What is the difference between a data warehouse and OLAP cube?
A data warehouse is a database used for reporting and data analysis (aka business intelligence) An OLAP cube is a multidimensional dataset built from the data warehouse. This diagram represents how data can be extracted from more than 1 data source, transformed or summarized, archived into the…
Announcing the launch of the “Vox ISM 2014 Vertical Accelerator”
By Jim Heaton, March 27 2014 Toronto, On – Vox ISM is pleased to announce that we will be launching our latest release of the Vox ISM Vertical Accelerator. We will be presenting the solution at the Microsoft Canada Building in Mississauga on Wednesday morning April 9th and by a live web broadcast…
Microsoft Dynamics NAV in Statistics - 2014
Microsoft Dynamics NAV in Statistics – 2014 Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2014 brings us some new statistical numbers. As I’m a NAV fan, the most important facts are: NAV has the most of the Dynamics customers – 102,000 NAV has the most of Dynamics customer adds in 2013 – 8,000 That…
Manufacturing Performance and Production KPI’s
Manufacturing Performance and Production KPI’s There are entire libraries and courses dedicated to the science of manufacturing performance which is designed to drive productivity. I have seen many companies implement strategic philosophies such as Kaizen, Hoshin Planning, Lean Manufacturing, Six…
What does a NAV 2013 limited license mean?
What does a NAV 2013 limited license mean Below is a detailed explanation from Microsoft on the full licenses and limited licenses. The limited license is very interesting, it offers great flexibility at a dramatically reduced cost for the causal user. But don’t expect to be doing an entire…
Are you running your business off of spreadsheets?
Are you running your business off of spreadsheets? Over the past five to ten years, companies have begun to rely on their ERP system to effectively manage their business. In the initial cycle of the ERP System, companies welcomed them; they were quoted ‘as the new way of running a…
Top 5 Reasons to Update to NAV 2013
Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 This week at Microsoft WPC in Toronto Microsoft announced Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 should be available October 1 2013 and there are a lot of compelling reasons why you should upgrade. Here are the top 5 that I would recommend.…
Why you need a Data Warehouse
What is a Data Warehouse ? In computing, a data warehouse or enterprise data warehouse (DW, DWH, or EDW) is a database used for reporting and data analysis. It is a central repository of data which is created by integrating data from one or more disparate sources. Data warehouses store current as…