8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium as in claim 7 wherein the in-memory database engine conducts predictive modeling correlating a measure of process inefficiency with the performance data to predict the cost measure.
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium as in claim 7 wherein the in-memory database engine conducts predictive modeling correlating a measure of process inefficiency with the performance data to predict the cost measure. 9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium as in claim 8 wherein the in-memory database engine further conducts operational modeling identifying variables affecting the process.