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        Phocas secures 37 top rankings in BARC's 2023 BI + Analytics Survey

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        October 31, 2022

        The voice of the BI and analytics community has officially spoken following the release of The BI & Analytics Survey 23 by software selection and strategy experts, BARC last week.

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        Phocas Products Now on Sage Intacct Marketplace

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        October 10, 2022

        Phocas Software helps Sage customers gain more insights from their business

        Phocas Software, a business planning and analytics platform for sales, operations, and finance teams,..

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        Phocas secures 37 top rankings in BARC's 2023 BI + Analytics Survey

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        September 14, 2022

        The voice of the BI and analytics community has officially spoken following the release of The BI & Analytics Survey 23 by software selection and strategy experts, BARC last week.

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        Phocas Products Now on Sage Intacct Marketplace

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        September 14, 2022

        Phocas Software helps Sage customers gain more insights from their business

        Phocas Software, a business planning and analytics platform for sales, operations, and finance teams,..

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        What is Driver Based Planning?

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        September 14, 2022

         

        The devil is always in the detail, especially when it’s budgeting time. When we’re in business planning mode we’re looking at what worked well and what didn’t, as well as..

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        It’s time to perform first aid on your data

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        September 27, 2016

        New technologies can cause information overload leaving decision makers trying to make sense of haemorrhaging..

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        Be enlightened with data - business intelligence for electrical

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        September 12, 2016

        Business Intelligence (BI). It is the one thing that has put over 130 electrical companies using Phocas ahead..

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        This is how you sell more to existing customers

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        September 2, 2016

        Upselling exists in various forms but the principle almost always remains the same. As open forum explains,..

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        CIOs and IT managers – staying ahead in a data bonanza

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        August 25, 2016

        In this data crazy world with data hungry people everywhere, CIOs and IT managers are feeling the mounting..

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        Automotive business intelligence (BI) success stories

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        July 4, 2016

        A recent report by senior research analyst John Greenough found the market position of the car today is..

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        The humble graph - how visualization enhances data discovery

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        June 7, 2016

        “There is a magic in graphs. The profile of a curve reveals in a flash a whole situation — the life history of..

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        Living in a BI revolution

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        May 19, 2016

        In the words of digital marketing expert Mark Egan, “it’s life 2.0". We wake up in the morning and check our..

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        5 Simple Morning Rituals for Sales Managers

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        February 23, 2016

        “The secret of getting ahead is getting started,” – Mark Twain. We live in a time where everywhere we look,..

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        Can you work a 38-hour week and be successful?

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        February 16, 2016

        In the global business environment, there are demands to be on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In..

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        Can customer reviews make or break your business?

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        February 4, 2016

        Recently I was booking a trip to Bali (Indonesia) and I spent hours and hours reading the customer reviews on..

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        Top 5 Business Intelligence Trends for 2016

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        December 23, 2015

        As we say bon voyage to 2015, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the year-that-was and look ahead at the..

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        Statistics are like bikinis

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        November 30, 2015

        Business Professor and economist Aaron Levenstein once said, “statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal..

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