Reporting for Management: BI-based Analytics It’s a typical complaint voiced by managers: “Why can’t I get the insight I need from my ERP reports?” To answer this question, you need to understand how standard ERP reporting works, and how [...]
DataSelf BI-based Reporting: Benefits . . . and BeneficiariesWhen evaluating the merits of BI-based Reporting™ software, it’s typical to consider the following questions:Why do you need it? (What business pains are you trying to address?)What does the software do?How does [...]
Understand, Anticipate and Respond to Sales Fluctuations with DataSelf’s Year Over Year Variance Report Consistency. If only sales were consistent. Customers whose sales totals stayed high, items whose popularity didn’t wane, and salespeople who were equally successful with all their [...]
Roman poet, Ovid, once said, “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” Through persistence and constant change, we’ve come a long way in the development of DataSelf’s dashboards. The key to this development always ties back [...]
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning from information overload. Fortunately, technology is evolving and providing better ways to filter out the noise and focus on things I care about. Years ago I would only know my cellphone’s monthly data was over [...]
When selecting a business intelligence platform (BI), many organizations put too much focus on the cost of the BI software. Recent surveys show that the long-term labor investment ranges from 2 to 35 times higher than the BI software costs [...]
“Once upon a time...” Everyone loves a great story. I know that I do. Stories capture people’s attention and hold it until the very end. That's why it's important that your dashboards also tell a story that grabs people's attention [...]
As of Aug 2017, we offer 5,000+ reports, dashboards, and KPIs for analyzing initiatives such as AP, AR, financials, inventory, PO, sales, opportunities, and support cases. But who needs 5,000 KPIs? Putting Decision Makers in the BI Driver's Seat! The CFO [...]
Not so long ago, individual sales people’s style and “feel” for the prospect provided the intelligence on the progress of a sale. Then, the sale either closed or it didn’t. With advances in technology, quantifiable sales data has become central [...]