Transforming Manufacturing Industries Through Innovation | ARC Forum 2012

Presenting the Sixteenth Annual ARC World Industry Forum

Transforming Industry through New Processes and Technologies

February 6-9, 2012 - Orlando, Florida

Analytics for Industry

Business today is driven by data.  Organizations collect information about everything that affects their business, including customers, suppliers, operations, and competitors.  Not surprisingly, CEOs expect this to drive better decision-making, enhance market position, and increase profits.

Research shows that analytics, which is the use of analysis, data, and systematic reasoning to make decisions, can reduce costs, increase efficiency, drive higher performance, etc.  These benefits have been demonstrated across a broad spectrum of industries and use cases.  Evidence also shows that analytics can be used by people across the organization to improve performance and operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making.  To achieve these goals, organizations need to embrace analytical thinking and provide people with the tools they need to leverage data in all of their work processes.

Business analytics, business intelligence, operational intelligence, and manufacturing intelligence are popular terms for a variety of solutions that can help organizations leverage their data collection investments across the enterprise.  Solution providers are also embedding analytics in applications to support local user needs.  Analytics can even be found within basic office tools like Excel and collaborative platforms like Sharepoint.  Capabilities vary significantly across and within these categories, as do the skills required to apply the tools.

Which of these solutions is right for your organization?  How do they differ?  How are they the same?  What analytics capabilities are critical for your business?  How can you develop an effective enterprise analytics IT strategy and avoid proliferation of disjointed silo efforts?

The benefits of analytics are clear and the time to act is now.  ARC’s Analytics for Industry program is the ideal place for you to get the information you need to develop a winning strategy and identify the best solutions.  You will learn what others are doing, how they are doing it, and the benefits they are achieving.  You will also have a chance to discuss your challenges with peers and leading analytics solution providers.

This program is unique.  Other conferences discuss analytics in specific areas like sales and marketing, but ARC’s Analytics for Industry program is the only event that looks at analytics from an industrial perspective considering operations, asset management, sustainability, etc.  Stakeholders in every department and activity will benefit by learning more about analytics and how it can help them do their jobs better.

Simply put, this program is a must attend event for managers in industrial enterprises and their solution providers.  You will:

• Learn more about how analytical thinking and analytics solutions can drive process and business improvement
• Discover what leading companies are doing to implement analytics in their organizations, whether the issue is cultural, organizational, or technological
• Get an update on new analytic technologies and solution provider roadmaps
• Get valuable ARC research that shows you what works and what doesn’t
• Share challenges, ideas, and strategies with peers and gain from their experience with similar issues
• Network with top industry executives

Join ARC at our Orlando Forum to learn what you can do to address your organization’s challenges.  Encourage others to attend to ensure that they understand and support your analytics strategies.