While the decision to leverage business intelligence (BI) is a simple one for most savvy manufacturers, determining whether to go with the BI offered by your company's existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor or a niche "best of breed" product can be a more complex matter.

With such a plethora of manufacturing BI software options available, you can afford to be picky about your selection. Read this expert e-guide to learn what a manufacturer needs to consider when choosing BI software in order to ensure a rapid, cost-effective, easily-integrated implementation that actually provides the business insight that BI promises.