Typical COE projects involve developing some kind of OR model to better understand a given problem. In this task, consolidating and exploring data is a crucial step to understand the problem and build math models, although it’s not always the focus of project outcomes. Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) has been tackling the problem of systematically consolidating and delivering data for analysis, and provides a couple of tools that can be applied in COE projects to easily slice and dice data, and provide more value to industry partners. Continue reading →