Business intelligence helps companies establish metrics, compile data, and visualize results. This almost always leads to faster and better decision-making.

But the road to more efficient decision-making takes time, planning, and devising a meaningful business intelligence strategy.

After laying the groundwork for a strategy, it could help to read about the ways other companies are applying their business intelligence.

So, for those still looking for insight before committing to a tool, we asked six business leaders to provide us with examples of business intelligence done right at their organizations with respect to their industries.