When is Business Intelligence relevant for a small business? Or to reframe the question when should a small business owner who hasn’t deployed any BI in their business start to consider a solution? Whether you are the owner of a small start-up or the veteran CEO for a multinational company, information is the lifeblood of [...]
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Business intelligence is not Technology, Products or a set of Methodologies. It is simply having an insightful understanding of an entity and its purpose, its past behaviors, present situation and desired destinations, and being able to make informed decisions which direct it towards those destinations. The term BI was coined with its technology endeavors (and [...]
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Business Intelligence (BI) has become quite the ‘buzzword’ in the software industry in the last few years, yet many small business owners still view it as the realm of big business only. As we move towards 2020 and information overload becomes commonplace, however, SMBs are now starting to realize that BI can benefit them too. [...]
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Sage PFW ERP Intelligence is an excellent product with which to replace FRx. It is however, a different product to FRx which means that inevitably there are many ways in which it can and will be perceived as “superior” or “inferior” to FRx. The purpose of this blog post is to share with you the [...]
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I guess adopting business intelligence effectively in your company is a bit like setting goals. One of the first and primary challenges is knowing what you want to know – if that makes sense? This is obviously very different from business to business, but what is it that I need to know to make a [...]
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Alchemex Director of Marketing, Loren Taljard wrote “In today’s competitive market place, those that pay attention to the details in their business will be the ones that survive during hard times, and excel during great times. Business Intelligence(BI) is the tool that will give small companies a competitive advantage during the next decade and there [...]
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In December I was very privileged to take a break with my family and enjoy a week’s holiday in the beautiful snowy mountains of British Columbia, Canada. At the same time a colleague and good friend of mine was driving with his family through a beautiful part of South Africa known as the Karoo, heading [...]
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As small to mid-sized businesses enter 2012, many owners and executives may be considering technology-related strategies to streamline processes, gain competitive advantage and generally make their lives easier in the year ahead. Erik Kaas, Vice President of Product Management for Mid-market ERP products, Sage North America, discusses here why it’s time for companies to get [...]
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I have just come across a post on the Plus Computer blog that discusses the best way of getting data from Sage ERP Accpac and Sage CRM, two independent but synchronized systems, into one report. Read it and see why the author, Alistair Hill, reaches the conclusion that solutions like Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence are designed exactly [...]
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Have a look at the Softline blog for views on the synergies between Softline and Alchemex and why the Alchemex business intelligence solution is a natural extension of Softline’s business applications: http://blog.softline.co.za/2011/12/01/softline-bolsters-business-intelligence-offering-with-alchemex-acquisition/ Softline and Alchemex are part of the Sage Group plc.
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