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Essential Skills of Business Analytics in Excel

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Essential Skills of Business Analytics in Excel

Cultivating a culture of analytics is the key to sustaining profitability and ensuring long-term success.

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In today’s competitive landscape, high-performing companies go beyond merely collecting and storing data or generating reports. They leverage analytics to craft robust competitive strategies. By harnessing data-driven insights, these companies distinguish themselves in a crowded market of similar products and services.

Dr. Sue Abdinnour

Globalization and technological advancements have intensified the challenges of competition and growth, leaving no room for “gut-feel” decisions. To remain competitive, analytics must permeate all aspects of the business, including operations, marketing, finance, customer service, IT, and human resources.

Cultivating a culture of analytics is the key to sustaining profitability and ensuring long-term success.

Business Analytics and its Scope

Why is Business Analytics important?

Data, Metrics, and KPIs for Analytics

Examples of Business Analytics in Excel

    1. Data Collection and Preparation
    2. Descriptive Analytics & Visualization
    3. Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
    4. Building a Dashboard in Excel

A Data-Driven Culture with Analytics

This course is tailored for analysts across various functions, including marketing, operations, quality, customer service, IT, finance, accounting, and human resources. Analysts at all organizational levels, from account representatives and specialists to managers, directors, and executives will find this class relevant.

The course will focus on hands-on exercises that show how to apply different types of Analytics in Excel. Any employee who uses Excel to manage data, perform analysis, or generates reports to enhance their decision-making will benefit from this class. If you seek to improve your data-driven decision-making skills in Excel, this session is designed for you.

Substitutions are free and must be done prior to the start of the class or certificate program.

Cancellations or rescheduling must be received in writing and full refunds will be given up to four business days prior to the start of class.

Any cancellation or reschedule submitted with three or less business days notice is subject to a $35 charge on 1 or 2 day classes and a $75 charge on certificate programs.  

No refunds after the first day of the class or certificate program.

Please contact me if you have any questions Paula.Seiwert@wichita.edu

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