Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 27 | Page 35

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// highly disrupted manufacturing sector that brings configure, price and quote (CPQ) processes into the digital age. The solution draws live data from the manufacturer’s ERP, CRM and sales applications to produce real-time quotes based on a customer’s specific requirements while also supporting the manufacturer’s own efforts to improve production, save costs and increase margins. www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: BUSINESS ANALYTICS Global accolades for analytics In a recent BI Survey by analyst firm BARC, SAP Analytics Cloud received top honours for business value, customer satisfaction, cloud business intelligence and innovation in the large international BI vendor peer group. In total, SAP received 23 top rankings and 44 leading positions across five peer groups, based on the world’s largest and most Neil Herbert, Director: Business Analytics at SAP Africa INTELLIGENTCIO 35