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Something to think about!
Is revenue assurance a business intelligence function?

The performance of revenue assurance requires the professional to know and understand many different things. It is also essential that the revenue assurance professional have access to, understand and be able to understand and analyze large and diverse sets of data across a broad range of subject areas.
 
Ultimately, then, the question comes down to this. Is revenue assurance simply a specialized category of business intelligence? Or is business intelligence one of the primary tools of the revenue assurance job.
 
Clearly, a good data warehouse, and a skilled and empowered business intelligence team can do the revenue assurance job.
 
But, then again, it is possible to do revenue assurance witout any business intelligence tools at all. So what is the answer? 
 
Having a good understanding of what revenue assurance really is, the tools required, the objectives and the ultimate deliverables has been impacts on budgets, manpower, assignment of duties and ultimately, on the effectiveness of revenue assurance activities.
 
So which is it? Where do you stand?
 
This month, our panel of experts will let you know about what they think, and more importantly, will help you think about, and understand ways that you can use that knowledge to your advantage.