A proposed Application of Business Intelligence in Microfinance Sector in Sudan

Abstract

As the banks grew in size and expanded geographically, the volume of transactions and customer information became quite large, the banking industry need Business Intelligence (BI) computer software to help them gain comp etitive advantage. The main objective of this study is to explore the impact of Business Intelligence in microfinance sector in banking industry using Microsoft SQL Server for building BI software , through exploring the impact of Business Intelligen c e on Quality of Decision Making. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the researcher developed a specific questionnaire based on the latest studies that are written in the subject to collect relevant data to achieve that object. The populat ion of this research a random sample consists of (50) person managers and head of departments working at banks of Sudan. After distributing (50) questionnaires of the study sample, The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program was used for ana lysis and examine the hypothesis. The research has reached several findings

there is appositive direct impact for implementation of BI application in banking industry which meant that the banking industry in Sudan needed Business Intelligence solution..