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clariBI Forecasting: backtested projections, prediction ranges and drivers
clariBI Forecasting projects a metric forward with a method chosen by backtest on your own history, shows 50, 80 and 95…
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The clariBI MCP server: use clariBI from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT
clariBI runs its own MCP server at claribi.com/mcp/v1/. Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT or your own agent and i…
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Picking your first BI tool as a 10-person startup
At ten people the spreadsheet that runs the company starts to crack. Four questions decide which BI tool fits: engineer…
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Industry Insights
Agency analytics: proving client ROI with data
Clients renew when they can see what your work returned. How to agree on KPIs up front, calculate ROI on profit rather than revenue, and build a monthly report structure you can repeat across every client.
Industry Insights
Manufacturing analytics: from the production floor to the boardroom
The core measures a small or mid-size manufacturer needs, from OEE and process capability to MTBF, inventory turns and supplier delivery, each with a worked example, and how to turn floor numbers into the cost figures leadership acts on.
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Healthcare analytics: improving patient outcomes with data
A practical guide for clinics and small practices: the outcome and access measures worth tracking, how to calculate them, how to avoid being fooled by small numbers and case mix, and how to analyse operational data without handling patient records carelessly.
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Financial services analytics: risk scoring, compliance reporting and customer intelligence
A practical guide to analytics in financial services for smaller firms: credit risk metrics with formulas, the operational numbers compliance teams watch, customer value and attrition, and how to start without a data team.
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SaaS metrics beyond MRR: NRR, expansion, churn and CAC payback
Two SaaS companies with the same MRR can be heading in opposite directions. Net revenue retention, expansion, churn by revenue, CAC payback and the quick ratio show which one you are. Formulas and worked examples included.
Business Intelligence
Measuring the ROI of business intelligence: a practical method
BI benefits are real but indirect, which makes ROI hard to show. This guide gives you the formula, the four places value comes from, the costs people forget, a worked example with round numbers, and a way to track value after launch.
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Retail analytics: inventory, customer lifetime value and store performance
A practical guide to retail analytics for independent shops and small chains: the inventory, customer value and store metrics that matter, how to calculate each one, and where to start with the data you already have.
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Retail analytics: understanding customer behavior in 2026
A practical guide for small and mid-size retailers: which customer behavior metrics matter, how to segment customers with RFM, how to read cohorts, price changes and promotions correctly, and how to pull store, web and email data together.
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Professional services analytics: utilization, project profitability and pipeline
A services firm sells time, so three numbers decide its profit: how much of the available time is billed, how much of the billed value is collected, and whether projects cost more to deliver than they earn. Formulas, examples and a setup plan.
Industry Insights
Education analytics: enrollment, retention and student success metrics
Enrollment funnels, yield and melt, fall-to-fall retention, completion, DFW rates and early warning signs, each with a formula and round-number example, plus how to handle student data responsibly and what a BI tool can and cannot do here.