Business Intelligence-Driven Supply Chain Optimization in Emerging Markets

Abstract

Organizations produce churns of complex, opaque, and meaningless data. Business intelligence systems (BIS) help organizations efficiently use their data in promptly making quality decisions. The limitations of conventional BIS in processing the volume, variety, and veracity of data available in organizations and the operational cost of maintaining its infrastructure gave rise to implementing Cloud BIS, which describes the deployment of BIS over the cloud platform enabling resource elasticity, moderate usage cost, unlimited resources, and offering greater value at a reduced cost than the traditional BIS. BIS aids a productive supply chain and given the complexities of Africa's supply chain and high volatility of its business environment, BIS over the cloud platform would be a great enabler. This chapter aims to provide an understanding of how BIS will transform supply chain management in Africa's emerging market.