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DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22152
Published date01 March 2016
Date01 March 2016
VOLUME 27, NUMBER 3 March/April 2016
The Journal of
Letter From the Editor
James B. Edwards
Features
A New Application of TRUE Math Programming Optimization for Finance: The Optimized
Income Statement (OIS)
Alan Dybvig
The time has come for Finance to get started to apply optimization/advanced analytics.
Byapplying advanced analytics to the income statement, the “one report every organiza-
tion needs,” it is now possible to optimize it, creating an optimized income statement (OIS).
The key deliverables of an OIS are an updated forecast that is maximally profitable and an
updated supply chain that is the optimally feasible one required to make and fulfill the new
forecast.
Big Data and KPIs: A Valuable Connection
Kurt Fanning
The benefits from a firm’s Big Data program can be enhanced by the proper use analytics
specifically in the form of key performance indicators (KPIs). A firm’s prioritizing of the values
of its goals and information is even more important within the Big Data environment. Due
to the quantity of data within Big Data projects, knowing what is most valuable to the firm
can drive the success of the Big Data project. In addition, once the cor rect choices are made
regarding which information drives the firm’s success, it is just as important to have the right
analytics finding the correct data. The purpose of this ar ticle is to explain how a firm can
improve its Big Data project by linking the right KPIs with its Big Data project.
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