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 | | To solve the problem, companies use extract, transform and load (ETL) software, which includes reading data from its source, cleaning it up and formatting it uniformly, and then writing it to the target repository to be exploited.
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 | | The transformation occurs when the data from each source is mapped, cleansed and reconciled so it all can be tied together, with receivables tied to invoices and so on.
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 | | ETL allowed Motorola to collect information from 30 different procurement systems and send it to its global supply chain management data warehouse to analyze what the company was spending in aggregate, says Phillips.
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| www.computerworld.com /databasetopics/businessintelligence/datawarehouse/story/0,10801,89534,00.html (1517 words) |
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