Fujitsu and its subsidiary Glovia have released new version of glovia G2 that supports Microsoft SQL Server 2012 which enables enabling self-service BI using production ERP data.

glovia G2 is a production management ERP application for manufacturers.

glovia G2 individually tracks the production, sales and inventory status of each business site around the world in a timely manner to enable visualisation of production conditions enabling customers devise strategic plans for their production operations.

The new release supports Microsoft SQL Server 2012, allowing customers to take advantage of the analysis and reporting capabilities of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Advanced Services (SSAS).

Fujitsu also released Glovia BI Starter Kit for SQL Server, a collection of data analysis templates for glovia G2 that enables customers to build an analytics environment tailored to their specifications.

As a result, customers can analyse and use the ERP data they have accumulated to date, and use templates loaded with GII’s know-how, enabling customers to analyse ERP data from their particular perspective.

The kit includes 27 sales-analysis report templates and 18 accounts receivable-analysis report templates as well as ledger output samples, enabling customers to tailor the system to their operations.

An alert function has been built into the glovia G2 portal screen that analyses ERP data in real time and ‘pushes’ user notifications of important production activity data, such as when order logistics are causing delays in deliveries.

glovia G2 supports mixed mode production, in which some products are manufactured as individual orders, in addition to mass production and make-to-stock production.