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Casting Company Sees 8-Hour Reports Turn to Real-Time

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Software
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Casting Network’s data was being stored but not really seen, leaving the Sales and Business Development departments tracking KPIs manually. As the company started to expand internationally, the need to aggregate different data sets and evaluate the business on a global scale became even greater. Needing to access Google Drive documents, multiple Quickbook files and 35 SQL databases comprising over a billion rows of data, Nitika had her work cut out for her in pulling together a solution that met Glen’s directive. Read More
About Customer	Casting Networks is a software company that provides technology solutions for the casting process by connecting professionals in the entertainment industry around the world. Founded by a casting director in San Francisco, the company is dedicated to providing technology solutions for professionals in the business of finding and auditioning talent. With more than 160,000 projects posted annually, they create tools for communication, scheduling, media management, marketing, and career development. Casting Network streamlines some of the most complex processes facing the entertainment industry, including making it easier for talent to find work. Read More
Solution	Nitika evaluated a number of business intelligence solutions but eventually chose Sisense after the proof of concept proved so simple to use and effective with her data. She liked Sisense’s web-based dashboards that allow viewers to access them from any device (PC, Mac, mobile), the ability to manage and customize data using the Elasticube, the ease-of-use in combining multiple data sources, and how, unlike other platforms, she didn’t need pseudocode to be written, making Sisense more flexible when it comes to personnel changes. Implementing Sisense has given executives a bird’s eye view of the business’ performance and its KPIs in real time. With Sisense, salespeople are finally able to measure how casting directors are booking and confirming their auditions. Previously, there was not much visibility into this process and the company didn’t know if their users were accepting auditions themselves or via agents, which was very important to understand in order to make the system successful. Now salespeople know who to contact next in order to promote more effective use of the system. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Software

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Casting Network’s data was being stored but not really seen, leaving the Sales and Business Development departments tracking KPIs manually. As the company started to expand internationally, the need to aggregate different data sets and evaluate the business on a global scale became even greater. Needing to access Google Drive documents, multiple Quickbook files and 35 SQL databases comprising over a billion rows of data, Nitika had her work cut out for her in pulling together a solution that met Glen’s directive.

About Customer

Casting Networks is a software company that provides technology solutions for the casting process by connecting professionals in the entertainment industry around the world. Founded by a casting director in San Francisco, the company is dedicated to providing technology solutions for professionals in the business of finding and auditioning talent. With more than 160,000 projects posted annually, they create tools for communication, scheduling, media management, marketing, and career development. Casting Network streamlines some of the most complex processes facing the entertainment industry, including making it easier for talent to find work.

Solution

Nitika evaluated a number of business intelligence solutions but eventually chose Sisense after the proof of concept proved so simple to use and effective with her data. She liked Sisense’s web-based dashboards that allow viewers to access them from any device (PC, Mac, mobile), the ability to manage and customize data using the Elasticube, the ease-of-use in combining multiple data sources, and how, unlike other platforms, she didn’t need pseudocode to be written, making Sisense more flexible when it comes to personnel changes. Implementing Sisense has given executives a bird’s eye view of the business’ performance and its KPIs in real time. With Sisense, salespeople are finally able to measure how casting directors are booking and confirming their auditions. Previously, there was not much visibility into this process and the company didn’t know if their users were accepting auditions themselves or via agents, which was very important to understand in order to make the system successful. Now salespeople know who to contact next in order to promote more effective use of the system.

Impact #1	Casting Networks implemented Sisense in order to gain a better understanding of their business, both internally and externally. They wanted to see how the website was functioning, as well as track the success and impacts of different projects going on in the company.
Impact #2	Sisense has allowed Casting Networks to pull activity reports for each casting director and agent. As a tool for establishing themselves and entering new markets, this is used to recognize which industry leaders need to be more engaged with the product. In mature markets, it gives the salespeople a good idea of which projects are trending downwards.
Impact #3	Nitika was able to save 40 man-hours per week which had been used on manually generating reports. Those reports would have typically taken a full business day to run, but with Sisense, that information is now available in real-time with no manual intervention.

Impact #1

Casting Networks implemented Sisense in order to gain a better understanding of their business, both internally and externally. They wanted to see how the website was functioning, as well as track the success and impacts of different projects going on in the company.

Impact #2

Sisense has allowed Casting Networks to pull activity reports for each casting director and agent. As a tool for establishing themselves and entering new markets, this is used to recognize which industry leaders need to be more engaged with the product. In mature markets, it gives the salespeople a good idea of which projects are trending downwards.

Impact #3

Nitika was able to save 40 man-hours per week which had been used on manually generating reports. Those reports would have typically taken a full business day to run, but with Sisense, that information is now available in real-time with no manual intervention.

Benefit #1	Saving a full man-week per month on time spent getting reports together.
Benefit #2	Nitika was able to save 40 man-hours per week which had been used on manually generating reports.

Benefit #1

Saving a full man-week per month on time spent getting reports together.

Benefit #2

Nitika was able to save 40 man-hours per week which had been used on manually generating reports.

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Casting Company Sees 8-Hour Reports Turn to Real-Time

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