Fight Global Warming with Data Quality - Part 2

In Fight Global Warming With Data Quality we showed how increased focus on Data Quality could help the environment, especially in the Direct Mail industry.
TNT Post has taken the lead in this field and introduces the “eco-mark” for the brands using their services. Data Quality is one of the key factors to obtain the “eco-mark”
Data cleansing [...]

New MDM reasearch shows All Best-In-Class companies focused on Data Quality

In a new research by Aberdeen Group called “Winning Master Data Management (MDM) Strategies for 2008-2009″ showed that 100% of businesses suceeding with MDM, focused on Data Quality.
All Best-in-Class companies focused on customer data quality surveyed by Aberdeen Group (100%) invest in data collection, cleansing, and analysis tools, while 98% invest in data process management.
Is [...]

DM Review: Building a Foundation for Data Quality Success

In the latest newsletter DM Review has a good article by Bob Haganau about Data Quality Success.  I encourage everybody to read it.
I have focused a lot on the GIGO - Garbage In - Garbage Out problem, which is a initial cleansing issue.  In this artice Mr. Haganau also focus on the ongoing prevention:
just when one marketing database is cleaned up, a new campaign brings in all-new leads. As soon as one system migration [...]

Fight Global Warming with Data Quality

The Direct Mail industry is urged to go green.  Experian is referring to surveys that show if Direct Mail companies wants to reduce their waste and be more cost-efficient, they have to make better use of Data Quality Systems. This will ensure their records are as accurate as possible.
I haven’t found this survey myself, and cannot link to it.
But I believe the survey.  Let’s do the math [...]

Survey shows that Sweden has the best and Norway the worst Data Quality in the Nordics.

A survey* Omikron Data Quality has done in the Nordics shows that Swedish Companies has the best and Norwegian Companies the worst Data Quality of their customer databases. By using our Data Quality Software we have tested Nordic companies, regardless of size and business segments, on how many duplicates they have in their [...]

Is Data Quality as Sexy as Intestinal Medicine?

This weekend I was to a dinner with the Queens Heart Surgeon.  We talked about the hierarchy of surgeons, where he is at the top, Brain Surgeons is at 2nd and Intestinal Surgeons are at the bottom.  He is at the top because he literally holds life and death in his hands, whereas Intestinal Surgeons just [...]

Data Quality moves into the boardrooms

Since 2005 the number of businesses where Data Quality and Integrity has risen to boardroom level has risen with 16 per cent. This according to the QAS report, “Contact Data: Neglected Asset Seeks Owner”.
This is very good news and shows the rising importance of taking Data Quality seriously. There is a way to go stil though [...]

Data Quality in BI “as we go along”

In the last year I have been to several conferences and network meetings about DW and BI. I have heard several customer stories.  They all tell about the fantastic economic reporting system, and how easy it has become for the managers to access information.
When they are asked about customer data quality issues, they often say ”we take that as
we go along” or ”we will cross that bridge later”.  Their main reason is that they need to
get the financial reporting in place, and this takes all their human and financial resources.
Do they really think their reports will be correct if they base [...]

Ten Mistakes To Avoid In Data Quality Management

In TDWI’s Best of Business Intelligence, Volume 5, they have a chapter on ten misktakes to avoid in Data Quality Management written by Arkady Maydanchik.  I will try summerize the ten points. I strongly advise you to download the report
1.  Inadequate staffing of Data Quality teams
“The Data Quality teams must include both IT specialists and business users.”
2.  Hoping that Data will get better [...]

Have You Established Data Stewardship Roles Yet?

If you want to improve your data quality, you must consider appointing data stewards, Gartner says in this article.  European Companies ranked poor data quality as the second biggest BI problem facing their organization the next 12-18 months.
““Data quality is a business issue, not an IT matter, and it requires the business to take responsibility [...]