Manufacturers have a uniquely large amount of business data which needs to be analyzed and used to make insightful business decisions at a moment’s notice. That is why Business Intelligence (BI) is becoming a necessity for doing business in the manufacturing industry.
A 2012 Forrester Research cross-industry study revealed that 60% of manufacturers consider BI to be critical to their businesses and 31% had immediate plans to increase their use of BI. The thing about these BI tools is that they need to be integrated with your data source. Mid-sized manufacturers can save themselves a step by leveraging BI tools that are already built into their ERP solutions, like .
Organizations using the Manufacturing Suite or any of the manufacturing modules within Microsoft Dynamics GP can also take advantage of any of following Business Intelligence and Reporting capabilities:
- Over 220 built-in customizable reports
- Ability to create personalized SmartLists or Excel Reports with SmartList Builder
- Business Analyzer gives you powerful, role-specific insight from virtually any location with the ability to assign tasks and collaborate with others
- Enterprise Reporting helps you gain tighter control of consolidations, financial reporting, and budgeting across your enterprise
- Microsoft Forecaster helps you create accurate budgets and gain control of the entire budgeting and planning process
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