According to a recent Aberdeen Group study, 87% of best-in-class ranked manufacturers have implemented enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and 64% have implemented supply chain management (SCM) software. But as the firm's VP of Research Kevin Prouty explains in this webcast, their success stems from how they're leveraging this software, not just from the fact that they have it.

View this webcast to discover what these top performing manufacturers are doing to achieve smarter, more efficient operations. Learn how they've leveraged business intelligence (BI) and analytics and their "Big Data"—including transactional data from within the organization and unstructured outside sources like social media— in conjunction with the savvy use of the right enterprise applications to create competitive advantage.