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The difference between Business Intelligence (BI) and ERP?

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How does BI differ from ERP? ERP systems essentially integrate all the disparate functions within your business and overcome the so-called ‘silo mentality’ by creating a single, centralized data architecture. The ERP software collects, stores and manages data relating to business activities. What’s Your Business IQ?

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How analytics embedded in your ERP system can enable different manufacturing roles

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As data becomes a critical resource in modern organizations, business users are clamoring for tools to ease access to data for reporting and dashboards. It includes the governance and data controls for businesses to determine which users have access to what data and present reports or data visualizations securely.

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How ERP and BI work together

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Business intelligence (BI) and ERP (enterprise resource planning) software are both important technologies for businesses that want to improve their performance and gain insights from their data. ERP and BI have different functions and have been separate systems for many years. What do BI and ERP do?

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Cloud ERP and cybersecurity

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Cloud ERP Data is a business asset. Today, a manufacturing or distribution business’s data has become as invaluable as the crown jewels, kept safe by the Tower of London, or in this case by a highly integrated Cloud ERP system. As a critical business tool, ERP systems are under attack. The expanding role of the CISO.

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Using an ERP system to provide data for decision-making in manufacturing

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Manufacturers increasingly turning to data and analytics, from an ERP system, to support business initiatives. In most cases, there has been a succession of tools that worked in some cases but were not broadly successful. How an ERP system provides the framework for data and analytics. Start promoting data as a key asset.

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

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The more technology shifts manufacturing structures, systems and strategies, the more business-critical ERP becomes, and proper techniques are needed to make processes more efficient. Manufacturing businesses – many of which have highly specialized requirements – need to look at the value of ERP strategically.

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The Connected Shop Floor and help from an ERP system

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can improve the way the factory shop floor works and manufacturers now have all the tools they need to operate a connected shop floor. Wireless communication infrastructure that supports digital communication on the shop floor between interconnected machines, parts and materials, and operators using digital reporting tools.