Category: Business Intelligence for SMEs
24 February 2026
WHY BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FAILS BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS
70% of Business Intelligence projects never make it into production (Source: Gartner – Big Data Project 2024). They do not slow down, they do not get postponed, they do not get resized. They die. And the most convenient explanation is always the same: the technology was not suitable, the data was messy, the integration too […]
23 February 2026
Business Intelligence and AI in logistics. The real trends toward 2026 seen from the decision-making table
1. Monday morning meetings are no longer a formality At exactly nine o’clock, the operations director opens the weekly meeting. On the table there are reports, Excel files, a few charts. Volumes are stable, deliveries are on track, complaints are under control. Yet margins have dropped again. No one can say exactly why. Some mention […]
30 December 2025
When BI stops being an IT project and becomes an operational tool
The scene is almost always the same.The data is there—it comes from the WMS, the TMS, the ERP, and from Excel files no one dares to touch anymore.Someone has even built dashboards—maybe nice to look at—but when a real answer is needed, that answer doesn’t arrive. Or it arrives too late. Business Intelligence stays there, […]
24 November 2025
Why move from Excel to a BI system built for your supply chain
At first, everything seems under control. One sheet for inbound, one for shipments, one for transport costs. Three files—no panic.Then a new client arrives, a promotion starts, a colleague updates the “final” file with a version called “final_v2,” and within a few months your desktop looks like the secret archive of a data archaeologist.Every morning […]
13 October 2025
Hands-on Webinar on BI and AI for the Logistics that Decides
9:15 a.m., North Depot.Trucks are lined up, docks are full, phones are ringing.Inbound flow has spiked—but no one knows why.Is it a forecasted peak? A backlog? An error in the delivery plan? Those who need to make decisions don’t have time to open ten different reports.They need answers now: which depot caused the buildup, which […]
30 September 2025
The logistics that decides. And fills the room.
No theory. Just real cases, real numbers, real people. On September 26, at the IBM Studios in Milan, The Logistics that Decides took place—an event organized by GEP Informatica together with IBM Italy and Lindbergh Spa.A vertical, hands-on, concrete meeting. And packed to the brim. The topics? Night deliveries directly to vehicles, the circular economy […]