What are the benefits of data warehousing?
A. Some of the potential benefits of putting data into a data warehouse include: 1. improving turnaround time for data access and reporting; 2. standardizing data across the organization so there will be one view of the “truth”; 3. merging data from various source systems to create a more comprehensive information source; 4. lowering costs to create and distribute information and reports; 5. sharing data and allowing others to access and analyze the data; and 6. encouraging and improving fact-based decision making.
