Sales Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Made Simple for SAP B1 Customers Within A Few Clicks With NewIntelligence’s New QuickStart Add-On Module

In working with SAP B1 customers over the past few years with their proprietary SAP B1 QuickStart solution, NewIntelligence recognized a challenge that these customers were facing when it came to Sales Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting.  There was a need for improved efficiency that customers could manage in house and have a reliable solution beyond the myriad of Excel spreadsheets. Speaking with SAP B1 customers, we found that most...

Find out more about IBM’s latest release of IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.4

Find out more about IBM’s latest release of IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.4

This Fall saw the release of the much-anticipated release of Cognos Analytics 11.1.4.  This new version has many new features and improvements. Here is a summary of the best of what’s new in this new release: Getting Started A new welcome screen that has been designed for both new and existing users alike.  New users now have access to some new guided quick tours to help them get started and access samples that will help guide and...

How IBM Planning Analytics lets you embrace — not replace — your spreadsheets

How IBM Planning Analytics lets you embrace — not replace — your spreadsheets

Over the past many years, most organisations looking for enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting applications have been steered away from spreadsheets by performance management vendors.  However, since most companies opt for Microsoft Excel, it is still the preferred tool for many business users, particularly analysts.  Because it’s free, a lot of companies are reluctant to replace Excel with another tool that will...

How to get started with Data Science

How to get started with Data Science

One of the hottest fields today is data science. With so many buzzwords and terms around the fields of business and data analytics, data science, business intelligence, performance management, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, it’s possible to spend a lot of time and energy trying to work out how everything fits together. The easiest way to try and understand these overlapping fields is by envisioning business...

The Value of Dynamic Reporting

The Value of Dynamic Reporting

The most popular method of information gathering in corporations today is through ERP software. An ERP solution is a powerful, but complex set of sophisticated programs designed to gather information from the daily operational activities of your business. In a typical company, mundane but essential tasks such as accounts receivable collections, supplier payments, payroll, invoicing, etc. are performed every day by members of the...