Premium Forest Products Business Intelligence Initiative

1. Premium Forest Products Business Intelligence Initiative

2. Overview • Premium Forest Products (PFP) • Technology Infrastructure Roadmap • Spend Management Business Intelligence (BI) Application

3. Application Capabilities • Analytical Reporting • Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) • Accurate & Accessible Meta-Data • Data and Process Consistency

4. Spend Management • Procurement Management • Vendor management

6. Data Governance • Data Rich but Information Poor • Missing Opportunities to Leverage and Exploit Data • Too Much Time Analyzing and Validating Data • Concerns Regarding Data Privacy and Security • Inconsistent, Conflicting, or Missing Data Definitions and Business Rules • If the Users don’t Trust the Data, they won’t use the System • Goal: • The Consistent Definition, High Quality, and Appropriate Use Of Data

7. Data Governance • Data Governance Roles: • Data Owners • “Process Champions” • Data Stewards • IT Personnel • Govern the data that needs to be governed • Recommendation: • Data Quality/Cleansing Software

8. Project Governance • Divide and Conquer • Prioritization Framework • Business Benefit, Technical Complexity, Organizational Readiness • Recommendation: • Functionality Baseline, PPP, Fundy Post, Champion

9. Skills and Knowledge • Data Governance Participants • Power Users • Business Decision Makers • End-Users

10. Methodology • Think Globally, Act Locally • Two Fundamental Aspects: • Information Gathering • Application Building • Processes: • Bidder Set-up, Reverse Auctions, Supply Chain Negotiations, Purchasing Activities, Contract Creation, and Fund Spending In General • End-users are shown deliverables multiple times

11. Conclusion • Data Rich, Information Poor • Responsible Development • Agile Methodology • Next Step: Get Ready Goal: Efficient, Scalable Solution