Snow ake launches manufacturing data cloud

Snowflake has launched its Manufacturing Data Cloud, enabling companies to unlock the value of siloed industrial data and offering secure collaboration with partners, suppliers and customers.

Built upon Snowflake’s Data Cloud, the new Manufacturing Data Cloud allows manufacturers in the automotive, technology, energy and industrial sectors to break down data silos. The solution will ingest data from both operational technology and IT systems and analyze it alongside third-party partner and Snowflake Marketplace data.

Leveraging SQL and Snowpark, Snowflake’s developer framework for Python, Java and Scala, teams can collaborate on the same data and build AI and ML models to forecast demand and enable critical use cases. Organizations will be able to build a data foundation, improve supply chain performance and power smart manufacturing initiatives.

The data cloud will be bolstered by Snowflake’s ecosystem of partners, including applications developed by Blue Yonder , Elementum and Avetta , handing manufacturers additional control tower, data-driven workflow and risk management tools. Marketplace partners such as FourKites and Yes Energy will also enable live access to data sources to analyze ESG, supply chain disruptions and market forecasts through Snowflake’s privacy-preserving collaboration technology.

Fivetran , AWS and Tableau will provide integrations and out-ofthe-box solutions and Deloitte , LTIMindtree and phData will offer pre-built solutions for integrating yield analysis, shop floor visibility, energy management and supply chain visibility.

Infor and TipQwik deliver mobile tipping app

Infor has entered into a partnership with TipQwik to offer hoteliers the ability to provide guests with more flexible tipping options.

Through this integration, Infor HMS customers can offer guests the ability to securely and efficiently give gratuities to select staff departments. Hotel guests can access the gratuity function via the HMS Mobile Guest Experience for a faster, more convenient way to manage gratuities.

TipQwik is a mobile app allowing customers and guests to provide gratuity payments to people in the hospitality and service industries from their mobile devices. By integrating with existing hotel systems, such as property management tools, the app communicates with guests and customers to make tipping more convenient.

From check-in, guests can make gratuity payments from their mobile device and finalize payment at the end of the stay via their hotel room account or via one-click payment options such as ApplePay, Google Pay and saved credit card details with PCI compliance.