Interactive Reporting

Charles Fox, VP of Interactive Reporting Asia PacificJune 2008

Existing Business Issues

Today Lack of visibility into real-time corporate

performance

Problem Dependence on IT to develop customised reports for

analytics Information is outdated and ‘flat’ vs. real-time and

‘interactive’

Solution Single Interactive User Interface for Analysing Data

Reporting Systems

Output Documents:Invoices, Purchase Orders,Checks, Receipts.

Analysis:Sales, Purchasing,Productivity, Inventory.

Internal Reports:Listings, Audit Trails,Transaction Logs.

Attributes:

Fixed, known formats, infrequentvariations, multiple fonts & logos.

Dynamic, ad-hoc, drill-down,customisable, requirementsare user specific.

Fixed formats,minor variations.

Form Reports

Systematic Reports

Most ERP’s do great

Form Reports Sales Invoices, Purchase Orders…

Systematic Reports Ageing, Lists…

Traditional Analytical Reports

A Perfectly Good Report?

Fixed Period

Fixed Grouping

No drill-down

Fixed Totals

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ed

Sortin

g

Traditional Reporting Systems are inadequate for

analysing your data.

Cost vs. Benefits

Many BI tools have Analytics

Cost to Implement and Develop vary

Some tools – Extensive training and development

Man months to specify and develop

Building Cubes or Datamarts is very expensive

Long Return on Investment

Inflexible – not nimble

Only cost justifiable / viable for large staticAnalytical needs

What about Ancillary Systems?

Many clients have ancillary systems Scheduling, Tracking, Operational…

Many systems = Many Databases = Often Unique

Complex Cubes / Datamarts not cost justifiable

So we have a problem

These important systems operate without decision support

“It’s not measured and so it’s not managed”

Vital line of business systems withoutproper Business Intelligence

The Solution

Buy a Reporting Tool!

Sample of Complexity

Essence of Simplicity

Interactive Reporting Benefits

Pre-built templates to simplify implementation Sales, Services, Jobs, Purchasing, Inventory, Time

Billing

Simple Mapping : Template to Data

Fast implementation – days, not weeks or months

Nimble development

Web-based – no client install

Database and Vendor Independent

Benefits Continued…

Faster ROI with faster implementation

Changes in Strategy and KPI Quickly change your Analytical Views

Low Cost Implementation Across the board affordability

Graphics and Interactivity Dashboard and Analytics in one product

Some of Our Valued Clients

Confidential

Sales Performance Example

KPI Salesperson profit margin must be > 25%

KPI Salesperson profit margin must be > 25%

Below KPIBelow KPI

Switch from Graph to Table

Drill throughDrill through

Overall 22.03% margin

It’s below 25%

Overall 22.03% margin

It’s below 25%

Drill-down to Customer

Drill throughDrill through Negative margin

Negative margin

Drill to Item Sale

Drill throughDrill through

Sold below cost!

Sold below cost!

Drill to Invoice

Actual InvoiceActual Invoice

Analysis Tools Allow Discovery.This helps

determine what action to take.

Analysis Tools Allow Discovery.This helps

determine what action to take.

Product Demonstration

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