Analytics

Monsanto Drops $930M to Acquire Weather Analytics Firm

Farming is big business, and, infused with big data analytics, has the potential to be even bigger. This reality is not lost on agriculture monolith, Monsanto, which yesterday announced ...Full Article

Bringing Price Optimization to Manufacturing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/priceoptimization.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="92" />While PLM platforms often dominate manufacturing-specific software news, analytics for digital manufactures is steadily gaining momentum. But you don't have to be ...Full Article

What WWII Bomber Design Can Teach You About Interpreting Data

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Bomber_Diagram_small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="41" />Heavy bombers were critical to Allied strategy of destroying the Axis industrial base, but in an era without smart bombs and guided ...Full Article

Seven Key Questions Supply Chain Executives Should Be Asking Themselves Today

<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/supply.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="35" />During the 10th Annual Supply Chain and Logistics Summit North America 2012, an advisory board drawn from industry, government and academia identified a number ...Full Article

Nestlé Turns to SAS for a Sweet Solution

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/HomeTout_GoodHousekeeping.ashx.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="56" />Nestlé Direct Store Delivery drives bottom-line improvements with SAS Demand-Driven ForecastingFull Article

Dell’s Latest Hat Trick: Making Big Data Small

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Harddisk-head.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="68" />The new Dell Big Data Retention storage solution can help small- to medium-sized manufacturers deal with a new fact of modern business ...Full Article

Dell and SAP Team Up to Offer Faster Access to Key Operational Data

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Men_at_console_copy.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="69" />Dell leverages High Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) — an SAP platform based on in-memory technology — that significantly accelerates data access in ...Full Article

The New ‘King of Cool’ in Manufacturing

Recognizing their competitive value, "Big Industry" has always pioneered the development and use of analytical tools. The key word, though, is "big." Unfortunately, the advantages of analysis tools such ...Full Article