On May 17, 2012, Cogent Company was Title Sponsor at SharePoint TechFest in Irving, Texas, USA. SharePoint TechFest is the largest SharePoint conference in the central US. Cogent Company had several booth presentations, and one of them is the attached presentation on analytics and business/ data disovery. If you would like to engage with Cogent Company consultants or thought leaders, we would welcome your email to info@cogentcompany.com. You may also find out more about Cogent Company at www.cogentcompany.com.

1. Analy&cs
and
Business
Discovery
with
QlikView
SharePoint
TechFest
2012
May
17,
2012

2. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Introducing
the
Sandlot
Analy&cs
Demonstra&on
A
Thorough
Example
Available
Everywhere
• A
restaurant
exemplifying
analy2cs
and
• Mul2ple
user
types…
business
discovery
for
industries,
including
• Restaurants
• Execu2ves
• Hospitality
and
Hotels
• Opera2onal
senior
managers
• Retail
• Regional
managers
• A
model
of
the
elements
you
would
need
to
• Unit
managers
manage
a
restaurant
in
a
analy2cs
solu2on:
• Sales,
revenue,
cost
• Available
everywhere
• Management
and
hourly
staff
costs
and
• Runs
either
in
your
data
center
or
in
the
performance
behavior
cloud
• Item-­‐level
sales
and
performance
• Runs
on
PC
or
Mac
desktops
and
laptops
informa2on
• Runs
on
Android
or
iOS
tablets
• Unit
and
regional
level
performance
visualiza2ons
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©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

3. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Assessing
Sales
and
Revenue
Trends
Across
Your
Geographies
Trends
oUen
appear
through
interac2ve
visualiza2on
where
you
hadn’t
seen
them
in
tradi2onal
Excel
spreadsheets
or
reports.
3
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

4. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Assessing
Sales
and
Revenue
Improve
Item-­‐Level
Performance
Affinity
or
basket
analysis,
item
performance,
or
seasonal-­‐
or
weather-­‐related
trends
can
guide
marke2ng
and
supplier
decisions.
4
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

5. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Unit
Comparisons
and
In-­‐Unit
Analysis
Compara&ve
Unit
Performance
Iden2fying
the
performance
between
units
can
help
senior
management
iden2fy
trends
and
act
at
mul2-­‐unit
levels.
5
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

6. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Unit
Comparisons
and
In-­‐Unit
Analysis
Performance
Visibility
Guides
Managers
Giving
unit
managers
the
power
to
understand
the
performance
at
their
unit
can
help
them
make
changes
to
improve
performance.
6
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

7. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Keeping
Track
of
Your
Talent
Managing
Top
and
BoMom
Talent…
Iden2fying
and
managing
your
best
talent
is
key
to
success
in
any
restaurant,
hospitality
or
retail
opera2on.
7
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

8. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Keeping
Track
of
Your
Talent
Keeping
and
Growing
Your
Talent
Understanding
turnover
at
the
unit,
regional,
etc.,
level
can
guide
reten2on,
promo2on,
or
separa2on
ac2ons.
8
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

9. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Adjustments
and
Payments
Track
Revenue
Leakage
Knowing
where
you’re
making
money
is
important.
Knowing
where
you’re
not
making
money
can
help
you
make
profitable
decisions.
9
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

10. Analy2cs
&
Business
Discovery
Adjustments
and
Payments
Payment
Types
Improve
Performance…
Knowing
how
your
customers
are
paying
can
guide
vendor
discussions
and
help
you
improve
your
customer
experience.
10
©
2012
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

11. Who
Is
Cogent?
Who
is
Cogent
Company?
11
©
2012.
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

12. Who
Is
Cogent?
Par&al
Client
List
by
Industry
Financial
Services/
Restaurant/Retail/Hospitality
Hospital/Life
Science
Insurance/Real
Estate
Technology/Communica2on/
Media
Manufacturing/Energy
12
©
2012.
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

13. Who
Is
Cogent?
Cogent
Thinking
Books
• Office
2003
Programming:
Real
World
Applica2ons
• Pro
ASP.NET
2.0
Website
Programming
• Mastering
Office
Programming
with
VSTO
• Beginning
Microsoi
Word
2010
Ar2cles
(call
for
links)
•
5
Business
Reasons
for
Adop2ng
the
Windows
Plajorm
-­‐
CIO.COM
• Easy
Time
&
Billing
with
SharePoint,
Outlook,
&
Excel
(and
VSTO
tool)
-­‐
Devx.com
• Repurpose
SharePoint
Services
Data
Using
Excel's
Spreadsheet
XML
-­‐
Devx.com
• Outlook
the
Way
You
Want
It—Build
Custom
Outlook
GUIs
with
WinForms
&
VSTO
-­‐
Devx.com
• Create
a
Sales
Dashboard
using
Excel,
InfoPath
and
VSTO
2005
-­‐
Devx.com
• VSTO's
Outlook
Integra2on
Makes
Building
Managed
Add-­‐ins
A
Snap
-­‐
Devx.com
• An
Office
Developer's
Timesaver:
Using
VSTO
2005
to
Integrate
Excel
and
Access
-­‐
Devx.com
Academics
• Southern
Methodist
University,
Cox
School
of
Business:
Adjunct
Faculty;
Guest
Lecturer,
IT
and
Opera2ons
Management.
• University
of
North
Texas:
Guest
Lecturer
in
College
of
Business
Administra2on
and
English
Department;
Advisory
Board,
College
of
Business
Administra2on,
Informa2on
Technology
&
Decision
Sciences
Department
• Member,
University
of
North
Texas
Center
for
Decision
and
Informa2on
Technology.
13
©
2012.
Cogent
Company.
Proprietary
and
Confiden2al.

14. For
More
Informa2on,
Contact
Marc
Hoppers
Office:
214.341.1004
Email:
hop@cogentcompany.com
www.cogentcompany.com