The art of knowing how your business thrives
Applied Business Acumen
Strategic Movements
Where are you on your AI and analytics journey? Are you gaining meaningful and measurable value out of your current initiatives and teams? - In assessing where an organization stands on its AI and analytics journey, it is important to consider whether meaningful and measurable value is being gained from current initiatives and teams. This involves evaluating the impact of data and analytics efforts.
One-off deductible if Rapid Exploration is a path you choose
Unlocking the advantages of AI technologies doesn’t require a big investment - The adoption of AI through rapid exploration delivers evidence of its benefits and provides quick insights to answer pressing business questions. It is a collaborative approach to assess value potential and creates an environment where individuals can utilize their unique talent and achieve common goals using AI.
It only takes 2 weeks to experiment and showcase early findings to justify the use of AI
We demonstrate enhanced decision-making, increase robustness and scale AI and analytics solutions - Our ambition is to realise a movement around AI, data and analytics. Putting working solutions in the hands of the people enables them to drive value themselves. We provide actionable and traceable insight and generate value and while we are at it enable businesses to overperform and thrive.
The goal is to reduce assumption-led decision-making and harness human talent and AI for added value
4 values of the ABA Manifesto
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
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Insight and output over reports and dashboards
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Continuous funding over projects and governance
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Responsive to change over following a plan
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Insight and output over reports and dashboards • Continuous funding over projects and governance • Responsive to change over following a plan
Making your business aspirations come true
We always start with the "WHY" to understand the true and positive impact on your business. Customer-centricity and value creation must always guide in how much you are willing to invest. This requires continuous evaluation of the ROI and impact created.
...and then determine "HOW" to accomplish it. Essentially, you need to assemble your talent, processes and eco-system to be successful. Multi-disciplined analytics teams are a given and will deliver without compromising on quality, function, scalability or design.
...this will help you figure out your "WHAT". Active and frequent alignment provides purposeful direction. This helps us focus on what really matters!
...and finally you can dream of the “WOW". Bringing the insight to measurable actions gets things on the right course to sustainable value for outstanding business performance
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IKEA - REACHING BEYOND THE GROWTH PLAN
THE WHY: A more loyal and larger customer base to fulfill our growth agenda requires a relevant, affordable and convenient product mix!
THE HOW: Optimal product mix analytics
THE WHAT: Bring the optimal range to stores to inspire customers and deliver growth while minimising waste
CEVA LOGISTICS - AGILE EXCELLENCY
THE WHY: Better teamwork and collaboration to foster a culture of openness and trust. Allowing teams to set their own standards and practices to develop more innovative solutions tailored to their specific challenges
THE HOW: Adopting agile ways of working that are fit for purpose
THE WHAT: The ability to deliver business-critical products more quickly and with improved stability. Agile's iterative approach allowed for shorter development cycles and enabled to launch products faster
H&M - ENVISION THE FUTURE of PRODUCTION
THE WHY: The production cycle must be streamlined from 30 weeks to 15 weeks by leveraging AI and fostering efficient partnerships with suppliers.
THE HOW: The adoption of AI through rapid exploration delivers evidence of its benefits and provides quick insights to answer pressing business questions.
THE WHAT: The ability to identify where and how to use AI to decrease the number of weeks to get a product from a great idea into the hands of customers
IKEA - SECURING A PROFITABLE FUTURE
THE WHY: To build a robust and profitable foundation, we must strategically design our business for the future and the opportunities that lie ahead
THE HOW: AI driven future business model
THE WHAT: Identify and assess new potential store formats and offerings with confidence while saving time, money and avoiding missed opportunities
IKEA - IMPROVED BRAND DESIRE AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY
THE WHY: We need an excellent and unique customer experience where we are getting our offer right the first time!
THE HOW: In-depth Customer journey analytics
THE WHAT: Identify prospective valuable customers; understand customer churn and explore customer journeys to nurture high-value customers
IKEA - SMARTER AND MORE CONFIDENT FORECASTING
THE WHY: We need to be faster, simpler and smarter to be able to be more profitable and adaptable to our ever changing world.
THE HOW: Simplified forecasting using machine learning
THE WHAT: To provide a more confident view of the future and confidently plan with minimised manual work