![External data: Radar for your business](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2014/06/world-food-index-702x336.png)
How much of your business performance (profit) is driven by external factors versus internal? A figure of 85% compared to 15% was mentioned at last month’s Manufacturing Analytics Summit, and although I could not find the study mentioned to confirm, it feels about right to me. Certainly more than half,