This statistic presents information on the most important business needs for using analytics in companies in the United States as of May 2014. During the survey, 32.6 percent of respondents described the most important need for using business analytics as providing metrics, information and tools needed for sound business decisions.
What would you describe as the most important business need for using analytics?
Mid-market companies with annual revenues ranging from $100 million to more than $1 billion
Supplementary notes
Half of the respondents were C-suite executives, while the remaining 50 percent held other management roles.
One third of the respondents were from consumer and industrial product companies, with the remainder divided among energy and resources; financial services; life sciences and health care; technology, media and communications; and other industries. The source does not provide further information on the survey methdology (type of survey used).
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Deloitte. (August 12, 2014). What would you describe as the most important business need for using analytics? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318455/reasons-using-business-analytics-usa/
Deloitte. "What would you describe as the most important business need for using analytics?." Chart. August 12, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318455/reasons-using-business-analytics-usa/
Deloitte. (2014). What would you describe as the most important business need for using analytics?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318455/reasons-using-business-analytics-usa/
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