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Enterprise Performance Management
Through the implementation of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), existing investments can be leveraged to their full potential. During the process, a common language is defined to capture the key business drivers and help communicate those drivers throughout the organization. More>> |
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ROI in a TCO World
"An ROI by any Other Name..."
This brief article is the second in a series of three regarding TCO and ROI. This discussion is an overview of ROI and its place within TCO. In later discussions, we will look at ROI's applicability within an SAP environment.
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Trainer's Talk
- Error: "Null value (INF)" when refreshing metric analytics
After an initial install of BusinessObjects Performance Manager XI, if you open any of the metric analytics and click 'refresh', the following error message appears:
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Error: null value (INF)".
Why does this error message appear and how do you resolve it? More>>
- Working with Bookmarks in Cognos ReportNet
During a recent client request for report design, I was working with bookmarks and attempting to use them to link different HTML pages. More>>
WHITE PAPERS
Extending Excel
This article takes a critical look at Excel’s strengths and weaknesses relative to EPM. It also evaluates traditional EPM vendor interfaces with Excel and proposes an ideal EPM solution—one that allows users to cost-effectively extend Excel’s core strengths in modeling and presentation while adding robust database functionality for secure enterprise-wide consolidation and collaboration. More>>
Capital Expense Planning
If your company is like most, you are in the throes of planning for next year. While the implementation of these strategic, operational, and capital plans is not likely to occur until many months from now, it is crucial that you get a head start on the planning process. Perhaps even more important, your planning process needs to incorporate tools for keeping both project managers and executives abreast of progress in order to ensure maximum return on your investments. This article addresses not only the critical success factors for producing and managing capital budgets, but also addresses what happens once a budget is approved. For example, how do you identify and proactively respond to projects that are significantly over budget? Do you ‘borrow’ funds from other projects? Modify the initial scope? Reschedule the construction timeline? Too many organizations lose sight of actual expenditures and time to completion, making it difficult to assess the benefits realized. The ability to capture and report—in a timely and accurate manner—on all fluctuations in expenditures, budgets, and schedules is critical to realizing your projected return on invested capital. More>>
Business Intelligence Within Reach
This paper introduces the Microsoft BI Platform and demonstrates how solutions that extend BI to all levels of the organization deliver a higher return on the investment in data management and analysis systems as well as increased competitive advantage. More>>
The Financial Impact of Business Analytics
A comprehensive examination of the return on investment (ROI) for analytic applications. After visiting 43 organizations at locations ranging from Seattle to Copenhagen, the message is clear: businesses that make an investment in analytics can achieve a significant and rapid return because of increased efficiencies and expanded opportunity. More>>
DMG IN THE NEWS
Data Management Group picked to speak at Conference of Minority Transportation Officials National Meeting
July 8-12, in Austin, Texas, Data Management Group will participate in the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) national meeting. Presentations will cover new technology available to transportation agencies to improve customer service and quality as well as an overview of how performance management can help agencies link strategy to operations to help deliver a holistic view of the organization to upper management.
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