by dfernandes | Sep 21, 2022 | Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, Finance and Banking, General BI and Data Management, Industry Focus, PowerExcel, Software
While not a generally accepted best practice, it is nearly universally true that Finance (and many other) professionals do a great amount of work in Microsoft Excel and then move data to a Business Intelligence tool like a dashboard or a planning application. As such,...
by johnflorio | Jan 27, 2022 | Budgeting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerExcel, Reporting, Software
Sharpen Your Axe Budgeting Solutions for your Business. 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...
by sazmoodley | Sep 16, 2021 | Business Intelligence (BI), General BI and Data Management, PowerExcel, Reporting
Finance and accounting teams play an integral role in supporting organizations’ growth and strategic goals. But many finance and accounting professionals are tied to inefficient, burdensome processes, resulting in an underutilization of their strategic talents. With...
by eunsagefrog | Sep 7, 2021 | Business Intelligence (BI), PowerExcel
Business intelligence (BI) is the transformation of data into insights that drive business value; the revelation of trends that help executives and their teams make informed decisions, optimize processes, and overcome disruption. But this extremely broad definition...
by sazmoodley | May 11, 2020 | Ms Excel, PowerExcel
Read Part 1: Our CEO made us build financial reports in Excel to understand our customer’s pain. Here’s what I learned. After going through our CEO’s Excel bootcamp, I learned a lot of Excel tricks that helped me resolve most of the issues I encountered in building...
by sazmoodley | May 11, 2020 | Ms Excel, PowerExcel
To provide a bit of backgrounder, I’m a Marketing Manager for a software company that develops data modeling platforms for reporting, planning, and analytics. My job requires very different skills from those of our technical consultants and our typical customer—the...
