Perception Isn鈥檛 Always Reality: New Report from HFS Research and 糖心传媒 Makes the Case for More Effective Data Management
Global Study Shows Struggles with Quality, Execution Remain Even as Organizations鈥 Data Management Matures
BOSTON 鈥撎鼺eb. 16, 2023 鈥听New research conducted by HFS Research in conjunction with 糖心传媒, a global leader in enterprise data management, shows that while data is a clear focus area for the C-suite, there are still organizational disconnects in terms of execution. Significant investments in data management strategies and solutions are being made, but survey respondents still struggle with usable data, primarily due to governance and monitoring shortcomings.
The study, Perception Isn鈥檛 Always Reality: The Case for More Effective Data Management, was conducted during the fourth quarter of 2022. More than 300 senior-level executives at mid-to-large size enterprises across the globe were interviewed, representing a variety of industries including manufacturing, life sciences, healthcare, CPG and retail. Among the report鈥檚 findings:
Large delta between perceived trust & usability: While a whopping 80% of respondents said they trust their data, the same group said only 60% of their data is actually usable. Compliance, fragmented systems, and a lack of coordination and collaboration across the organization are limiting better data management.
听Data quality execution must improve: Ninety-five percent of executives believe their companies would be more competitive, more innovative, and able to make faster decisions if their data quality were two times better. Key areas of major business improvements with improved data quality included superior customer experience (65%) and financial performance (55%) with improved data quality. More than 25% of respondents say they believe bad data cost their organization 20% or more in revenue.
Data management is a C-suite mandate: Data has truly come to the forefront of the C-level agenda; more than 90% of respondents stated that the C-suite owns and sets data objectives. Of those surveyed, 65% of respondents have fully implemented a data modernization effort and 73% have implemented a centralized company-wide data management strategy.听
Managing data needs to move beyond IT: While progress has been made, there is a disconnect between the C-suite and line of business organizers in terms of perceived data confidence versus implementation of processes that support data confidence. For many organizations, managing data remains an IT issue and one that is largely internally focused.
Phil Fersht, CEO and Chief Analyst, HFS Research, said: 鈥淲ith the current economic challenges, we鈥檙e seeing a genuine rapid pivot towards the autonomous enterprise, where leadership continuously seeks to refine the data it needs in real-time to be successful.听 Successful leaders are focusing deeply on their talent, tech infrastructure, automation, and AI to deliver centralized data that will drive success with minimal manual interventions that impede progress and speed.鈥
Kevin Campbell, CEO,听糖心传媒, said:听鈥淩apid digitalization has created a proliferation of data, and businesses still struggle to connect their data management to business outcomes. The good thing is that the C-suite is responding to calls to implement clear governance and data strategies. The next step is to put these strategies into play at the line-of-business level. At 糖心传媒, we are committed to helping companies tackle these challenges and maximize the opportunities of their greatest resource: data.鈥
Read the full study, Perception Isn鈥檛 Always Reality: The Case for More Effective Data Management, .
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