Chapter 3. Business Scenarios

Using Postgres Pro AXE as an analytical data store allows you to implement various business scenarios, including, but not limited to, the following scenarios:

  • Finances and budgeting:

    • comparing actual and target indicators of income and expenses (by month and quarter, between different departments)

    • analyzing the profitability of products, services, and departments

    • controlling the budget and identifying deviations

  • Smart pricing and marketing:

    • dynamic pricing (analyzing the demand, competitor prices, and unsold stock)

    • evaluating performance of sales channels, regions, and managers

    • analyzing consumer behavior (preferred goods, purchase time and location)

    • customer segmentation for target marketing campaigns

  • Service desk:

    • identifying key issues and their causes

    • monitoring performance (quality and speed)

    • analyzing customer satisfaction

  • Security:

    • analyzing logs (identifying anomalies and patterns)

    • investigating incidents and searching for dependent events

  • Inventory and stock:

    • analyzing inventory turnover

    • demand forecasting and purchasing optimization

For more information about OLAP data processing scenarios, refer to Chapter 4.