by johnflorio | Feb 13, 2023 | Budgeting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerExcel, Reporting, Software
Abraham Lincoln has a famous quote, “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.” Not many of us enjoy taking part in the budgeting process each year. The process is the most tedious and potentially risky task we do to...
by jessicaotero | Jan 19, 2023 | Business Intelligence (BI), General BI and Data Management, PowerExcel, Reporting
Financial Processes are Challenging Here you’ll find what we have found to be typical financial process challenges, along with our top tips for making your processes smarter. 1. Inefficient Processes Relying on outdated systems only makes the financial process...
by sazmoodley | Oct 2, 2017 | Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, Reporting
Data preparation can be a tedious and time consuming activity. However, it is a fundamental part of the data analysis process in order to produce accurate information that can be trusted. If you are responsible for preparing data for analytics, you have to ask...
by sazmoodley | Aug 21, 2017 | Business Analytics, Reporting
Every closing period, a change in atmosphere is visible in finance departments. There is a mad dash to produce financial reports and management reports as quickly as possible. Data is being extracted from ERP silos and then manually consolidated in a spreadsheet, from...
by | Jul 5, 2016 | Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Millions of dollars and the hopes and dreams of sports fans worldwide depend on Big Data now more than ever. Collecting data, crunching numbers and generating detailed reports is now a very big part of every sports franchise. No longer does all the action take place...
by | Apr 25, 2016 | Big Data, Budgeting, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Olation, Reporting, Software
“I have 10 different software applications, why can’t they work together seamlessly?” Well, they actually can. How much more could you get out of your data if all of your different applications could communicate and collaborate together, 24/7? How many...