As business intelligence and analytics continue to add value to supply chain organizations, how do we gain even more value? With an increase in data and the sources of information – from supply chain systems to customer systems to supplier management systems, a source of business...
Rethinking your company's KPI strategy A recent study by The Advanced Performance Institute entitled 20 Years of Measuring and Managing Business Performance revealed the fact that less that 20% of companies state everyone obtains regular insights (usually using Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs) which improve day-to-day...
We have seen so much recent attention on large tech companies “unbundling” their apps. The term unbundling in the app-world refers to the process of breaking up an app into smaller apps – “mini-apps”. Most companies do this to provide a more streamlined user experience. ...
(and not get frustrated) A recent article in Digital Supply Chain Magazine points to research from Deloitte Consulting which offers a tremendous business case for supply chain analytics. Deloitte states that: “… manufacturing companies can realize a margin improvement of 2 to 4 percent by applying...
The average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds, which is shorter than the attention span of a goldfish, which is 9 seconds. That means an Internet marketer has 8 seconds to convince a reader that their content is worth another 8 seconds. The key...
According to a recent report by KPMG, technology platforms that support real-time business intelligence is one of the top strategies and tactics to be deployed by manufacturers. The report, entitled Global Manufacturing Outlook: Performance in the crosshairs, is based on a survey of management from 460...
