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Source: Gartner, "2019 CIO Agenda: Heavy Manufacturing, Industry Insights," Dr. Marc Halpern. October, 15 2018 (Gartner subscription required)

5 Proven Ways Manufacturers Can Get Started With Analytics

By Louis Columbus on November 14, 2019

46% of manufacturers agree that implementing and using data analytics is necessary to stay competitive and grow their businesses. 69% of manufacturing decision-makers believe analytics will be crucial for business success in 2020, with 15% considering it crucial today. 32% of manufacturers see the potential for analytics to improve supply chain performance and increase revenue. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2019 Analytics Spending Manufacturing, 2019 CIO Agenda Heavy Manufacturing Insights, analytics, business intelligence, CRM, gartner, Louis Columbus’ blog Manufacturing Cycle Time, Manufacturing, PLM, Production Yields by Product, Return Material Authorization (RMA) Rate as a % of Manufacturing

CPQ Needs To Scale And Support Smarter, More Connected Products

CPQ Needs To Scale And Support Smarter, More Connected Products

By Louis Columbus on December 16, 2018

  For smart, connected product strategies to succeed they require a product lifecycle view of configurations, best attained by integrating PLM, CAD, CRM, and ERP systems. Capgemini estimates that the size of the connected products market will be $519B to $685B by 2020. In 2018, $985B will be spent on IoT-enabled smart consumer devices, soaring to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CAD, Configit, Configuration Lifecycle Management, configure price quote, CPQ, CRM, CRM Integration, erp, ERP Integration, Louis Columbus' blog, PLM, Product Configuration, Product Models, Sales Configuration, sap, SAP Integration

10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning

10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning

By Louis Columbus on August 20, 2018

Capitalizing on new digital business models and the growth opportunities they provide are forcing companies to re-evaluate ERP’s role. Made inflexible by years of customization, legacy ERP systems aren’t delivering what digital business models need today to scale and grow. Legacy ERP systems were purpose-built to excel at production consistency first at the expense of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AI, Amazon Alexa, Artificial intelligence, CAD, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, CRM, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Factory of the Future, legacy ERP, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, Manufacturing, PLM

Cloud Wars Heating Up: Oracle : Taleo, Dassault Systemes : Netvibes

Cloud Wars Heating Up: Oracle : Taleo, Dassault Systemes : Netvibes

By Michael Fauscette on February 11, 2012

This past week virtually no one in the software world was surprised by Oracle’s announcement of intent to acquire cloud talent management vendor Taleo. The acquisition that was something of a surprise, and maybe you even missed, was the much…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Dassault, HCM, HR, innovation, Netvibes, oracle, PLM, talent management, Taleo | 3 Responses

Research Summary: Introducing The 43 Use Cases For Social Business (Social Enterprise)

Research Summary: Introducing The 43 Use Cases For Social Business (Social Enterprise)

By R "Ray" Wang on August 28, 2011

The Social Business (Social Enterprise) Moves Beyond The 18 Use Cases Of Social CRM As social media adoption continues to move from mainstream to pervasive ubiquity, enterprises will begin to benefit from these advancements in the consumerization of IT (CoIT).  Just 18 months ago, early use cases identified 18 Use Cases for Social CRM (SCRM).  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #DF11, #socialenterprise, Apps Strategy, CIO, CMO, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer service, Customer Support, e20, e2conf, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, HCM, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, innovation, marketing, Marketing Automation, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, PLM, product lifecycle, project based solutions, projects, Public relations, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sales, sales force automation, service, socbiz, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies | 1 Response

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