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Manufacturing
For most multi-national manufacturer, senior management needs reports to help with exception management objectives across all divisions to identify & troubleshoot performance problems. Line managers need reports to help identify performance problems at the plant level for timely correction. Analysts require specific tools to look at underlying causes of various problems across all operating divisions and prepare analyses for senior management
The BI solution for this particular industry should be :
1. Capable of meeting diverse end user needs (senior executives, analysts and line managers) across all operating divisions
2. Able to leverage data from different platforms as well as a mix of transaction systems
Our BI system focus on 4 segments :
¡E Access - The capability to access data and communicate with most RDBMs and platforms.
¡E Analyze - Most Company¡¦s head- and regional-office based analysts required a mix of tools to analyze a broad range of financial, marketing, distribution and HR data. Proven query and OLAP tools were required, most line managers were proficient with various reports and analytical tools built in Excel, and compatibility with this tool was required.
¡E Report - Broad range of reports were required for distinct audiences: senior management, line management and analysts, covering financial, marketing, distribution and HR data. Standardization of reports was also a central requirement given diversified and global nature of operations.
¡E Share - Efficient delivery of scheduled reports via customized web interface is important. EIS-like system for senior management provides a quick snapshot of operations. Electronic distribution of scheduled reports for line managers is also available.
Our solution includes an EIS for senior management, providing selected financial, budgeting and distribution reports. The system is designed to allow senior managers to click on a button and review standard performance reports with drill-down components to help achieve management by exception objectives.
Web reporting is being deployed as the report distribution system for line management.
Key Benefits
¡E Flexibility to meet a range of user needs
¡E Proven performance with most platforms
¡E Customizability, especially for EIS
¡E Report distribution & scalability; system is expected to grow to several thousand users
¡E helps senior management to more effectively troubleshoot abnormalities in corporate performance.
The company can enjoy real productivity improvements across all divisions. The use of standardized, scheduled electronic reporting will help managers at all levels to identify performance issues and correct them quickly ¡V thus improving prospects for better corporate performance in competitive global markets.
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