2. Problems facing businesses today
Non-availability of information on time
Delayed or improper decision making
Competitive market
Business performance needs to be analyzed and optimized to beat competition
Dependence on clerical staff to compile and provide information
Subject to human error
Work priorities define the availability of reports
Wastage of time in repetitive labour of generating reports
Alternative large IT systems are complex and costly
Budget issues
Failed implementations …it is not about the information you don’t have;
Dependence on IT for new reports It is about finding the right meaning out of what
is already there…
Every new report has a lead time
3. The Solution – Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence (BI)
What is BI?
BI refers to skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support
decision making
The focus of Business Intelligence is Decision Making
BI is a technology which converts raw data to information to support decision making
The questions which BI answers
What has happened? Business intelligence is a key ingredient of
Why has it happened? success today, used by forward-thinking
organizations as a driver for business
What is happening? innovation
Why is it happening?
Gartner Business Intelligence Summit
What will happen?
4. The Need for BI
BI Systems do not replace ERP systems but compliment them
ERP systems also provide reports but
Information is static
Download data to excel and prepare reports
Labour intensive
New report development is expensive and time consuming
BI systems provide
Dynamic information
Sales
New reports prepared on the fly
User defined reports Purchase
Business
No repetitive labour ERP Intelligence
Accounting
Inventory
5. SBOeCube Business Intelligence Suite
Business Intelligence (BI)
Easy and Accurate Reports for SAP Business One
Fully integrated with SAP Business One
Pivots, Grids and Dashboards
Easy to use drag and drop interface
User customizable with storage of user defined reports
Export and Email Reports
Excel
PDF
Others
6. Functions
Pre-defined analytical tools
Comparatives for user defined time periods
Variation – Growth / degrowth for user defined time periods
Contribution
Top N / Bottom N
Grouping
Average, Min, Max, Count and others
Custom fields and formulae
Filters
Many others
7. Example Reporting Capabilities
Sales
Analyze sales performance
Across locations, SKU, salesperson, category, group, region, etc.
Comparative across user defined time periods
Growth by customer, item, stock group etc.
Focus on the right items and customers
Top N / Bottom N customers, items, groups, salespersons, etc.
Contribution percentage of item, customer etc.
Control exceptions
Sales vs. Sales Return
Sales exceeding credit limits
Sales vs. Receipts
8. Example Reporting Capabilities
Accounts Receivable
Drive collections with
Top N outstandings
FIFO or Normal Ageing
Analyse customer performance
Payment performance – average payment days
DSO analysis
Control delinquencies and working capital
Credit limit variance
Increase revenue through following up with inactive customers
9. Example Reporting Capabilities
Purchasing and Accounts Payable
Improve purchasing efficiency by getting ready analysis – when did I last buy this item,
who were the suppliers, what was the rate, etc..
Understand item rate movements for items with fluctuating prices such as steel, sugar,
oil, copper, aluminium, etc..
Cost Centre, General Ledger & Inventory
Control cost through comprehensive cost centre reports – what are my traveling
expenses across departments etc..
Control inventory by slow and non-moving inventory analysis, inventory holding
comparison across time periods and more..
Cash flow reports to understand incomings and outgoings
11. Other Reports
Grid Report
Exception Report
Chart Integration
12. Dashboards
360° view of business with real-time data
Standard & customizable dash-lets
Interactive charts with run-time analysis
Top N analysis
Drill down & drill back features
2D & 3D chart types
Zooming & scrolling
Circular & linear gauges
Data tables with grouping, sorting & filtering to give detailed tabular information
Export & E-mail
SBOeCube dashboards provide C-Suite Executives and Business Managers
access to actionable information without time consuming and repeated labour or
manual intervention
14. Architecture
N-tier architecture and open architecture
Allows SBOeCube to connect any other application, be it an ERP solution or a custom
built application
Standard connectivity to all Microsoft SQL Server Databases
Report designer
System administrator, integrator or implementation consultants can quickly create and
deploy reports
User Administrator
Users with role based security
Application and Display Layer
Reporting Data Import & External
Components Transformation Application
Database Layer
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine
Many small business struggle with the complexities of generating accurate and timely reports from their company data store in their ERP system. Most report generation tools lacks the ability to gather the correct data and the flexibility needed to put that data into a useful format. Often businesses are forced to export data into various applications and then collate that data together to create reports that are out-of-date the moment they are created.You cannot afford to base the critical busine