Category: Business Intelligence for SMEs
9 September 2026
What is BI and why a supply chain needs Business Intelligence
Imagine a warehouse manager starting the day with three windows open on their screen: the Excel file with stock levels, the ERP dashboard, and a monthly report that arrived last night from the administration department.Three worlds that don’t talk to each other, three different versions of the same reality.He needs to understand whether there is […]
9 September 2026
The problem isn’t BI. It’s where you start.
When a company decides to adopt Business Intelligence software, expectations are high—but projects often struggle to take off.The reason isn’t the technology. It’s the starting point. Many BI tools are empty shells. Powerful, yes—but empty. Faced with a blank dashboard to fill from scratch, even well-structured companies get stuck.No one knows where to begin, which […]
7 September 2026
Find Out Where Your Warehouse and Transportation Operations Are Eroding Margins
Free webinar on Friday, September 25 at 11:00 AM The data is already in your company. It is in your WMS, TMS, ERP, Excel spreadsheets, and reports from different departments. The challenge is being able to analyze it all together. A slowdown in picking can delay vehicle loading. A missed departure can result in an […]
24 August 2026
Picking. How to Measure Warehouse Productivity, Time, and Costs
Picking is one of the most time-consuming and resource-intensive activities in a non-automated warehouse because it involves not only the physical picking of items, but also operator travel, location searches, task management, any required checks, movement to the packing area, and all the waiting time caused by tools, equipment, or processes that are not perfectly […]
10 August 2026
Transportation Costs, Where They Come From and How to Reduce Them
Knowing the total cost of transportation is not enough to understand whether distribution operations are efficient. The overall figure shows how much has been spent, but it does not reveal which customers, regions, carriers, or operational choices generated those costs. The Transportation Costs dashboard in B-AI Semplice breaks down transportation expenses and makes it possible […]
27 July 2026
Analyze Inventory ABC to Identify Which Items to Protect, Grow, and Reduce
Within an ERP or warehouse management system, every item is represented by codes, descriptions, available quantities, storage locations, and financial values. In reality, however, not all items have the same importance, and not all should be managed using the same rules. Some products make a significant contribution to revenue or profitability. Others are picked and […]