A Cerebral Approach to Analytics

Why your sales analytics strategy should work like your brain.  I’m going to get a little brainy on you – stick with me. Our brains have two halves, the left and right. They have different functions, and they also support each other. Analytics can work like this,...

Categories: Business Intelligence

Tags: Manufacturing, Analytics, Data Science, Pinpoint Sales™ for Aftermarket

Small Steps with Big Impact for Dynamics 365 Analytics

Dynamics 365 for Sales and Dynamics 365 for Service have been positioned for years as top-tier business applications. Power BI completely ran away with the lead in the analytics application space. And now with Microsoft’s recently introduced...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Business Intelligence

Tags: Dynamics 365 for Sales, Microsoft, Azure, Power BI, Dynamics 365 for Service

Pinpoint Sales for Aftermarket™ Creates a Buzz at Field Service USA

Last week we had the pleasure of presenting at Field Service USA with Microsoft’s Clayton Fernandez about our solution, Pinpoint Sales for Aftermarket™. The response has been fantastic, as manufacturers see the power to drive wallet share and revenue with specific account and...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Manufacturing Industry Insights, Business Intelligence

Tags: Field Service, Microsoft, CRM, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales, Pinpoint Sales for Aftermarket™, PowerApps

3 Reasons Business Intelligence Initiatives Fail...and How We Help Customers Succeed

Enterprise BI initiatives are often large projects that come with layers of complexity.  There are many approaches to implement, manage, and support these initiatives. And when they’re mishandled, they can be expensive and incur difficulty in reaching near and long-term business value. Let’s look at 3 of the most common mistakes made during BI initiatives and how eLogic helps customers avoid them. 

Categories: Business Intelligence

Tags: Microsoft, Power BI, Data Warehouse, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Data Mart

So What Does a Data Scientist Do, Anyway? [podcast]

Recently on his podcast, ‘Power BI & More’, Ulrik Carlsson sat down with Matt Lamb to discuss Matt’s work in Data Science & Commercial Analytics for eLogic.  Listen to how a data scientist defines the...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Business Intelligence, eBooks + Infographics + Video

Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft, Machine Learning, Power BI, Analytics, Data Science

Data as a Differentiator: Supply Chain Improvement [Video]

Effectively managing your parts requisition and purchase order processes can be extremely complicated – but it doesn’t have to be. If done properly, enterprises can create major competitive advantages -- saving time, increasing profits and productivity, while spearheading...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Business Intelligence, eBooks + Infographics + Video

Tags: Manufacturing, Microsoft

Getting Started with IoT: Connected

Connected...This one word is reshaping our personal and business lives.  Industry projections consistently show that by 2020 there will be 200 billion connected “things” in the Internet of Things (IoT).  So, the IoT boom reflects a seismic shift in how manufacturers are moving to sensor and connect their products and shift their business models.  At the heart of this, leaders are rethinking strategies and figuring out how their organizations can win the future by launching new product and service initiatives. 

Categories: Manufacturing Industry Insights, Business Intelligence

Tags: Business Intelligence, IoT

Sharpen the Saw: Sell Smarter with Self-Service BI

Fans of Stephen Covey's work, "7 Rules for High Successful People" should recognize his last rule - Sharpen the Saw. For those who have not read it, his last rule relates to the quote often incorrectly attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "A woodsman was once asked,...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Business Intelligence

Tags: Business Intelligence