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Semantic Layer Strategy for Linked Data Investigations

EK Team . May 8, 2025 . Case Study

A government organization sought to more effectively exploit their breadth of data generated by investigation activity of criminal networks for comprehensive case building and threat trend analysis. EK engaged with the client to develop a strategy and product vision for their semantic solution, paired with foundational semantic data models for meaningful data categorization and linking, architecture designs and tool recommendations for integrating and leveraging graph data, and entitlements designs for adhering to complex security standards. Continue reading

Women’s Health Foundation – Semantic Classification POC

EK Team . April 10, 2025 . Case Study

A humanitarian foundation focusing on women’s health faced a complex problem: determining the highest impact decision points in contraception adoption for specific markets and demographics. Two strategic objectives drove the initiative—first, understanding the multifaceted factors (from product attributes to social influences) that guide women’s contraceptive choices, and second, identifying actionable insights from disparate data sources. The key challenge was integrating internal survey response data with internal investment documents to answer nuanced competency questions such as, “What are the most frequently cited factors when considering a contraceptive method?” and “Which factors most strongly influence adoption or rejection?” This required a system that could not only ingest and organize heterogeneous data but also enable executives to visualize and act upon insights derived from complex cross-document analyses. Continue reading

Humanitarian Foundation – SemanticRAG POC

EK Team . April 2, 2025 . Case Study

A humanitarian foundation needed to demonstrate the ability of its Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation (GRAG) system to answer complex, cross-source questions. In particular, the task was to evaluate the impact of foundation investments on strategic goals by synthesizing information from publicly available domain data, internal investment documents, and internal investment data. The challenge laid in …. Continue reading

Aligning an Enterprise-Wide Information Management (IM) Roadmap for a Global Energy Company

EK Team . February 26, 2025 . Case Study

A global energy company sought support in detailing and aligning their information management (IM) team’s roadmaps for all four of their IM products – covering all managed applications, services, projects, and capabilities – to help them reach their target state vision of higher levels of productivity, more informed decision-making, and quality information made available to … Continue reading

Enhancing Retail Performance with Semantic Layer As an Enabler for Data and Analytics Teams

EK Team . January 6, 2025 . Case Study

In the fast-paced retail sector, organizations need to be able to quickly view store performance analytics in order to make crucial decisions. A leading global retail chain faced significant delays of up to 5-6 weeks when attempting to retrieve essential store performance metrics and create reports for executive leadership. This bottleneck was largely due to … Continue reading

A Semantic Layer to Enable Risk Management at a Multinational Bank

EK Team . December 13, 2024 . Case Study

Enterprise Knowledge is working with a multinational bank to enable their risk-assessing processes by using semantics and connected data. Heavily regulated financial services firms require comprehensive and complex risk management. This requires employees to thoroughly account for risk and report it in detail to regulators. Continue reading

User-Centered Information Architecture Strategy for a Leading Nonprofit Organization

EK Team . November 1, 2024 . Case Study

Staff at one of the largest charitable nonprofit organizations in the U.S. faced challenges locating information, which led to a dependence on personal networks to find expertise. This issue was compounded by the organization’s two information platforms, which had overlapping functions and purposes. The lack of clarity about where to find specific resources created uncertainty… Continue reading

Green Climate Fund – Knowledge Cafe Program

EK Team . August 27, 2024 . Case Study

The Green Climate Fund (GCF), established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is the world’s largest climate fund. GCF is mandated to support developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Headquartered in South Korea, the fund has over 300 staff members who are working to shift developing countries toward…
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