22-25 April 2026 
Driving operational transformation and analytics
2016TL; DR
Learn from a real customer how they developed and deployed a series of BI Office solutions to support various business functions including: Finance, Web Analytics Supply, Pricing.
Session Details
CRU International is the Global Commodity Industry pricing and Market Analysis firm specialising in Mining Metals and Fertilizers.
Will Blake, Director of Technology & Analytics, will share how CRU International develops and deploys a series of BI Office solutions to support various business functions including: Finance, Web Analytics Supply, Pricing.
In the second half of the presentation, Ian Macdonald, Principal Technologist at Pyramid Analytics, will present how BI Office Version 6 and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services provides the ideal platform for Analytics at CRU. By demonstrating how to build a BI Solution and a real life customer examples in this session, Will and Ian create the perfect launch pad to show you how BI Office can turn your company into a data driven organisation heading for the stars.
Will Blake, Director of Technology & Analytics, will share how CRU International develops and deploys a series of BI Office solutions to support various business functions including: Finance, Web Analytics Supply, Pricing.
In the second half of the presentation, Ian Macdonald, Principal Technologist at Pyramid Analytics, will present how BI Office Version 6 and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services provides the ideal platform for Analytics at CRU. By demonstrating how to build a BI Solution and a real life customer examples in this session, Will and Ian create the perfect launch pad to show you how BI Office can turn your company into a data driven organisation heading for the stars.
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