With increasing competition and ever demanding customers, manufacturing continues to face new challenges every day. By applying business intelligence techniques, manufacturing organizations can enhance operational management and realize new savings.
- Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence
Mr. Chris Decubber from EFFRA presented the role his association, gave an overview of its activities and outlined the future directions envisioned.
(FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)
Mr. Chris Decubber from EFFRA presented the ActionplanT FoF project. He gave basic information and presented examples of the research area of the project.
(FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)
Supply Chain Performance Management with IBMIBMElectronics
IBM's white paper on Supply Chain Performance Management describes the need for effective, efficient performance management software to help drive success in today's complicated supply chains.
Mr. Chris Decubber from EFFRA presented the role his association, gave an overview of its activities and outlined the future directions envisioned.
(FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)
Mr. Chris Decubber from EFFRA presented the ActionplanT FoF project. He gave basic information and presented examples of the research area of the project.
(FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)
Supply Chain Performance Management with IBMIBMElectronics
IBM's white paper on Supply Chain Performance Management describes the need for effective, efficient performance management software to help drive success in today's complicated supply chains.
Infosys – Order management | CRM & SRM Case Study | SolutionInfosys
The Infosys order management solution envisages collaboration on the order planning process. This technology solution integrates with SRM and CRM applications within an organization to help identify customer and supplier prioritization
Only 50% of mergers actually increase shareholder value. Why? Often, one of the culprits is product complexity. Companies that manage the complexity of a newly combined product portfolio can capture value, smooth the overall merger process
Infosys - Telecom OEM Solutions | Quote to Cash White PaperInfosys
Telecom OEMs can create value in quote to cash cycle operations by implementing solutions to reduce order cycle time, cost per order and revenue leakage
Enabling Sales and Distribution with the CloudInfosys
Cloud-based solutions can offer an ideal way forward, standardizing processes, business capabilities, ensuring better integration of data, lowering the total cost of ownership, improving time to market, and ensuring scalability and flexibility. This view point explores how CPG companies can leverage Cloud capabilities to support their growth aspirations in developing and emerging markets.
IBM's Transformation from Project to Program and Portfolio Management Member Content
- by William C. Britton, PMP
IBM Certified Executive Project Manager
To succeed, a number of project management processes, policies, and organizational constructs were established or reinforced to ensure consistent excellence in service delivery.
In this thought provoking paper we talk about how in the last few years since the Great Recession, organizations have attempted to
Optimize supply chain operations and position themselves for growth over the next 3-5 years. This includes tapping “low-hanging fruit”
in the optimization journey, largely in the indirect sourcing transactional services such as logistics.
Procuring “direct” material, however, seems to be a relatively untapped opportunity for organizations to continue optimizing
their supply chains. Inevitably, companies can benefit significantly more by opting for an end-to-end framework
rather than through incremental improvements to direct spend management processes.
Business Intelligence and Analytics: A Command and Control Center for Supply ...marcus evans Network
Thomas L. Dadmun, ADTRAN - Speaker at the marcus evans Manufacturing COO Summit, held in Las Vegas, NV, delivered his presentation entitled Business Intelligence and Analytics: A Command and Control Center for Supply Chain Excellence
Infosys – Order management | CRM & SRM Case Study | SolutionInfosys
The Infosys order management solution envisages collaboration on the order planning process. This technology solution integrates with SRM and CRM applications within an organization to help identify customer and supplier prioritization
Only 50% of mergers actually increase shareholder value. Why? Often, one of the culprits is product complexity. Companies that manage the complexity of a newly combined product portfolio can capture value, smooth the overall merger process
Infosys - Telecom OEM Solutions | Quote to Cash White PaperInfosys
Telecom OEMs can create value in quote to cash cycle operations by implementing solutions to reduce order cycle time, cost per order and revenue leakage
Enabling Sales and Distribution with the CloudInfosys
Cloud-based solutions can offer an ideal way forward, standardizing processes, business capabilities, ensuring better integration of data, lowering the total cost of ownership, improving time to market, and ensuring scalability and flexibility. This view point explores how CPG companies can leverage Cloud capabilities to support their growth aspirations in developing and emerging markets.
IBM's Transformation from Project to Program and Portfolio Management Member Content
- by William C. Britton, PMP
IBM Certified Executive Project Manager
To succeed, a number of project management processes, policies, and organizational constructs were established or reinforced to ensure consistent excellence in service delivery.
In this thought provoking paper we talk about how in the last few years since the Great Recession, organizations have attempted to
Optimize supply chain operations and position themselves for growth over the next 3-5 years. This includes tapping “low-hanging fruit”
in the optimization journey, largely in the indirect sourcing transactional services such as logistics.
Procuring “direct” material, however, seems to be a relatively untapped opportunity for organizations to continue optimizing
their supply chains. Inevitably, companies can benefit significantly more by opting for an end-to-end framework
rather than through incremental improvements to direct spend management processes.
Business Intelligence and Analytics: A Command and Control Center for Supply ...marcus evans Network
Thomas L. Dadmun, ADTRAN - Speaker at the marcus evans Manufacturing COO Summit, held in Las Vegas, NV, delivered his presentation entitled Business Intelligence and Analytics: A Command and Control Center for Supply Chain Excellence
Business Intelligence (BI) For Manufacturing - A White PaperDhiren Gala
Business Intelligence (BI) For Manufacturing - A White Paper. With increasing competition and ever more demanding customers, manufacturing is never easy. Use of BI can significantly improve both the performance and power of manufacturing reporting.
Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Ma...FindWhitePapers
Consider how life sciences manufacturers can deal effectively with dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, and rapid product innovation.
iON Manufacturing Solution Interpump Case StudyChirantan Ghosh
While Interpump had its regular customers, the seasonal nature of the auto market led to inventory excess. Hence, Interpump should have set scientific thumb rules for Production.
Business Intelligence (BI) for ManufacturingDhiren Gala
Business Intelligence (BI) for Manufacturing - Plastics are no different
BI is very effective for all types of manufacturing, be it process, discrete or automatic. BI can close the ‘fact gap’ by improving the availability and delivery of actionable data with minimal IT
involvement.
Business intelligence systems are also unable to deal with market volatiles. Infosys' business analytics offerings provide the processes, tools and expertise to extract the most from information investments description.
Improved Visibility in Mining Value Chains: Interview with: James Balzary, Director of Natural Resources, SolveIT Software, a solution provider at the marcus evans Global Mining Summit 2012, on gaining the information that is required to make mining operation decisions.
Unlocking the Value in Warranty ManagementCognizant
With the right combination of advanced systems and processes around warranty management, manufacturers can unlock value such a reduced costs, improved product quality, faster turnaround and better customer experience.
Data to Insight to Action Today’s flat and wired world and increased competitiveness has shifted the focus more and more towards the customer. It is an absolute necessity that the companies understand their customers well and address their needs proactively.
To download visit:
blog.cequitysolutions.com and www.cequitysolutions.com
Marketing Agility: A Brand Point Management PerspectiveSchawk, Inc.
This white paper discusses how brand point management improves a business’ ability to react to the marketplace more quickly. Brand point management promotes marketplace agility by considering three critical components: people, process and technology.
Cloud computing and Innovation in ManufacturingInfosys
The Cloud has the power to change the way products are made, by accelerating the development lifecycle, enabling seamless collaboration and creating a smooth and agile supply chain. This paper discusses how Cloud computing - representing a paradigm shift for manufacturers who strive for a smarter IT organization and business processes - provides an answer.
The retail industry is at the forefront of the Big Data revolution, with every point-of-sale transaction, website click, or social media post potentially revealing an insight into the customer’s preferences and buying behaviour. The capability to harness this information effectively to provide optimal pricing and enhanced customer experience can be a game-changer for retailers.
MAIA Intelligence was invited to give a technical session on MS-SQL at Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra 2012 event in which around 300 budding techies learnt about the emerging technologies
MAIA Intelligence profiled on DQ Channel TreeDhiren Gala
MAIA Intelligence: Adding Social Media Benefits
While the concept and activity of partner-to-partner networking, reselling vendor products and adding services are not new; the evolution of social media technology has created new platforms and opportunities
- Hiten Rathod, Head - Strategic Alliances & Channels
Original article published in Cybermedia's DQ Channel, December 2011
postXBRL is an XBRL reporting offering from MAIA Intelligence available on both SaaS and On-Premise model. This presentation gives an glimpse of product on both models.
Sanjay Mehta, CEO of MAIA Intelligence, highlights
the barriers preventing IT managers from adopting business intelligence, while delving into its innovations and capabilities.
This is an excerpts from an interview taken by N. Geetha, Executive Editor, ITNext and published in October 2011 issue by 9Dot9 Media.
Compliance to Compete -
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) & Analytics
Recent MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) mandate for certain class of companies to file their balance sheet and profit & loss statements in XBRL format has now made it necessary for the corporates to understand the XBRL and its advantages and the process of converting their financial statements in the required format.
XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language - an language for the electronic communication of business and financial data which provides major benefits in the preparation, analysis and communication of business information and offers cost savings, greater efficiency and improved accuracy and reliability to all those involved in supplying or using financial data; now being put to practical use in a number of countries including India
XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It is one of a family of "XML" languages which is becoming a standard means of communicating information between businesses and on the internet.
eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is an extended XML, a tagged data (meta-data) which is machine readable and a standard way to communicate business & financial info.
This presentation introduces XBRL & MAIA Intelligence's postXBRL solution with BI for financial reporting.
For the last 20 years, organisations have invested into transformation of the entire financial consolidation process from ERP accounting systems to financial consolidation software in order to improve the way of tackling the challenge of Financial Close & Balance Sheet Consolidation with modern software solutions. Despite these
investments, more than 90 per cent of organisations still rely on spreadsheets to gather information from disparate financial systems and perform variance analysis on financial statements, compiling information from multiple sources. The requirement for transparency in financial statements is non-negotiable, and this starts with the financial close and reporting process. Financial consolidation software solutions have certainly
improved the process, driving organisations towards a more consistent chart of accounts, and supporting the period end processes, such as allocations and inter-company eliminations. However, when looking at the actual activities that finance employees perform each month, it is clear that there are still significant gaps. This article provides a realistic view of the use of technology to improve the financial close and reporting process
and achieve increased quality, accountability, auditability, efficiency and ultimately, regulatory compliance.
Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. authored this article for The Chartered Accountant (CA) Journal, March 2011.
Experiments with Social Media & NetworkingDhiren Gala
Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence was invited for speaking at the Computer Society of India, Nashik Chapter's FutureNet - The Future of Internet conference on February 6, 2011.
Sanjay shares his experience on experimenting with the social media and how social networking helped him leverage the MAIA 1KEY & personal brand.
Best Deployment: Raymond opts for 1KEY FCM - Financial ConsolidationDhiren Gala
The Perfect man becomes more intelligent
Mumbai-based Raymond needed a solution which could satisfy the functionality and ability to get all financial data on a single platform. MAIA Intelligence along with Mondial IT Consultants helped meet their expectations.
Minakshi Shetty of DQ Channels (Cybermedia) speaks to Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence, Vivek Kale, CIO, Raymond Limited and Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Director, Mondial IT Consultants
The spurt in logistics management organisations is affecting the bottom line of companies. In order to have a competitive edge over others, many logistics service providers are adopting business intelligence (BI) to improve their performance and meet the needs of their growing client base.
An article by Dhiren Gala in Smart Logistics, December 2010 issue.
Business Intelligence (BI) in Pharmaceuticals - An aid in informed decision making
Currently, the demand for BI solutions is largely driven by MNCs & large enterprises. BI solutions seem to have gained more acceptance and significance in pharma industry where time plays a pivotal role in the future of the company. The article from Modern Pharmaceuticals, reviews the importance of BI solutions to the
Indian pharma industry.
- Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
Business Intelligence addresses the challenges
faced by ports and terminals by providing comprehensive solutions for real-time planning,
management and control of operations.
Confluent - Monthly magazine by Symbiosis Centre for IT - September 2010Dhiren Gala
What the next generation will expect of BI applications? How generational shift will drive changes in BI tools and technology? How the roles of BI professionals will be transformed? How the uses of BI systems will grow and change?
Data Visualization with Dashboard & KPI
India's first Business Intelligence (BI)Dhiren Gala
India's first Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Analytics Software for MIS, KPI, Dashboard.
1KEY Dashboard and 1KEY KPI are some of the many modules of 1KEY Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Analytics Software which connects to multiple applications, multiple database to give a comprehensive data analysis, data mining, and multi-dimensional visual reporting solution, able to slice and dice information efficiently providing an extremely intuitive experience. 1KEY BI is powerful enough & conceived to help the business user to understand their data, to compare and contrast scenarios, and to deliver this information inside and outside of their organization which helps make informed decisions at all levels in an organization.
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics IndustryDhiren Gala
Shifting Trends - BI for Logistics Industry
With wafer thin margins, corporates are introducing business intelligence to boost efficiencies reports Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
Making Sense of Manufacturing Data - Industry 2.0 June 09
1. manufacturing technology
Making Sense of Data
With increasing competition and ever demanding
customers, manufacturing continues to face new
challenges every day. By applying business intelligence
techniques, manufacturing organizations can enhance
operational management and realize new savings.
environments normally takes tracked and moved to meet cus-
a long time. To speed up the tomer demands. Added to this is
process, many systems use tools the need identify customer needs,
that employ summarization tech- maintain and improve customer
niques to reduce the volume of delight, and add new custom-
records by aggregating those with ers to remain in business and be
records together with common profitable. One solution to these
characteristics. Problem with this problems is to use business intel-
technique is its inherent inflexibil- ligence (BI) solutions.
ity and inability to cope with the
constantly changing information Applying BI
needs of manufacturing. Some of the areas where BI
One of the biggest challenges solutions can be applied in manu-
for the manufacturing industry facturing include:
is the need to constantly adjust l Inventory optimization:
to changes in demand. If manag- Manufacturing companies often
ers have a proper understanding have huge inventories to track
of costs and demand, they can and move. It is essential for them
make better decisions. Some to monitor their inventories to
manufacturers also have cus- reduce over-capacity, and ensure
tomer specific costing, where sufficient supplies. BI allows
improved visibility in procure-to- manufacturing companies to track
W
pay is helpful in optimizing the inventory usage across loca-
hile factory floor supply-side performance. Other tion and time, monitor inventory
automation has sig- companies with large product costs and profits through multiple
nificantly improved portfolios have many suppliers layers of information, and identify
all areas of process- with whom they need to negotiate inventory overage or obsolete or
ing for manufacturing companies, on cost and quality, and maintain slow moving inventory. In addition,
it has also created a stagger- large inventories that need to be users can set up alerts for instant
ing amount of data. Despite notification of low
hardware improvements that Utility of Business Intelligence inventory levels.
have enabled organizations to l Financial
● Increase the value of customer relationships
economically store the increased management:
data, there never seems to be ● Respond quickly to changing markets and Manufacturers
enough time or resources to meet company sensitivities need to focus on
the needs of factory managers ● Accelerate new product time-to-market both external profit
who face the “fact gap” that ● Reduce inventory investment building and inter-
exists between the data and the ● Improve planning, scheduling, and the pro- nal cost reductions
usable information required to curement schedule to improve their
make real business decisions. profit margins. BI
● Maintain and develop quality assurance
This is often because report allows manufac-
generation in high data volume ● Select and apply world-class technologies turers to analyze
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2. information across multiple For many manufacturers,
sources to set performance keeping track of where their
goals and create sophisticated products are installed gives
profitability and financial them tremendous opportuni-
models. Manufacturers can ties for post-sales services
develop budgets that incor- and additional sales. Having
porate production, operation, adequate and accurate
sales, fulfilment, and finance installed base data is essen-
figures for optimal forecasting tial if manufacturers want
and planning. to maximize their profits
l Supply Chain and Order from this revenue source.
Management: BI can help BI’s comprehensive reporting
deliver deep customer insight and monitoring capabilities
into order and inventory data to enable manufacturers to track
make better decisions in each installed products, as well
stage of the order lifecycle. BI as the costs and revenues
enables users to assess inven- associated with after-sales
tory levels, determine likely services to determine the
product fulfilment needs before most cost-effective offerings.
the order has been booked, In addition, users can set up
quickly identify potential order real-time alerts for notifica-
backlog issues, and stay on top tion of maintenance schedule
of critical accounts receivable requirements to take advan-
(A/R) and daily sales outstand- tage of additional marketing
ing (DSO) issues. opportunities.
l Procurement and Spend: l Warranty analysis: Warran-
BI enables optimization of ties are one area where manu-
supply side performance facturers can greatly reduce
by integrating data from costs by ensuring original
across the enterprise value quality. By analyzing warranty
chain—thereby enabling costs, companies can identify
executives, managers and possible faulty manufacturing
frontline employees to make and detect emerging problem
more informed decisions. It areas. Through analysis of
increases visibility into the warranty claims, manufactur-
complete procure-to-pay ers can reduce and forecast
process, including comprehen- warranty costs and also iden-
sive spend and procurement tify fraudulent claims.
analysis, supplier perfor- BI can be effective for all
mance analysis, supplier pay- types of manufacturing organi-
ables analysis and employee zations—whether process or
expense analysis. discrete—since it can leverage
l Price-Volume Mix Analysis: all the sources of data avail-
Manufacturing companies able throughout the manu-
must process an immense facturing process to deliver a
amount of information regard- holistic view. It can help close
ing the pricing and volume of the fact gap by improving the
products. By integrating this availability and delivery of
massive amount of informa- actionable data with minimal
tion through in-depth analysis, IT involvement. Manufacturers
BI allows companies to gain should carefully consider using
insight into budget variances BI as a cost effective way to
and make better placement improve operations. n
decisions for products.
l Installed base tracking: Courtesy: MAIA Intelligence
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