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It wasn't that long ago that the workforce was anchored to their workstations, tethered by the technology that was intended to speed up efficiency. Of course, hauling around a desktop computer (or even a laptop) was either impossible or highly impractical. These logistical challenges also limited the typical range of operations to either on the computer or on the road. 

Today's workers are only tethered to the signal area of wireless access points and cell towers. This makes tools such as Power BI Scheduler even more effective for delivering timely and relevant updates by using the short message service (SMS) texts as a major format for those powerful reports and analyses.

As businesses look to the future, they need a plan to leverage their existing digital assets. Organizations need to perform a digital capability audit to determine where they are and where they need to be. Using tools such as Power BI Scheduler can ensure that the appropriate people are receiving vital information.

According to McKinsey, 2020 saw an accelerated deployment of digital technologies. The increased speed often left a hodge-podge of solutions that do not integrate well. Instead of operational improvements, companies found an infrastructure that did not support their drive to digital transformation.

No matter the industry, 2020 was about surviving, but 2021 should focus on thriving. Digital transformation no longer focuses on the customer to the detriment of the employee experience. It gives equal weight to customer and employee outcomes because happy employees make happy customers. And happy customers fuel business growth.

Business intelligence (BI) transforms data into actionable insights into an organization's operation. It includes tools that make information easier to understand so that informed business decisions can be made quickly. A power BI reporting system (PBRS) is a BI tool that aggregates data from multiple sources and visually displays the information onto dashboards and reports. As with any technology purchase, businesses should look at the return on investment (ROI) on implementing PBRS.

Every business has expansion as a central component of their goals, but with business intelligence forging the path of business expansion, the possibilities of experiencing scale as compared to mere growth increases dramatically. Particularly in today's economic model and framework, the ability to manage and direct a rapidly scaling workforce can make the difference between bumping along at a survival rate as compared to zipping forward to the head of the competition and then leaving them behind in the dust wondering what just whizzed past them.

Every organization has certain quirks that make it unique, so finding the right business intelligence as a service (or BI-as-a-Service) solution means a lot. It should take those quirks into account, offering a thoroughly complete and customizable solution. One of the primary functions of most BI solutions is to provide data analytics, with the type of analyses required being dependent on an organization's goals. With IntelliFront™ Business Intelligence (BI), you get an all-in-one On-Demand BI Reporting solution that is fully customizable to fit your organization's unique situation.