OLAP (online analytical processing) is a fundamental enabling technology for Business Performance Measurement (BPM) analysis and reporting. OLAP systems store and access data as dimensions and measures that represent key business factors. This information is housed the way businesses are organized — multidimensionally (sales per quarter by region, customer complaints by product line in New Sales Wales last quarter), and is presented using business language rather than complex database terminology. This gives business people immediate access to the information they need to make the best decisions for the business.
Over the past decade, thousands of enterprises worldwide, in every industry, have deployed OLAP-based solutions to cut costs, improve productivity, and enable new strategic decision making capabilities. With an enterprise-wide, OLAP-based BPM solution, each department gains a broader perspective of their impact on the organization, as well the impact of other departments on their own. They can coordinate the flow of information across the organisation more effectively. They can better align departmental goals with long-range corporate goals.
The result is better decisions, every day—for everyone in the organization. |
