CII Virtual Workshop on 'Business Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence Using Tableau Plus' 28-29-30 January 2026: 02:30pm to 05:30pm
Context Setting
Business Intelligence(BI) & Artificial Intelligence(AI) are the powerful platforms in today’s marketplace. Across industries, organizations are generating vast amounts of data which, in turn, has heightened the need for professionals to interpret and analyse that information. Business analytics is the process of using quantitative methods to derive meaning from data in order to make informed business decisions. AI enables to extract business insights using Natural Language Processing (NLP) & Large Language Models (LLM).
The importance of BI & AI stems from the advantages that it offers to organisations in terms of: -
- More informed business decision
- Improved operational efficiency
- Quick business insights from various data sources – both internal and external
- Finally deriving a better strategy
CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of Manufacturing Excellence (CII CME) is offering a 3-day online Workshop on this topic of BI & AI using Tableau Plus on 28-29-30 January 2026.
This workshop is targeted to participants who have access to various data sets in ERP, CRM, HRMS, MS Excel and are expected to do basis analytics to get business insight and present effectively to management. This workshop is designed to make the participants aware of how to get business insights by analysing the Data/information available in various pockets in the organization. Executives are taught how to collate Data, convert them to Information and then get Business Insight using prudent BI & AI Practices, Tools, Techniques and interactive visualisations.
The workshop is based on analytics case studies. Each module starts with business need/problem and while trying to meet business requirements, it unfolds the concepts, techniques and the best practices related to BI & AI. The objective is to train the participant how to apply these BI & AI concepts, tools and techniques using case study method. Participants will have enough hands-on experience and be skilled enough to start BI & AI practices at departmental level.
Objective
After completing this workshop, each participant will:
- Think Analytical and raise appropriate Business Questions
- Identify at least one area where he/she can apply analytics to get business insights for the company
- Identify few decision points (either operational or strategic) where analytics will help to take a fact-based prudent decision for the company.
- Gain knowledge and skills on BI & AI to start doing these analytics using both BI & AI tools
- Learn how to apply basic statistics to explore and understand business data
- Learn how to use AI for quicker insights
- Learn to effectively present the analysis to management using visualization techniques
Key Takeaways
Session 1 – Introduction
- Introduce the objective of the Program, Program outline and Goals
- Business Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence - Learnings from thought leaders
- What is happening at BI & AI space?
- What is the starting point for analytics and what next steps?
- Group discussion on Business Challenges – BI & AI adoption
Session 2 - Analytical Thinking
- Setting business context
- Mapping analytics project objective with business goals/strategy
- Framing Business Questions which will drive Analytics
- Developing and testing hypothesis
- Correlation is not causation
- What and how to analyze in different business situations?
Session 3 – Basic BI Techniques (with Hands-on)
- Exploring categorical and quantitative variables
- Relationship between variables
- Applying Basic statistics – Correlation, p-value, R square, Box Plot, Scatter Plot and Linear Regression
- Types of Analytics - Descriptive, Predictive & Prescriptive
- Visual Analytic techniques
- Choosing appropriate charts/graphs for different business questions
- Building Dashboards
- Demo/Hands-on: Charts & dashboards using BI tool
Session 4 - Data Management & BI-AI Platform
- Common problems with raw data
- Set analytics goal and fetch relevant data
- Data management Concepts, Best practices and Tools
- Overview of BI Platform
- Overview of AI platform
Session 6 – Basic AI Techniques
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- Large Language Models – Chat GPT/Gemini
- Prompt Engineering
- Best AI practices
- Demo/Hands-on using Tableau Plus AI features
Session 7 - Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics
- Building Predictive model using Linear Regression
- Building Optimization Model using Liner Programming
Participation Fees
CII Members (Large and Medium) - Rs.11,500/- (+ 18% GST)
CII SSI Members - Rs.10,500/- (+18% GST)
Non Member Companies - Rs.12,500/- (+18% GST)
SPECIAL DISCOUNT
10% on 3 or more nominations from an organization.
Participation fees is non-refundable/ non-adjustable against any other programme of CII, but change in nomination(s) is accepted.
Registration: Prior registration for participation by the sponsoring companies is necessary.
