Making a business case for BI in manufacturing

• What role a manufacturer's ERP system plays in building a business case for BI
• How manufacturers can calculate the ROI of a BI implementation and when to expect to see results
• What role IT plays in BI software evaluation
• The benefits of SaaS BI software
• The importance of having a master data management (MDM) plan during BI implementation

  Making a business case for BI in manufacturing 

Learn how to make a case for business intelligence in manufacturing.

About the speaker: William McKnight is president of McKnight Consulting Group. In the past he has functioned as Strategist, Lead Enterprise Information Arc...

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hitect, and Program Manager for complex, high-volume full life-cycle implementations worldwide utilizing the disciplines of data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence, data quality and operational business intelligence. Many of his clients have gone public with their success story. His team's implementations from both IT and consultant positions have won Best Practices awards.

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• Learn how to transform plant data into business intelligence
• Find out why vendors are adding manufacturing intelligence capabilities