Successful decision making starts by a precise translation of daily issues into a rational data collection, properly structured and stored for a coherent and efficient statistical analysis. However, many obstacles prevent such a prerequisite performance: inadequate research, lack of data, inexistence of statistical tools, inappropriate analytical methodologies and unfortunately... the missing knowledge of research and statistical tools.

Data is essential for irrefutable decision argumentation. Companies cannot rely on accidental successful decisions. What was true yesterday will not be necessarily true tomorrow, if not today. Data should always pave the way for management decision.

Employees are an organization's most important asset for wise long-term decision making. For a performance at minimum error risk, employees' data management skills and competence should be uninterruptedly developed and updated. Therefore, training in this field is becoming a basic requirement in a continuously evolving environment.