Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for analyzing initiatives for a business network
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing a business initiative for a business network including business locations including test sites that have implemented the business initiative during a predetermined test period and non-test group sites that have not implemented the initiative, each of the sites being associated with a set of attributes, the method comprising:
- generating test site fragments based on the value of each attribute and performance value for each test site during the predetermined test period for the business initiative;
generating control site fragments based on the value of each attribute and performance value for each control group site during the predetermined test period for the business initiative, where the non-test group sites include a set of control group sites;
determining the strength relationship of the between each attribute and the performance values of the test sites based on an analysis between selected test site fragments and corresponding control site fragments; and
generating, by a server, a list of the attributes ranked based on the strength of the relationship between the attribute and performance value for each control group site.
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Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture is disclosed for analyzing a business initiative for a business network including business locations separated into control group sites and test sites that have implemented the business initiative for a predetermined test period. Each of the sites have an associated set of attributes reflecting various characteristics corresponding to the respective site, such as geographical location, size of business location, number of employees, etc. In one aspect of the invention, a process is performed that collects a performance value for each of the test and control group sites reflecting a level of performance of each respective sites during the test period. The performance of the test sites is then measured relative to the performance of the control sites over the same time period. The process may segment the performance values for each test site attribute to identify those attributes that have a greater impact on the performance values of the test sites than other attributes. Further, the process configures a model for predicting the performance values of the test sites using the identified attributes and determines whether the model accurately predicts these performance values. If so, the process applies the model to the non-tested sites to predict the performance values of these sites. Based on the predicted performance values, a user may select one or more of the sites to implement the business initiative.
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1. A method for analyzing a business initiative for a business network including business locations including test sites that have implemented the business initiative during a predetermined test period and non-test group sites that have not implemented the initiative, each of the sites being associated with a set of attributes, the method comprising:
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generating test site fragments based on the value of each attribute and performance value for each test site during the predetermined test period for the business initiative; generating control site fragments based on the value of each attribute and performance value for each control group site during the predetermined test period for the business initiative, where the non-test group sites include a set of control group sites; determining the strength relationship of the between each attribute and the performance values of the test sites based on an analysis between selected test site fragments and corresponding control site fragments; and generating, by a server, a list of the attributes ranked based on the strength of the relationship between the attribute and performance value for each control group site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable media having computer program code therein, said computer program code adapted to cause a computer to perform the following steps of:
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analyzing a business initiative for a business network including business locations having sites including test sites that have implemented the business initiative during a predetermined test period and non-test group sites that have not implemented the initiative, each of the sites being associated with a number of attributes, wherein the non-test group sites includes a set of control group sites; determining, the impact of each of the attributes on performance values of the test sites during the test period by; segmenting the test sites into fragments based on a selected attribute and the performance value for the test sites during the predetermined test period for the business initiative, segmenting the control group sites into fragments based on the selected attribute and the performance value for the control group sites during the predetermined test period for the business initiative, and determining the strength of the relationship between the selected attribute and the test site performance values based on a comparison of the test site fragments and corresponding control group fragments. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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