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Methods for Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits. "The Information Quality Bible for the Information Age!" Masaaki Imai, Founder, Kaizen Institute and Bud H. Cox, Managing Director, Kaizen Institute of Japan. ." . . Very lively reading. The book belongs on the bookshelf of every manager and technician." Bill Inmon, "Father of Data Warehousing," Pine Cone Systems. Each year, companies lose millions as a result of inaccurate and missing data in their operational databases. This in turn corrupts data warehouses, causing them to fail. With information quality improvement and control systems, like the ones described in this book, your company can reduce costs and increase profits from quality information assets. Written by an internationally recognized expert in information quality improvement, "Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality" arms you with a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for ensuring information quality both in source databases and the data warehouse. Each year, companies lose millions as a result of inaccurate and missing data in their operational databases. This in turn corrupts data warehouses, causing them to fail. With information quality improvement and control systems, like the ones described in this book, your company can reduce costs and increase profits from quality information assets. Written by an internationally recognized expert in information quality improvement, "Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality" arms you with a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for ensuring information quality both in source databases and the data warehouse. Larry P. English is the leading international expertin the field of information and data warehouse quality. He has provided consulting and educational services in at least 20 countries and on 4 continents. DAMA awarded him the 1998 "Individual Achievement Award" for his contributions to the field of information and resource management.

Information Proficiency Your Key to the Information Age Thomas J. Buckholtz The Information Age has generated an explosion of information and technology. Currently, executives and empowered employees create a wealth of good ideas. But, how can you sharpen your focus and seize the best opportunities? In Information Proficiency: Your Key to the Information Age, author Thomas Buckholtz shows you how to thrive in these challenging times and put your good ideas to work using information proficiency: the effective use of information to define and achieve goals. Dubbed " the information wizard" by InfoWorld, Tom Buckholtz has led the deployment of information resources and systems for the world’ s biggest buyer of information technology, the U.S. Government. In this engaging book, he shares the groundbreaking concepts and techniques he developed while serving as the Commissioner of the Information Resources Management Service, U.S. General Services Administration, where he directed the implementation of computing, telecommunications, and records management throughout the Executive Branch. Buckholtz shows you how to avoid the common trap of focusing too much on technology. Instead, he concentrates on the crucial products of all organizations-decisions and the implementation of those decisions. " Information proficiency provides the power to accomplish your objectives. The components of this power are quality decision making and incisive implementation." In Information Proficiency, you’ ll learn how to succeed in the Information Age by first focusing on your goals and then maximizing your proficiency when working with people and fostering teamwork, understanding andusing information, and benefitting from information technology. This book provides a wealth of tools to put you over the top: the Information Proficiency Rating Scale; Peer Paradigm for Organizations, Information, and Accomplishments; and All A’ s Program.