Industry Solutions

There are 1,170 industries in the United States, and companies are grouped within these industries according to the similarity of the processes used to produce goods or services.

Because of the differences in production processes across industries and sectors, companies that operate in different industries develop different vocabularies to describe the core operational processes of the business. For example, whereas food manufacturers talk of recipes and conversion processes, metal products manufacturers talk of bills of material and machining operations.

Different production processes also cause industries to develop different performance measures, such as revenue or cost per ton-mile in the shipping industry or revenue per available room (revpar) in the hotel industry. These differences among industries, and the different competitive approaches within industries, impact what BI is relevant within a given industry and for a given competitor at a given time. Because of this, we believe that many companies are best served by designing and deploying a custom-designed BI and DW system.

At DecisionPath, we use our proven BI Pathway Method to guide a rapid, highly-interactive design process that allows our clients in a wide range of industries to use BI and DW exactly as they need to in order to accomplish their specific business performance goals.

Industries where we have used the BI Pathway Method include:

• Financial Services
• Government
• High Tech Manufacturing
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Industrial Products
• Food Manufacturing
• Semiconductors
• Lodging and Leisure

Our success in helping a diverse group of clients achieve their business goals rests on the soundness of the BI Pathway Method, on our use of seasoned business analysts who can draw on our clients’ industry knowledge to help define key BI-driven profit improvement opportunities, and on our expansive technical know-how in the fields of business intelligence, data warehousing, systems integration, and data integration. In short, if you are looking for a custom BI and DW solution that is exactly suited to your industry and the way you compete, DecisionPath has the methods and know-how to help you get there.