Rob Stevens with First Analytics will be speaking at the upcoming Foresight Practitioner Conference November 13th at 9:30 AM in Chapel Hill, NC. This conference will primarily focus on Artificial Intelligence and what this means for forecasting and planning. Rob…
Back in 2016, Tom Davenport wrote a book, “Only Human’s Need Apply." This book was focused on the notion that companies should embrace smart technologies and ensure they are well positioned to have work augmented by them, and not automated.…
First Analytics will once again be sponsoring this year’s OHS Leadership Summit. We have been looking forward to this opportunity to meet with Health and Safety professionals, to discuss how advanced analytics can help them in their mission of creating…
Internet of Things is presenting unprecedented opportunities for businesses to achieve digital transformation and become truly data-driven; but how to move forward, avoid the hype and gain the benefits? First Analytics’ Rob Stevens addressed these topics at the 4th IoT…
First Analytics, in partnership with SAS Institute, will be conducting a webinar on safety analytics on Tuesday, November 13. Is employee and public safety important to your company? Effective analytic strategies could help prevent incidents, accidents or even equipment failures…
Analytics thought leader and chairman of First Analytics, Tom Davenport, has published The AI Advantage: How to Put the Artificial Intelligence Revolution to Work. This is a practical follow-up to his previous book, "Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers…
We are an exhibitor again at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo in Houston, October 20-24. Please stop our booth where we can discuss how predictive safety analytics can help improve safety at your company. Meanwhile, check out this short…
We are excited to present some work we have been doing with the Kellogg Company to bring machine learning into the demand planning process. If you can make your way to SAS Analytics Experience in San Diego September 17-19th, we'd…
We are participating in the SAS Manufacturing Executive Forum, which will be held at the SAS Campus in Cary, NC. On Wednesday, August 8th, we will present a breakout session entitled, "Use Analytics to Redefine your Approach to Safety." We…
In a prior blog post we showed Benford's Law in action at Lowe's. There we indicated that a popular use of Benford's Law is to flag potentially suspect expense reports for a closer look. So we decided to try it…