This white paper describes a general approach for planning your organization's efforts to improve data quality, providing a data-example-driven perspective of some of the unique challenges of product data quality, as well as discuss and demonstrate three critical steps to improving product data quality. 

Read this white paper to learn how to implement the product-by-product profitability analysis that manufacturers need to improve their bottom line. 

In this e-book, SearchDataManagement.com editor, Mark Brunelli, discusses the ins-and-outs of developing a solid MDM plan for ensuring accurate and consistent data across all your company's systems. Read on to learn best practices, tips and advice from experts on how to structure and manage a MDM program 

This Ventana Research report discusses product information management (PIM) based on the Value Index. Learn how PIM systems can synchronize all your attributes and definitions used in the identification, description, sales and fulfillment of products across all channels that customers, suppliers and partners use. 

Following nine other surveys, the BI Survey 10 analyzed the platforms of six of the largest BI vendors and asked 2,961 organizations across 80 countries many of the same questions as previous years. Read this now and learn how organizations view certain aspects of their BI tools, such as response time, performance, business benefits and more. 

Imagine the advantage your organization would have from real-time insight into your workforce? This paper outlines the three key steps to effectively managing your workforce and leveraging HR data for competitive advantage. Read to learn why visibility, alignment and optimization are critical components to any successful HR venture. 

This e-book will help you discover and implement the best enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for your manufacturing organization. Read this now and gain 4 tips for avoiding pitfalls in the ERP upgrade process, expert advice on the entire process, insight into SaaS versus on-premises options, 7 tips for a successful implementation and more. 

The intent of this paper (neither explain SQL Server 2012 nor be a EMC buying guide ) is simply to highlight enough information on each, so that IT managers can focus on the database system and storage hardware relationship. 

<p>Listen to this podcast as industry expert R "Ray" Wang explains what you can do to overcome common sales order management complications, and hear his advice on what technologies can help integrate information from across organizational functions to provide the highest quality data to order management applications.</p> 

The approach to end-of-life compliance that many manufacturers are taking today will not scale with the rapid growth and increased complexity of regulations and industry or supply chain requirements. Read this paper to discover the benefits of best-in-class approaches to environmental management programmes and the systems need to support them. 

This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit examines how their practices are evolving and offers examples of data use at some highly successful companies. 

All these scenarios share the benefits and success from incorporating business intelligence (BI) and geographic analysis into their data analytics. Read this paper to learn about this new technique, location intelligence (LI), the technologies behind it and how it can significantly improve your business. 

Addresses need for high reliability and data sync to multiple device platforms. Avoids need for a DBA, and reduces development effort by simplifying performance optimisation and back end connectivity. Works with standard development tools and languages.