26 October, 2021 Introducing Business Intelligence for Fourth Shift – Tableau  ICG’s October webinar introduced Tableau for Fourth Shift. You can view the full recording and slide deck by visiting ICG’s Resource Materials page. Or we’ve recapped the webinar here: Tableau is a leader in the BI space, and the key differentiator is its intuitive & easy-to-use dashboard design. It is the most cost-effective way to view key indicators that drive business goals. Tableau bridges the gap between what information Fourth Shift currently provides and modernizes Fourth Shift. Define the data sets and the sky is the limit. The template...

20 October, 2021 At this year’s Fourth Shift Summit, we were pleased to share more about our partnership with Tableau. Tableau is an easy-to-use, customizable dashboard. The Tableau platform is known for taking any kind of data from almost any system and turning it into actionable insights with speed and ease. The Fourth Shift / Tableau integration and dashboard templates are configured and managed by ICG. This modernizes Fourth Shift, and makes it function more powerfully. By putting data front and center, Fourth Shift users are finding new opportunities to measure their business operations. Tableau for Fourth Shift offers five...

05 October, 2021 ICG’s leadership team is composed of a diverse group of seasoned professionals. Our president, Nick Weber, is a Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has experience working across four continents and with over 100 companies. Nick has been with the team since 2010. He joined forces with Jeff Bronson to take the precursor to ICG, a company called IBC, and form ICG. ICG has grown into a manufacturing performance and technology company. And it is now the largest Fourth Shift Consultancy in the world. Nick is a graduate of University of Colorado...

24 September, 2021 We wanted to thank our customers, partners, and team for a successful Fourth Shift Summit! It was terrific to be able to host our signature event in our hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. Thanks to our customers from manufacturing companies across the entire United States. This year in particular, it was special to be able to spend time in person with our customers. We appreciated hearing about their current challenges and opportunities. And it was valuable to learn all the ways that we can continue to support them. Thanks to our event sponsors, Emkat, Paper-Less, and Datto. Through...

09 September, 2021 We are putting the finishing touches on this year’s Fourth Shift Summit. There will be plenty of opportunities for networking during the opening cocktail reception as well as the following evening’s gaming event. The agendas for each track is nearly finished and we’d like to share them: . Track 1: Fourth Shift ERP & SyteLine ERP Fourth Shift: What’s New & Product DevelopmentFourth Shift to SyteLine: Compelling reasons to select a new ERPExtending Fourth Shift: Compelling reasons to staySyteLine DemoWhy Managed Services? CapEx vs. OpEx Post-COVID Outsource DiscussionState of Ransomware and IT SecurityBSR Panel DiscussionTableau: Business Intelligence...