Manufacturing Magazine - December 2021 | Page 127

TECHNOLOGY

“ A successful data-first strategy is not brought to life overnight , it is a journey , start with small overseeable pilots to build and gain trust in your data across your organisation ”

JENS BECK DIRECTOR FOR IIOT , ANALYTICS , AND INNOVATIVE CLOUD SOLUTIONS , SYNTAX
key to improving time to value and ensuring that predictive analytics can deliver value at the point of maximum impact .”
Zimmermann sees quick wins in the augmented experiences that bring predictive insights directly to data consumers . “ Business users will need a variety of experiences that empower them to work alongside an AI to derive value from their data assets . The best tools can quickly and efficiently pull together large data sets from multiple sources into an analytics workbench that lets users understand ‘ what has happened and why ’, ‘ what will happen ’, and ‘ what is likely to happen if a specific action is taken ’. This enables business users to sift through massive data sets and explore millions of combinations in seconds to automatically surface insights . If users can build custom predictions and perform what-if analysis , they can then bring these models and recommendations into their business workflow to operationalise the findings for the whole organisation . The future of predictive analytics is therefore that more data consumers can effectively see and understand their data .”
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