Reports are a great way to show and share data with different individuals and departments within your organization. The data is there, well organized, and relevant to certain tasks and decisions. But what about dashboards? Dashboards are not just useful for data visualization; they are also great for your sales teams when it comes to convenience and informed decision-making, driving performance across your sales department, and more....

Ever wonder how Business Intelligence tools could benefit your sales teams and multiply success and profitability for your company? Good sales teams are usually filled with dedicated Account Executives and Sales Managers who work together to create and maintain a healthy funnel. Having a vastly adopted and well-oiled CRM “machine” in place offers transparency and access to client history and data that is beneficial to sales, yes, but...

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...

I was recently nominated to be an IBM Champion for 2020 by NewIntelligence’s President, Corey Mendelsohn, and got the news that I was selected in mid-January, after IBM reviewing and evaluating my contributions to the IBM technology community over the past 12 months. I am proud to join my fellow NewIntelligence colleagues, Corey Mendelsohn, a Champion for the fourth year in a row in 2020, and Shawn Mandel, VP Consulting Services, now...

In December 2016, IBM TM1 effectively became Planning Analytics.  What is Planning Analytics?  IBM took the powerful, multi-dimensional calculation engine of IBM TM1 and added capabilities to make planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis faster and more flexible than ever before. IBM Planning Analytics provides a unified Web, Excel, and mobile experience for both finance and non-finance users. It goes beyond automating manual...