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4 Roadblocks to Strategic Spend Management
January 7, 2014 8:30 am Leave your thoughtsManufacturers and distributors often begin a spend management initiative by starting a labor-intensive data-gathering project. Asking questions like What do... View Article
Flexible Information Delivery – FID, for short (Part II)
January 2, 2014 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsIn my earlier post on Flexible Information Delivery (or FID), I described a few ways in which different types of... View Article
Supply Chain Business Analytics Provides Better Vendor Management
December 19, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsA key factor of supply chain vendor management is collaboration between partners. Sharing information and collaborating ensures that manufacturers are... View Article
Turning the Sales Team Into A Sales “Force” with Analytic Applications
December 17, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsDo you know how effective your company’s sales efforts are? Who’s selling, and who’s not? Which customers are buying which... View Article
Understanding Stratum.Planner
December 13, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsThis is the second in a series of blog entries where I will be discussing the four main integrated components... View Article
Flexible Information Delivery – FID, for short (Part I)
December 12, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsIn any business intelligence system there are ultimately two objectives, the collection and management of information and the delivery of... View Article
Using Business Intelligence to Match Supply and Demand
December 10, 2013 8:30 am Leave your thoughtsIn order to run a lean and agile supply chain, manufacturers need to have a clear understanding of the supply... View Article
Operational Excellence in the Intelligent Enterprise
December 5, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsWhat does intelligence in the enterprise imply? If we think of this from an operations perspective the most important characteristics... View Article
Using Business Intelligence to Identify New Sales Opportunities
December 3, 2013 8:30 am Leave your thoughtsThe long-term success of the sales organization largely depends on how well they know their existing and potential customers, and... View Article
Understanding Stratum.Server
November 26, 2013 8:00 am Leave your thoughtsAs the person responsible for helpline support here at Silvon I’ve decided to try my hand at blogging as a... View Article