Articles
Making Operational Business Intelligence Work
This article is a more detailed look at how operational business intelligence can be used in the manufacturing workspace. I will be expanding on the points I raised in my last article, Reactive
and Proactive Business Intelligence. 
When Data is Not Enough
Because companies are faced with the limitations of traditional business intelligence (BI), this article examines how companies can marry BI information with broad search capabilties.
Reactive and Proactive Business Intelligence
This article is aimed at those people who want to understand how business intelligence can affect how we make decisions in the workplace and looks at how information can be used proactively
throughout the manufacturing world.
Business Intelligence for “Un-Tethered” Users
Companies looking to improve distribution and analytics to un-tethered users must find solutions that are simple and intuitive or they will fail.
Driving Performance Measurement: Keeping Your Employees on Course
How to Gain Control by Getting Behind the Wheel
As companies increasingly provide metrics to their employees, they are learning that there can be some unintended consequences that are not so desirable.
News
Wrigley Implements AeroScout’s Real-Time Enterprise Visibility Solution
Wrigley is using AeroScout's technology and a Cisco Unified Wireless Network to track the location of pallets in real time.
Ventura Selects ciboodle
ciboodle will provide Ventura with the ability to offer its clients the product’s broad array of process-driven customer interaction capabilities.
InforSense Virtual Machine Announced
InforSense Virtual Machine (IVM) can be effortlessly installed and is simple to maintain, eliminating the complexity typically found with traditional software installations.
NP Collection implements RFID technology with UPM Raflatac UHF Tags
The RFID tags are attached to NP Collection’s garments at the manufacturing site to enable tracking and data collection throughout the supply chain.
Printronix Signs Distribution Alliance with Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro will market Printronix's industrial enterprise printers in the United Kingdom.
White Papers
The Hidden Challenge of Product Information Management
This paper discusses product how automating product data quality is the key to maximizing product information management performance.
Automating Product Data Quality for Trouble-Free PIM and MDM
This paper discusses product data quality & governance and how to create PIM-perfect data to maximize PIM-MDM performance.
Great E-Commerce Needs Great Data
This paper illustrates that smarter data means smarter E-commerce by discussing the unique nature of product data, its role in effective merchandising and breakthrough technology that automates
product data quality.
Product Information Management: Business and Technology Trends
Independent research study into business and technology trends around Product Information Management and delivers useful insight into the needs, practices, and challenges faced by companies
implementing PIM or any form of product data integration.
BusinessObjects Rapid Marts for SAP R/3®
Driving organizational performance with strategic business intelligence.
Solutions Spotlights
Companies highlighted in the solutions spotlights serve the Manufacturing industry.
Scott Gnau, Chief Development Officer for Teradata Corporation
Scott Gnau explains how the Teradata solution allows analysis of business operations to drive better, faster decisions that deliver customer value, leverage business applications and build business
advantage. 
Chris Houle, Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder for Quantrix
Chris Houle explains how Quantrix Modeler moves beyond spreadsheets and costly business intelligence tools to multidimensional business modeling and analytics software that is designed with the
business user in mind.
Ravi Shankar, Director of Product Marketing for Siperian
Ravi Shankar discusses the Siperian MDM Hub. This next generation master data architecture is an integrated, model-driven software platform that meets business and technology requirements to improve
quality, consistency and access to any data.
