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What to Look For in a Performance Management System

By Rob Augenstein | Posted September 18, 2013 in Blog, Performance Management

While performance management software that addresses the challenges outlined in this post can vary widely in their capabilities and sophistication, most systems are now designed for enterprise-wide use, and often work best as a compliment to business intelligence software systems. Similar to business intelligence systems, the best performance management systems include features for forecasting, budgeting, […]

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Stop Problems BEFORE They Start with New Predictive Maintenance and Quality Solution From IBM

By Rob Augenstein | Posted July 17, 2013 in Blog, Business Intelligence, IBM, Predictive Maintenance and Quality

Does your organization need to own and maintain: A fleet of vehicles? A manufacturing facility? Production machinery? Heavy equipment machinery? How much time and money do you spend solving problems with these assets? How would your organization change if you could anticipate your maintenance and quality needs, and stop problems before they start? With IBM’s […]

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Tags: Analytics, Asset, asset productivity, BI, Big data, Business, business intelligence, configured software, costly downtime, dashboards, data integration, Databases, Engineering, equipment machinery, IBM, interactive models, Knowledge, Maintenance, maintenance managers, maintenance quality, manage, Management, new solution, optimal benefits, Organization, organization change, organization need, poor product quality, predictive maintenance, Problem solving, process efficiency, production machinery, Quality, quality repair, quality solution, Statistics, Supply chain management, unstructured data

How Do Your Data Quality and Analytics Tools Compare?

By Rob Augenstein | Posted July 10, 2013 in Big Data, Blog

You may not be in the banking business, but we think that a recent survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting shows results relevant to many other types of industries and organizations. 57% of the survey respondents said that the quality of data in their organization is either “adequate” or “un-integrated,” while only 42% said their data […]

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Tags: Analytics, BI, Big data, business intelligence, data, Data collection, Data Integrity and Cleansing Tools, data management, Data quality, Data Warehousing, Databases, deloitte consulting, Information science, Management consulting, survey results, technology tools

New Features in IBM Cognos Workspace 10.2.1 Improve Usability

By Rob Augenstein | Posted July 9, 2013 in Cognos Workspace, IBM

IBM recently announced updates to the latest version of Cognos Workspace, version 10.2.1. There aren’t any earth-shattering developments here, but there are new features designed to improve authoring and overall usability. Here is the new feature rundown, straight from the horse’s mouth: Filter on multiple related data items in select value filter and slider filter […]

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Tags: BI, business intelligence, charts, cognos, dashboards, IBM, IBM Cognos, new features

Reduce Errors and Produce Results with IBM Cognos Disclosure Management

By Rob Augenstein | Posted June 26, 2013 in Blog, Disclosure Management

Disclosure management is one of the most important responsibilities in an organization. Sadly, many finance organizations struggle with time-consuming, manual documents that are prone to mistakes, like: Incorrect formatting Incompatible output types Rounding mistakes Footing errors Lost audit trails These mistakes, even the seemingly small ones, can snowball into glaring errors that are difficult to […]

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Tags: Analytics, audit trails, BI, Business, Business analytics, business intelligence, cognos, cognos disclosure management, Data Warehousing, Databases, Decision Support Tools, disclosure management, Finance, finance organizations, IBM, IBM Cognos, Management

How to Be at the Top of Your Game in Financial Performance Management

By Rob Augenstein | Posted May 22, 2013 in Blog, Cognos FSR, IBM, Performance Management

In recent years, the depth and breadth of demands made on the office of Finance have increased exponentially, and most organizations are not equipped to manage them. Did you know: Nearly 50% of Finance’s time is spent on transactional activities Over 35% of enterprises lack a common financial reporting platform Nearly 40% of enterprises produce […]

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Tag Archives | business intelligence

What to Look For in a Performance Management System

Stop Problems BEFORE They Start with New Predictive Maintenance and Quality Solution From IBM

How Do Your Data Quality and Analytics Tools Compare?

New Features in IBM Cognos Workspace 10.2.1 Improve Usability

Reduce Errors and Produce Results with IBM Cognos Disclosure Management

How to Be at the Top of Your Game in Financial Performance Management

Corporate Performance Management (CPM)

BI & Business Process Management (BPM)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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