, the routes that […]