Using Tableau to Explore Data with Customers
Monday, July 21st - 10:00 AM, Cascade I
Speaker: Jon Nakamoto
Quest Diagnostics is focusing on one customer at a time…these results are a win-win for the customer and Quest Diagnostics. Jon Nakamoto, M.D., Ph.D. and a Managing director of Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, will tell the story of a customer turnaround. Quest Diagnostics identified its customer’s pain points and delivered new insights into their business. In this session, Jon will speak about transforming the initially, dissatisfied large customer into a delighted partner.
By thinking laterally, collaborating with selected customers and using Tableau Software, Quest Diagnostics shared its learnings and from a selected customer, realized a 25% increase in revenue by the end of 2007. Selected Quest Diagnostics customers also realized internal opportunities such as improved logistics efficiency, more rational physician ordering patterns, and improved understanding of system-wide utilization for better business decision making.
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Drive Thy Business, Or It Will Drive Thee
Monday, July 21st - 11:00 AM, Cascade I
Speaker: Andy Kriebel
Analyzing and sharing data is crucial to any company and can generate bottom-line results. Just ask Andy Kriebel of Coca Cola Enterprises.
Kriebel is the Manager of Forecasting and Planning for Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE). As the world's largest bottler and distributor of Coke products, CCE discovered how to leverage Tableau Software to improve its forecasts – all of which is expected to result in $100 million annual savings.
In this session, learn about CCE's first application of Tableau Software and subsequent applications that have helped CCE implement best practices for visual data analysis. Learn how this helped them to understand the issues underlying forecasting challenges, to improve their process and to establish more accurate sales forecasts.
Diverse Analytics & Mapping Techniques
Monday, July 21st - 11:00 AM, Cascade II
Speaker: Marcia Schels
Organizations have a wealth of information that can help them to run their operations more effectively and Yale University is no different. The key is having a tool that allows rapid development and intuitive representation for end users, Tableau provides both. Yale is in the process of developing Tableau dashboards for the Office of Development (fundraising) and the Office of the Secretary (alumni relations, public safety, public affairs, international affairs). In this session Marcia will explore how to think out-of-the-box about the value of your data and the decisions it can help you make. You’ll learn how to:
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Utilize Tableau as a front-end to a business intelligence application – focusing attention on exceptions |
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Combine views from multiple sources of data into a comprehensive dashboard display |
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Incorporate geographic data into your analytics |
It's All About Leverage
Monday, July 21st - 1:30 PM, Cascade I
Speaker: Cindy Sedlacek
Cornell University's Cindy Sedlacek, Director of Data Administration & Reporting, Arts & Sciences discovered Tableau in August 2007. With executive senior support, Tableau was implemented November 2007.
Learn about the transformation and the process; how Cornell leveraged its Team Structure, Data and Tableau to drive a project for inverting "the data versus tool" ratio. Cindy discusses the "how tos" as well as the journey with her Steering Committee, Data Discovery Phase, Technical Team, and how Cornell is delivering web-based, easy to use, key performance indicators to Deans and Directors via Tableau Server.
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Using Data Visualizations to Make Games Fun!
Monday, July 21st - 2:30 PM, Alki
Speaker: Jun Kim
The Games User Research Group at Microsoft Game Studios mission is to improve games with consumer feedback using a variety of controlled research methods. We integrate behavioral instrumentation, attitudinal, video, surveys, designer intent, sales, and location map data to understand HOW gamers are playing games, WHAT they are doing, and WHY gamers are having fun/not fun. You’ll learn:
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How we integrate multiple forms of data to create business actionable visualizations |
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How we work with teams to create actionable change |
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How non-technical analysts (psychologists) use Tableau to analyze complex data |
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Data Visualization Techniques & Processes Used in Government Work
Monday, July 21st - 4:00 PM, Cascade I
Speakers: Matt Jones, Alex Blakemore, Richard LaValley
Data Visualization has been proven to be ideally suited to increase the efficiency and productivity of analytical work within the government. This panel will provide discussions of various techniques and processes that have proved successful in various government work activities. The panelists will provide examples of effective uses of Tableau in analytical work and processes which are readily adaptable to other industries with similar analytical requirements, including:
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Pattern detection and discovery |
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Data preparation, synthesis, and interpretation |
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Geospatial analysis |
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Tableau Reader as a Business Intelligence Tool
Monday, July 21st - 4:00 PM, Cascade II
Speaker: Dan Murray
Blastrac’s Dan Murray, VP & CIO will provide an overview and the factors motivating the use of Tableau and Tableau Reader as a visual analysis tool and BI platform. Listen to the story of how Blastrac formerly produced and distributed information prior to the use of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Reader.
Dan will share specific examples where Blastrac is changing how they view and affect their financial impact. He will demonstrate how a novice Tableau user can structure a Spreadsheet using a dimension star schema approach that provides several benefits.
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The Art of Visualizing Survey Data
Tuesday, July 22nd - 10:00 AM, Cascade II
Speaker: Steve Wexler
Just because you see it doesn't mean others will. The eLearning Guild has built a massive data collection ecosystem where members supply data and then get to interact with it using Tableau. We've amassed a great deal of insight into fashioning visualizations that help people "get it" and in turn, make better decisions. In this session you will:
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Learn how to take fuzzy qualitative information and create quantitative, actionable data visualizations |
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Learn how do create visualizations that people can “grok” from the back of a conference room |
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How to create optimized visualizations for consumer survey data |
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How To Benefit From Team-Oriented Root-Cause Analysis Enabled By Tableau
Tuesday, July 22nd - 11:00 AM, Cascade II
Speaker: George Smirnoff
George Smirnoff of Trexin Consulting, a leader in helping companies go from analytics to action for competitive advantage, will focus on how organizations can benefit from team-oriented root-cause analysis and problem solving enabled by Tableau. In his session George will cover:
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How problem-solving speed gains can be achieved |
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The benefits multi-disciplinary teams bring to the process |
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How the approach benefits both executives and operating professionals |
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