The State of Data Management Report 2021 reveals that companies overspend by more than $500,000 annually on manual pipeline management, with engineers wasting 44% of their time on outdated processes. Eighty percent of leaders report frequent pipeline rebuilds, and 83% feel locked into inefficient systems that hinder scaling. This reliance on manual work delays data freshness, as only 13% of firms derive value from new data within hours, while most wait days or a week. As a result, 71% admit business decisions are based on outdated or error-prone data, leading 85% to report financial losses, often unnoticed at the C-suite level.

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