These systems are essential to the ongoing operation of the organisation, but are frequently difficult to "mix and match" to provide true management information.

Data from the various sources can be structured in a different way, and may reside on separate tables, database or even servers.

Data Warehousing allows the user to build access paths and stores for their data, including relationships between data from disparate sources.

This can then be used for regular reporting purposes and for data mining of information for one off requests.

OBS has experience of a number of data warehousing products and can assist with the development and use of a data warehouse. For more details email DATAWH @ OBS