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In case you missed it, Samification launched yesterday with a 30% discount code LAUNCH30! And what better way to celebrate than with a song from Tiankai Feng! If you're not following him, you should be, you'll get more bangers like this, he's super talented. No longer do you need to wait days, weeks, or even months for normalised data, you can have a file within minutes, which will then be further cleaned by the TCG team as part of your subscription. What a deal! If you'd like to know more about the tool, or even normalise 250 suppliers for free, head over to samification dot com to find out more! And let us know what you think!

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"There aren't enough women speakers". My response to this was another great post from this year. This year I saw a lot of posts about issues finding women speakers at events....by men. So I did two things, I wrote this post, and I set up the group Women Who Speak https://lnkd.in/eMfk32_t So let's set this straight, from a woman speaker. The problem is not that there are not enough women speakers, the problem is the event: ❌ sucks ❌ does not compensate for speaking or travel ❌ is clearly just ticking a box for female speakers ❌ asks us to speak last minute ❌ doesn't fit in with our schedule ❌ has an unfair criteria process ❌ asks US to pay to speak ❌ does not respect us personally or as a group ❌ only asked us because of our social media following, or the company that we work for, with the aim of sponsorship. We're not daft. We will however speak at your events if: ✔ they are fun/engaging/relevant ✔ have great content ✔ you build a relationship with us personally or as a community ✔ you compensate fairly ✔ it's a great opportunity for us ✔ are representative The problem is often put on us as women for saying no because we are shy, not confident, but this is often not the case or reason. Whether you're a woman who speaks or would like to, or an event organiser, please join and share events, speaking opportunities and knowledge!

Here's one of my best posts from the last year, I don't know who made it, and yes I know it's not real but damn it's funny! And it gets the point across perfectly about how important context in data is. If you don't have the whole picture, things can be interpreted incorrectly which can cause a lot of issues in data, and in business. So when looking at data, especially for classification, use ALL the data, look a the all the rows and columns around the cells you are working with to get the full picture. Here's to a Happy New Year with less dirty data!

Merry Christmas! That is all...

Wishing you all a wonderful break, however you celebrate. From everyone at TCG Merry Christmas, see you next year!

It's Christmas tip month, and one of my biggest lessons we can share with you is this... DO NOT assume you know what a company does just by looking at the name. Use the rest of the data for context, and then you might find, that as in this case, this company is not the Tinder you would assume, but Tinder Corporation Ltd and IT services company! If you're unsure, Google to double check, it could save you some awkward conversations!! Have you had any similar experiences?

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Cleaning data is very much like untangling Christmas lights.... It takes a lot of patience, care and attention, a few swear words might be used and then when it's untangled there's no guarantee all the bulbs are working! That's where Susan Walsh and the team here at The Classification Guru Ltd can help. We'll untangle the messy data you have, look at what's missing, and we might even be able to replace some of those missing bulbs (data...). We've helped large, global organisations with their data, but we're also very good at keeping secrets so no one will ever know you had any issues to start with... With our helping hand, we can: 🫱build a customised taxonomy based on your data 🫱classify spend data (from as little as a supplier name) 🫱normalise suppliers (including our new self-service tool Samification ) 🫱clean vendor master data 🫱clean CRM and ERP data 🫱clean material master data 🫱clean marketing databases If you're looking to make some new resolutions for your data in 2025, why not have a chat with us first to find out how we can help.