"We rely on Power BI to understand our users and make data-driven decisions."
"Security is an important point. This information is gathered on a secure platform, and we no longer run the risk of having any incident that steals or disturbs our knowledge base and B3 Social projects."
"The whole spectrum of the process was taken care of, the migration was successful, we gained agility, consolidation of capabilities, and gained resilience, which is a big measure item for us."
"Our project managers can coordinate better now. Resource allocation doesn't need to be a bottleneck for them anymore, and we've seen a reduction in project completion times as a result."
“Today, donors are demanding more transparency into the results the organization is achieving. You have to be able to actually articulate the change you are making. These reports will quantify the efficacy of our work, allowing us to obtain more donations.”
"The 16-month payback and 117 percent internal rate of return prove that migrating SAP to Azure was the right decision."
"The networking technologies available through ExpressRoute support the co-op’s need for public and private WAN peering. The speed of this Azure service means that people can establish private connections and use data-intensive applications like Power BI even when they work outside the DFA network. They get a seamless experience whether working in a co-op office, at home, or on the road.”
"As a nonprofit, we’re accustomed to needing and wanting things but not getting them as quickly as we need or want. Using Microsoft technology was like “pushing an open door,". This allowed us to take a big step forward. We were ready for it."
"Shopping thrift is all about the treasure hunt. The more treasures you can put out for your customers, the more they keep coming back."
"Instead of spending hours each day on the sales reports and pulling numbers from five or six different areas, we’ve been able to automate the process. Stores now have the three reports I was doing manually on spreadsheets, void of human error, by 7:20 a.m. instead of 10 a.m."
"IoT allows for a better perspective on the operation as a whole; how devices are performing, how teams are reacting and resolving issues. This transformation will empower us to gauge the utilization of resources, understand if they are under or over utilized, and ultimately that will lead to savings in time and money."
"If you can keep the product on the floor refreshed, loyal customers may stop in as often as two or three times a day."
"We have also reduced the average time for filing claims from four weeks to one, the number of unattended files has dropped to below 1% - and best of all, we all know the status of the business in real time."
"If we try to envision where our health care is going for the next decade or two, we see a few trends, one is of course Technology. Healthcare without Technology is unthinkable."
"With this project there is a real-time awareness brought to the surgeons about what is happening in the OR? When is the patient going inside the Operating Room? When the patient is recovering? And so on."