| A recent survey with 2,600 CIOs from 78 | | | | almost any ERP system on the market. For JD |
| countries and 19 different industries revealed that | | | | Edwards, BDA has built a complete out of the |
| Business Intelligence and Analytics are the top | | | | box sales system which enables companies using |
| priorities of CIO's for 2009 and 2010. | | | | this ERP system to install a sales reporting and |
| Does it come as a surprise for you? It shouldn't | | | | analytics system within days. Apart from sales |
| as businesses do need the best possible | | | | reporting, BDA also offers analytics for inventory, |
| information provided to their management to | | | | financials, purchasing and more. |
| make the right decisions in these difficult | | | | The total TOC (total cost of ownership) is only a |
| economic situations. | | | | fraction of other business intelligence systems. |
| Yes, the Dow climbed over 10,000 points the first | | | | And the even better news is that they offer a |
| time in more than 12 months, but this does not | | | | fixed price and this price includes an unlimited |
| mean the recession is over. Your management, | | | | amount of front-end users. |
| and particularly everyone who is involved in sales, | | | | From the price and functionality point of view, |
| needs sales and margin data fast and in the most | | | | there is no comparable system on the market. It |
| flexible way. | | | | ships with a back-end (data warehouse system, |
| There is a new sales reporting and sales analytics | | | | business applications which they call Quick Cubes |
| system available, called BDA which stands for | | | | and Quick Views and an amazing front-end |
| Business Data Analysis. It can take data from | | | | system for reporting and analysis). |