Data scientists at First Analytics were among many in the profession who were pressed into service to address the pandemic. Our chairman, Tom Davenport, recently published several stories showing how various companies grappled with the radical change in their business.…
Perhaps the most common use of machine learning algorithms is to look for anomalies or unexpected events and send an alert to somebody who can act on it. See for example, this use of machine vision, which triggers real-time alerts to an…
We leverage the most up to date analytical tools, strategies and technologies in order to help our clients improve their business and optimize operations. When it comes to data visualization, we aim to bring our clients the most advanced and…
Year-over-year comparisons can attribute too much of a volume decline to COVID-19. That is what we showed at the beginning of the pandemic, with predictive analytics applied to railroad car loadings data from the American Association of Railroads (AAR). The…
Goodhart's Law says that, "any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes." A generalized way of saying it is, "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good…
In early 2020 the Federal Railroad Administration issued a final rule - 49 CFR Part 271 - to help railroads establish a "Risk Reduction Program" to improve the safety of its operations. Part of the rule states, “RRP is a…
Tom Davenport, Chairman of First Analytics, elaborately writes how Jeff Moore and Rosemary Perez led their analytics-based organizational change at Southern California Edison (SCE). In this article, Jeff and Rosemary passionately focuses on predictive safety analytics, understanding the factors, predicting…
Alison Crawford, Senior Manager, Industry and Solutions Marketing at Kinaxis and Jenny Reese, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing at Kinaxis sat down with Rob Stevens to discuss how Covid-19 has impacted supply chains and suggestions to make any supply chain disruption…
Let us not forget that the CPG industry was THE pioneer in using data and analytics to manage business, as far back as the 1930s. As companies in the coming months deal with reconfigured supply chains, re-imagined product offerings, and…
First Analytics and eMate Consulting announce an alliance focused on advanced analytics. The two firms have partnered to provide companies in all industries unique capabilities for innovative solutions proven and enhanced by advanced analytics. By combining and integrating these services,…