Here is a summary of benefits achieved through the integration
of data silos:
• Data reentry time dropped 80 percent, making perfect
orders the rule and freeing up 30 staff hours weekly.
• Commodity reports that took weeks are now instant and
save 15 hours monthly.
• Marketing’s wild rice reports, which had lagged by three
months, are now real time.
• Panic calls on incomplete orders dropped from monthly to
less than quarterly.
Sources: Compiled from Microsoft (2010) and SunWest (2010).