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Analytics Consulting

Your organization
is generating data.
Are you generating
decisions?

Key Decision Analytics helps enterprise organizations close the gap between data and action, through rigorous analytical methods, custom decision models, and strategic implementation.

Founder Ben Grannan, Ph.D.
Discipline Decision Science and OR
Published in INFORMS, Springer, SAGE
01
Descriptive

What happened?

Clear visibility into what your data actually shows, without the noise. The foundation every downstream decision depends on.

02
Predictive

What will happen?

Predictive models that let you anticipate outcomes, plan with confidence, and get ahead of problems before they escalate.

03
Prescriptive

What should you do?

Decision modeling and optimization that translate insight into action, so strategy is driven by evidence rather than instinct.

"Instead of our team spending hours manually cataloging damages and typing up summaries, the system instantly turns field data into polished, bidder-ready condition reports."
John Jackley, Founder and CEO, PROInspected
Modeling to Implementation
400+ reports per month, produced with zero manual write-up

The analytical case for automating PROInspected's reporting was built, then implemented end to end through Ben's build practice. It is the clearest example of how the two firms work together: model the problem, prove the return, ship the system.

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Why KDA

The analytical depth your decisions deserve.

Key Decision Analytics is led by Ben Grannan, Ph.D., a professor of analytics and practicing decision scientist whose work spans business performance, healthcare optimization, and sports operations research.

Unlike generalist consulting firms, KDA brings specialized depth in decision analytics: the discipline at the intersection of data science, operations research, and strategic management. Our clients do not just get analysis. They get a framework for making better decisions and the tools to sustain it.

About Ben Grannan
Education
Ph.D. in Analytics and Decision Science
Faculty Role
Professor of Analytics, active faculty
Research
Published in INFORMS, Springer, and SAGE journals
Applied Work
Business operations, healthcare, military logistics, sports analytics
Also Leads
Grannan AI Partners, AI implementation consulting
Services

What we do

I

Data Prep and Management

Clean, integrate, and structure data from multiple sources into a reliable foundation for analysis.

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II

Business Intelligence

Dashboards and reports that surface hidden patterns and give leadership the visibility to act.

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III

Data Strategy Consulting

Assess your analytical maturity and build a roadmap aligned to your business objectives.

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IV

Decision Modeling

Custom optimization models that analyze tradeoffs and identify the best course of action under real constraints.

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V

AI Strategy and Roadmapping

Use case identification, build-vs-buy analysis, and roadmaps for AI adoption. The strategy layer; implementation is handled by Grannan AI Partners.

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VI

Analytics Training

Tailored programs for executives, analysts, and operational teams in decision frameworks and analytical tools.

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Published Research

Research that moves practice forward.

INFORMS
Scheduling the Valley Baseball League
Optimizing a complex schedule under dozens of competing constraints, the same class of problem as production scheduling or workforce planning.
Springer Optimization Letters
Locating and Dispatching MEDEVAC Assets
Positioning limited high-value resources to minimize response time, directly analogous to fleet, facility, and inventory placement.
Health Care Management Science
Resource Allocation in Fixed-Input Health Systems
Getting more output from a fixed set of resources, the core question behind most capacity and cost decisions.
Journal of Sports Analytics
Scheduling NFL Games to Reduce Strength of Schedule Variability
Balancing fairness and competing objectives across a large schedule, a multi-objective optimization problem at heart.
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data work harder?

A 30-minute conversation about your organization's analytical capabilities: where you are, where you want to be, and what it takes to get there.

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