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Food For The Poor Uses Analytics to Cut Costs, Boost Donations, and More

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the U.S., was seeking an analytics environment that would permit instant visibility into its marketing database while enabling the staff to quickly evaluate direct mail and advertising campaigns. The organization needed to operate efficiently and quickly ramp up fundraising efforts in the wake of catastrophic events. The challenge was to analyze data to increase productivity, reduce operational costs, and improve the success of fundraising campaigns. Read More
About Customer	Food For The Poor is the largest international relief and development organization in the U.S., as named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Since its inception in 1982, the organization has provided in excess of $11 billion in aid and has built more than 100,000 housing units for destitute people. The organization operates in multiple countries and oversees relief projects in various categories such as animal husbandry, housing, food, and medical. It also runs a monthly television donor campaign and manages a worldwide supply chain. Read More
Solution	Food For The Poor chose Information Builders’ WebFOCUS as its BI and analytics standard. The WebFOCUS platform provides real-time information on finances, history, goals, achievements, and appeals, allowing Food For The Poor to reduce its operating budget, increase overall donations, and respond more effectively to emergency situations. The platform includes WebFOCUS BI Dashboard, ReportCaster, Visual Discovery, and RStat. WebFOCUS Active Technology Dashboards and interactive reports improve operational efficiency in nearly every department, equipping employees to focus on their mission. The platform also allows nontechnical business users to create self-service reports to monitor humanitarian activities, with little or no assistance from the IS department. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the U.S., was seeking an analytics environment that would permit instant visibility into its marketing database while enabling the staff to quickly evaluate direct mail and advertising campaigns. The organization needed to operate efficiently and quickly ramp up fundraising efforts in the wake of catastrophic events. The challenge was to analyze data to increase productivity, reduce operational costs, and improve the success of fundraising campaigns.

About Customer

Food For The Poor is the largest international relief and development organization in the U.S., as named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Since its inception in 1982, the organization has provided in excess of $11 billion in aid and has built more than 100,000 housing units for destitute people. The organization operates in multiple countries and oversees relief projects in various categories such as animal husbandry, housing, food, and medical. It also runs a monthly television donor campaign and manages a worldwide supply chain.

Solution

Food For The Poor chose Information Builders’ WebFOCUS as its BI and analytics standard. The WebFOCUS platform provides real-time information on finances, history, goals, achievements, and appeals, allowing Food For The Poor to reduce its operating budget, increase overall donations, and respond more effectively to emergency situations. The platform includes WebFOCUS BI Dashboard, ReportCaster, Visual Discovery, and RStat. WebFOCUS Active Technology Dashboards and interactive reports improve operational efficiency in nearly every department, equipping employees to focus on their mission. The platform also allows nontechnical business users to create self-service reports to monitor humanitarian activities, with little or no assistance from the IS department.

Impact #1	Food For The Poor is positioned to grow more effectively and efficiently.
Impact #2	Its outreach activities and emergency appeals for funds are better targeted.
Impact #3	The organization can quickly ramp up fundraising efforts in the wake of catastrophic events.

Impact #1

Food For The Poor is positioned to grow more effectively and efficiently.

Impact #2

Its outreach activities and emergency appeals for funds are better targeted.

Impact #3

The organization can quickly ramp up fundraising efforts in the wake of catastrophic events.

Benefit #1	Reduced operating budget
Benefit #2	Increased overall donations

Benefit #1

Reduced operating budget

Benefit #2

Increased overall donations

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Food For The Poor Uses Analytics to Cut Costs, Boost Donations, and More

Operational Impact

Quantitative Benefit