discussion-and-paper-3

BI course

Read the end-of-chapter application case “Discovery Health Turns Big Data into Better Healthcare” at the end of Chapter 13 in the textbook, and answer the following questions.

1. How big is big data for Discovery Health?
2. What big data sources did Discovery Health use for their analytic solutions?
3. What were the main data/analytics challenges Discovery Health was facing?
4. What were the main solutions they have produced?
5. What were the initial results/benefits, and what additional benefits do you think Discovery Health may realize from big data analytics in the future?

Operational course

• For your initial post (minimum 150 words), select a thriving organization in your city or town that is operating in operational excellence, per the defined concepts in your textbook, in order to address the following questions*

• You must also respond to two other classmates (minimum 75 words each)

• Ch. 5: What were the key structure and scope decisions taken by this company?
• Ch. 9: How is the operations function organized for this company?
• Ch. 12: Describe the operation of supply chain for this organization.
• Ch. 13: Identify any inventory management practices performed by this company