Ventana Research's new research study, "Supply Chain Business Intelligence - Adoption, Use and Practice" indicates that companies have yet to take advantage of business intelligence for the supply chain. The research also shows that lack of BI technology use is hindering progress for enabling Operational Performance Management.

"We've found that most companies are looking to apply BI primarily to sharpen the accuracy of forecasting, reduce costs, reduce inventory levels and better understand the drivers of customer demand," said Colin Snow, Ventana Research's VP and Research Director - Operational & Supply Chain Performance Management. "It's also clear that as a whole - across all the elements of supply chain BI - most companies have substantial room for improvement."

Business Wire reported that the research, sponsored by technology providers Cognos and Salient Corporation, is based on an analysis of 427 validated respondents. The survey was conducted with the assistance of media partners that included businessintelligence.com, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, Montgomery Research, Software Magazine, Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Technology Evaluation Centers.

Ventana Research will expand on the key findings of this research study, Supply Chain Business Intelligence - Adoption, Use and Practice, at a live interactive webinar on Thursday, May 10, 2007 from 9:00am-10:00am Pacific.

You can sign up for the webinar at www.ventanaresearch.com/webinars.