{"id":9790,"date":"2015-12-26T11:45:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T17:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:04:45","slug":"weekly-recap-the-business-value-of-big-data-pains-of-using-legacy-erp-systems-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/weekly-recap-the-business-value-of-big-data-pains-of-using-legacy-erp-systems-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: The business value of big data, pains of using legacy ERP systems, 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 how to bridge the skills gap, why you should build mobile web apps before native mobile apps, and more. <br \/><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20151124\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20151226_BizValueBigData_DatedBI']); \" href=\"http:\/\/searchcio.techtarget.com\/news\/4500269097\/Universities-arent-doing-enough-to-fix-the-analytics-talent-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Universities aren\u2019t doing enough to fix the analytics talent drought<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAnalytics talent is in high demand, and universities need to do more if they&#8217;re going to fill the gap. This issue underlies a larger problem: Businesses in all industries face a talent gap. How can they <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'SkillsGap']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/6-ways-to-bridge-the-it-skills-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">bridge this gap<\/span><\/a>, without spending an arm and a leg on new talent?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Proving the business value of big data<\/span><br \/>\nJust as organizations are getting more precise in their decision making through analytics, they must now get more precise in measuring ROI from big data investments. For others, they\u2019re wondering if <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'BigData']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/5-ways-that-all-businesses-can-capitalize-on-big-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">big data has value<\/span><\/a>, even if they don\u2019t generate terabytes of data.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20151226_BizValueBigData_MobileWeb']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickz.com\/2015\/12\/16\/eight-reasons-to-prioritize-a-mobile-site-or-web-app-over-a-native-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">8 reasons to prioritize a mobile site or web app over a native app<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDo you build a mobile-friendly website or a mobile app? Clue: they\u2019re not the same thing. Which do you build first?  You build the one with the biggest reach, which works best with social media, ads, email, SMS and search. The <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Mobilize']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/videos\/video-mobilize-business-apps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">mobile web app<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20151226_BizValueBigData_SapERP']); \" href=\"http:\/\/searchfinancialapplications.techtarget.com\/feature\/CIO-feels-the-pain-of-an-outdated-hard-to-use-SAP-ERP-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">CIO feels the pain of an outdated, hard-to-use SAP ERP system<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nIf you ask CFOs or finance managers what keeps them up at night when thinking about the financial functions of their current SAP ERP system, you\u2019ll find the same answer: The pain of working with technology that&#8217;s outdated and software that&#8217;s hard to use. Do you face this issue? Here\u2019s a recent <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Drew Marine']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/customers\/drew-marine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">case study<\/span><\/a> that highlights how one company fixed this very problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn how to bridge the skills gap, why you should build mobile web apps before native mobile apps, 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: The business value of big data, pains of using legacy ERP systems, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn how to bridge the skills gap, why you should build mobile web apps before native mobile apps, and more. 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