{"id":9430,"date":"2015-08-07T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9430"},"modified":"2015-08-10T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T21:26:12","slug":"weekly-recap-bi-trends-that-can-help-your-business-the-spreadsheet-problem-among-manufacturers-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/weekly-recap-bi-trends-that-can-help-your-business-the-spreadsheet-problem-among-manufacturers-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: BI trends that can help your business, the spreadsheet problem among manufacturers, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why fast modernization is so important, the spreadsheet problem facing manufacturers, and more. <br \/><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20150804\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150806_BITrends_MobileBI']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.business2community.com\/business-intelligence\/is-your-bi-tool-designed-for-mobile-how-to-tell-why-it-matters-01266138\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Is your BI tool designed for mobile?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMobile reporting isn\u2019t just for on-the-go salespeople. It\u2019s for anyone\u2014from retailers to analysts\u2014who needs quick, data-driven information away from their desktop computer. The problem: Many traditional BI solutions don\u2019t offer mobile capabilities. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150806_BITrends_Legacy']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/legacy-modernization-approaches-too-slow-for-digital-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Are legacy modernization approaches too slow for digital demands?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nLegacy systems have always been difficult to patch, update and maintain. What&#8217;s different now is entire industries are being savaged by more nimble digital players. How can you <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Modernize blog post']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/modernization-methods-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">modernize your legacy systems quickly<\/span><\/a>, without disrupting your business?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150806_BITrends_Spreadsheets']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturing.net\/news\/2015\/07\/poll-majority-of-manufacturers-rely-on-spreadsheets-instead-of-erp\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Poll: Majority Of Manufacturers Rely On Spreadsheets Instead Of ERP<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nA new survey suggests that a majority of top manufacturers and distributors still rely on spreadsheets and other manual processes&#8211;which <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Spreadsheet problems']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/7-dangers-of-spreadsheets-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">can lead to all types of problems<\/span><\/a>. How can they <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Spreadsheets']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/struggling-with-spreadsheets-turn-them-into-web-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">break away from spreadsheets<\/span><\/a>, and the risks associated with them?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150806_BITrends_Trends']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/247549\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">3 BI trends that can help your business<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWhen it comes to changes in the business-intelligence (BI) technology market, old giants of the enterprise software industry aren\u2019t leading the charge as you might expect. Instead, we see more adaptable BI tools (and the across-organization integration capabilities they offer) are becoming an increasingly large part of the way we communicate and do business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why fast modernization is so important, the spreadsheet problem facing manufacturers, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: BI trends that can help your business, the spreadsheet problem among manufacturers, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn why fast modernization is so important, the spreadsheet problem facing manufacturers, and more. 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