Extend the Life of Legacy ERP With Machine Learning Applications From New Vendors

Enterprises don’t have to rip and replace more than two decades of sunk costs in ERP systems, which represent immense investments in standardizing and automating record keeping processes. And ytou don’t have to leave machine learning only to the data scientists, especially if you’re in a company that doesn’t have many. Machine learning-based applications from a new generation of ISVs can leverage the processes and data in legacy applications so that the combined applications can connect strategic objectives with thousands or even millions of everyday decisions that can be automated.

Pursuing Operational Intelligence: Cool Technology and Hard Work

New computing architectures and methods are leading to the convergence of operational and analytical systems. However, an organization’s legacy operational systems are not likely to be ready, requiring a healthy dose of modernization or replacement not seen since Y2K. Efforts to implement intelligently-informed operations based on sophisticated analytics have been in underway for a long […]

CIO Perspectives: Pilot Flying J Drives Customer Loyalty through Culture

Pilot Flying J (video clip) operates a chain of  more than 700 truck stops in North America. The high growth company commands roughly 40% of the Diesel fuel market and has transformed its business into a network of travel centers offering diverse food items and other amenities (e.g. showers) for its clientele. At the recent Infor Inforum […]