Business Intelligence Blog

Most professionals complain of spending too much time doing tactical and administration work and neglecting the value-add duties. In the finance team, there is growing interest from the rest of the organization to provide more business advice, so there is a pressing need to adopt digital tools to automate processes, so instead of number crunching it can focus more on strategic tasks. A significant challenge for the finance team is selecting the right financial data analytics software, which integrates ERP financial transactions and customer interactions and fulfils expectations.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Job Role - Executive, Dynamic reporting, data analytics

A dashboard is a tool that allows you to see at-a-glance the performance of your organization. The various widgets on a dashboard are often charts or gauges which help explain complex information. A new financial statement solution backed by the power of a data analytics toolkit is changing the way finance teams carry out month-end reporting and the built-in dashboards  provide more dynamic insight into financial outcomes.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Job Role - Executive, Dynamic reporting, business intelligence dashboards

Departmentalization has its benefits — department members can align their skillsets, concentrate on specific tasks and become experts within the company. But to tackle the multifaceted challenges that modern businesses face, to be successful these departments need to work together and coordinate their approach. 

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Job Role - Executive, Financial Statements, Dynamic reporting, business intelligence dashboards, data visualizations

ICU Medical is a leading global medical devices and accessories company selling medical devices for oncology, vascular therapy and critical care. The company has thousands of products in its portfolio so turned to industry-specific business intelligence software to track its business performance. Creating mobile BI dashboards has significantly changed the way ICU do business because now everyone has access to accurate real-time data; decision-making is the responsibility of all.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - Finance, decision-making, Dynamic reporting, business intelligence dashboards, data visualizations

Managers can no longer afford to wait for weekly or monthly financial reports to review business performance; they need to make decisions immediately. Despite this, many businesses are still reporting financial statements in the traditional way — as static PDFs circulated amongst a small group of people. If a stakeholder has any questions about the figures, finding more information from a static report can be difficult as the answers often lie in the data behind the numbers. Worse; a static report only captures the status of the business at the time it was created. So, even the data available through static reporting is limited in its utility to strategize and make decisions.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Job Role - Executive, Dynamic reporting, business intelligence dashboards

Everyone in accounting has a specific role geared to deliver accurate numbers each month. Many finance teams with multiple entities and divisions can spend up to 40% of their time gathering data to prepare these static reports, rather than analyzing the data. A finance solution created by Phocas to enable a speedy digital transformation to dynamic, interactive reporting, is now available. Backed by the power of a data analytics toolkit,  finance teams can now deliver more business insight and empower others to use the right data to measure business performance.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Job Role - Executive, Dynamic reporting, data analytics

To monitor the performance of its business, Whiting Holdings, an Australian steel distributor, consolidated all its financial, sales and inventory data into one platform. By harnessing technology and implementing data analytics, the finance team automates its month end and statutory reporting which helps get to the source of the data faster and make clear decisions.

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Topics: Case Study, Job Role - Finance, Dynamic reporting, data analytics, data visualizations, Inventory Management

During this time of uncertainty, business managers must have the ability to cut through the noise so they can see what’s happening and understand the changes taking place in their businesses. Accurate and timely data will help you decide which areas of your business are critical and where to focus.  Full visibility of your operations allows you to determine data trends so you can make fact based decisions and rebound faster.

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Topics: Business Intelligence Basics, Job Role - Finance, Industry - Wholesale Distribution, Job Role - Executive, Dynamic reporting, data analytics

The pace of change in the aged care sector, combined with processes that are out of alignment with the role and importance of analytics, may threaten operator's ability to meet patient demand and impact the overall quality of care provided. In order to keep up to speed of these increasing demands, you need to be more strategic and efficient when it comes to decision making. The ability to demonstrate how strong analysis influences stability, increases operational efficiencies and improves patient services; will strengthen the business case for data analytics.

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Topics: Job Role - Executive, ERP - Epicor, Dynamic reporting, data analytics, Industry - Aged care

In 2008, the founders of Obex Protection in Worcester saw the potential for better glazing and façade sealing technology for the construction market in the United Kingdom. A base range of products was on offer, but the market was primed for innovation with customers needing better, more tailored offerings.Today, the company has 28 people in the UK, a remote facility in Australia and a salesperson covering France. The Obex Protection team uses Phocas business intelligence dashboards to quickly understand how the business is tracking across its three international divisions.

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Topics: Case Study, Industry - Manufacturing, Industry - Building & Industrial Supplies, Dynamic reporting, data analytics, business intelligence dashboards