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A Case of Financial Consolidation
The Curious Case of Financial Consolidation
By frank.buytendijk on September 9, 2009 2:51 AM
One of the goals of a data warehouse is to provide a single source of the truth, as the basis of management information across the organization. Data is collected from various transactional systems, is integrated and aggregated, and made available through business intelligence tools and performance management applications. According to analyst firm Gartner, performance management comprises financial consolidation, financial reporting, scorecards, planning and budgeting, and profitability management.
However, many finance professionals question the need for a data warehouse as the source for their financial consolidation process, instead of linking financial consolidation directly to their general ledgers. They are right. I'll discuss why, from an architectural, procedural and practical perspective.
Architecture
Although financial consolidation is generally accepted to be an important, if not crucial, part of performance management, financial consolidation has some characteristics fundamentally different from other a management processes. In fact, as a management process it looks more like transactional process. Most management processes, such as plan-to-act or analyze-to-adjust are iterative of nature, and very hands-on. Users take an explorative view on the data, where one question leads to another. Financial consolidation, as part of record-to-report, in contrast, behaves more like transactional process, such as order-to-cash or procure-to-pay. Financial consolidation should be linear of nature, and as hands-off as possible. The level of automation and standardization should be as high as possible, to secure a reliable, auditable and repeatable process. As a consequence, for financial consolidation purposes there is no added value for adding the data warehouse as an intermediate storage stage in a further transactional process.
Procedural
Financial data has specific requirements regarding the chain of custody. It needs to be 100% accounted for, auditable and every step needs to be retraceable. Based on Sarbanex-Oxley regulations both the CFO and CEO need to personally sign for the accuracy of the information. Routing the financial data from the general ledger through the data warehouse before feeding it to the financial consolidation system is not only an unnecessary step, but it endangers the chain of custody. It introduces governance issues, as the data warehouse processes and houses many types of information owned by multiple business domains.
Practical
Due to US GAAP and IFRS regulations, financial data transformations are highly standardized. Although the ETL (extract-transform-load) or data integration tool used by the data warehouse may functionally be able to deal with the complexity of financial data transformation and integration, there is no point in reinventing the wheel, if this logic exists prebuilt in standard financial consolidation packages. Best-of-breed prebuilt functionality allows finance professionals to make allows finance professionals to make ledger-to-headquarters mapping decisions directly, and see the impact on the balance sheet balances, financial ratios and accounts. These requirements, particularly in multiledger environments, can live at odds with IT-managed complex ETL processes that should be focused on maximum control and stability.
Does this mean that the Finance department should be excluded from the data warehouse? Not at all. The majority of finance run processes, and a large part of finance-related information are managerial of nature. Operational management needs to have insight in the financial consequences of their operational decisions, and require financial management information. Financial management, in return, needs to be able to access operational management information, to gain insight in the business' value drivers, and as such improve and maintain financial predictability. Also from a planning perspective, operations and finance need to be integrated. Financial and operational information both belong in the data warehouse, in an integrated manner.
Once it is understood that financial consolidation is fundamentally not a management process, but an operational process, the architectural issue disappears. The financial consolidation system, like any other transactional system, should be seen as a source to the data warehouse. This might raise the issue of timeliness. Financial consolidation takes time, and other types of data might be routed into the data warehouse sooner or with a higher periodicity. That problem can be solved like with any other source system; distinguishing between preliminary and final data loads.
Keeping financial consolidation outside the data warehouse architecture is not an 'exception to the rule', but a matter of architectural soundness, combined with an understanding of governance issues and simply a practical solution. Key to keeping the architecture 'clean' is the understanding that financial consolidation is not a management process, but transactional of nature.
Source: By frank.buytendijk
financial consolidation
By frank.buytendijk on September 9, 2009 2:51 AM
One of the goals of a data warehouse is to provide a single source of the truth, as the basis of management information across the organization. Data is collected from various transactional systems, is integrated and aggregated, and made available through business intelligence tools and performance management applications. According to analyst firm Gartner, performance management comprises financial consolidation, financial reporting, scorecards, planning and budgeting, and profitability management.
However, many finance professionals question the need for a data warehouse as the source for their financial consolidation process, instead of linking financial consolidation directly to their general ledgers. They are right. I'll discuss why, from an architectural, procedural and practical perspective.
Architecture
Although financial consolidation is generally accepted to be an important, if not crucial, part of performance management, financial consolidation has some characteristics fundamentally different from other a management processes. In fact, as a management process it looks more like transactional process. Most management processes, such as plan-to-act or analyze-to-adjust are iterative of nature, and very hands-on. Users take an explorative view on the data, where one question leads to another. Financial consolidation, as part of record-to-report, in contrast, behaves more like transactional process, such as order-to-cash or procure-to-pay. Financial consolidation should be linear of nature, and as hands-off as possible. The level of automation and standardization should be as high as possible, to secure a reliable, auditable and repeatable process. As a consequence, for financial consolidation purposes there is no added value for adding the data warehouse as an intermediate storage stage in a further transactional process.
Procedural
Financial data has specific requirements regarding the chain of custody. It needs to be 100% accounted for, auditable and every step needs to be retraceable. Based on Sarbanex-Oxley regulations both the CFO and CEO need to personally sign for the accuracy of the information. Routing the financial data from the general ledger through the data warehouse before feeding it to the financial consolidation system is not only an unnecessary step, but it endangers the chain of custody. It introduces governance issues, as the data warehouse processes and houses many types of information owned by multiple business domains.
Practical
Due to US GAAP and IFRS regulations, financial data transformations are highly standardized. Although the ETL (extract-transform-load) or data integration tool used by the data warehouse may functionally be able to deal with the complexity of financial data transformation and integration, there is no point in reinventing the wheel, if this logic exists prebuilt in standard financial consolidation packages. Best-of-breed prebuilt functionality allows finance professionals to make allows finance professionals to make ledger-to-headquarters mapping decisions directly, and see the impact on the balance sheet balances, financial ratios and accounts. These requirements, particularly in multiledger environments, can live at odds with IT-managed complex ETL processes that should be focused on maximum control and stability.
Does this mean that the Finance department should be excluded from the data warehouse? Not at all. The majority of finance run processes, and a large part of finance-related information are managerial of nature. Operational management needs to have insight in the financial consequences of their operational decisions, and require financial management information. Financial management, in return, needs to be able to access operational management information, to gain insight in the business' value drivers, and as such improve and maintain financial predictability. Also from a planning perspective, operations and finance need to be integrated. Financial and operational information both belong in the data warehouse, in an integrated manner.
Once it is understood that financial consolidation is fundamentally not a management process, but an operational process, the architectural issue disappears. The financial consolidation system, like any other transactional system, should be seen as a source to the data warehouse. This might raise the issue of timeliness. Financial consolidation takes time, and other types of data might be routed into the data warehouse sooner or with a higher periodicity. That problem can be solved like with any other source system; distinguishing between preliminary and final data loads.
Keeping financial consolidation outside the data warehouse architecture is not an 'exception to the rule', but a matter of architectural soundness, combined with an understanding of governance issues and simply a practical solution. Key to keeping the architecture 'clean' is the understanding that financial consolidation is not a management process, but transactional of nature.
Source: By frank.buytendijk
financial consolidation
11/25/09
KPI Library
Human Resouces
Manufacturing
Information Technology
Engineering Solutions
Railways
Textile manufacturing
Wastewater Services
Business Process Management Compliance
Manufacturing Production Ergonomics
Manufacturing and Production - Human Factors
Sales and Marketing
Research & Development
Retail
Supply Chain
Healthcare Facilities
Construction Industry
Source: http://www.epmreview.com
Manufacturing
Information Technology
Engineering Solutions
Railways
Textile manufacturing
Wastewater Services
Business Process Management Compliance
Manufacturing Production Ergonomics
Manufacturing and Production - Human Factors
Sales and Marketing
Research & Development
Retail
Supply Chain
Healthcare Facilities
Construction Industry
Source: http://www.epmreview.com
11/24/09
10/13/09
7/31/09
Cognos Planning
For organizations looking to improve both operational and financial planning, Cognos 8 Planning provides unprecedented power and flexibility to turn sophisticated strategy into discrete plans, budgets, and forecasts.
Cognos 8 Planning is a finance-managed solution that provides real-time visibility into resource requirements and future business results. It supports best practices such as driver-based planning and rolling forecasts, and serves as the cornerstone for enterprise-wide performance management.
Overview:
Integrated planning software helps you achieve higher performance across the enterprise.
Define your goals and communicate your strategy for achieving best-in-class status.
Replace rigid, annual budgeting with continuous planning—daily, weekly, or monthly.
Connect operations and finance—Build plans that maximize operational effectiveness and inform both operational and financial plans.
Engage the organization—Users enter data in their own business language instead of unfamiliar financial terms—making it easy to model key business drivers.
Gain greater flexibility—Create your own business rules and structures, then modify your model as the organization evolves.
Leverage your investment in applications from Oracle and SAP by integrating planning with Cognos reporting and analysis.
Product highlights:
Finance-owned solution with easy modeling language that can be developed by financial analysts without IT involvement.
Scales to thousands of participants to support top-down and bottom-up planning and forecasting.
Supports best practices such as driver-based planning and rolling forecasts that speed planning cycles and increase accuracy.
Multidimensional slicing-and-dicing, drill-down, and the exclusive break-back feature help you explore data fully and efficiently.
Planners can attach any file type to a cell, model, or submission of a forecast to communicate the rationale and policies behind plans and forecasts.
A high performance SAP BW connector moves large volumes of data to meet the needs of complex planning solutions.
Part of an integrated but separable performance management system delivering planning, reporting, scorecarding, dashboards, analysis and financial consolidation.
Distributed administration shares the responsibility for planning processes across functions, geographies and business units within a secure, unified planning environment.
Flexible deployment with Web browser or Microsoft Excel interface offers all the advantages of a dedicated enterprise solution with the familiarity and convenience of a spreadsheet.
Flexible security with single sign-on provides appropriate access to each user.
ANALYST - Modelling and data analysis
Model creation in couple of days, NOT in months
Import data definitions from other resources (ERP, DWH, CRM systems, etc.)
NO programming – model can be created and deployed without IT department, NO programming
Change business logic and principles quickly and easily in real time
Elimination of non-value added process activities like number gathering and consolidation, error finding and correction etc.
Connection of spreadsheets with planning system
"Break-back" helps users analyze "what-if" effects across time periods, product lines, or other parameters, with instantaneous feedback
CONTRIBUTOR - Distribution and budget contribution
GO production process - easy transfer planning models from creation phase to contribution phase
… usage widely enforcered standards and system open architecture
Easily define access rights for enach budget item
Interface between access rights and company organization structure
WORKFLOW - Process control
Workflow support of whole planning process
Easily define who contribute and who review particular plan items
Source: http://www.reporters.cz
Cognos 8 Planning is a finance-managed solution that provides real-time visibility into resource requirements and future business results. It supports best practices such as driver-based planning and rolling forecasts, and serves as the cornerstone for enterprise-wide performance management.
Overview:
Integrated planning software helps you achieve higher performance across the enterprise.
Define your goals and communicate your strategy for achieving best-in-class status.
Replace rigid, annual budgeting with continuous planning—daily, weekly, or monthly.
Connect operations and finance—Build plans that maximize operational effectiveness and inform both operational and financial plans.
Engage the organization—Users enter data in their own business language instead of unfamiliar financial terms—making it easy to model key business drivers.
Gain greater flexibility—Create your own business rules and structures, then modify your model as the organization evolves.
Leverage your investment in applications from Oracle and SAP by integrating planning with Cognos reporting and analysis.
Product highlights:
Finance-owned solution with easy modeling language that can be developed by financial analysts without IT involvement.
Scales to thousands of participants to support top-down and bottom-up planning and forecasting.
Supports best practices such as driver-based planning and rolling forecasts that speed planning cycles and increase accuracy.
Multidimensional slicing-and-dicing, drill-down, and the exclusive break-back feature help you explore data fully and efficiently.
Planners can attach any file type to a cell, model, or submission of a forecast to communicate the rationale and policies behind plans and forecasts.
A high performance SAP BW connector moves large volumes of data to meet the needs of complex planning solutions.
Part of an integrated but separable performance management system delivering planning, reporting, scorecarding, dashboards, analysis and financial consolidation.
Distributed administration shares the responsibility for planning processes across functions, geographies and business units within a secure, unified planning environment.
Flexible deployment with Web browser or Microsoft Excel interface offers all the advantages of a dedicated enterprise solution with the familiarity and convenience of a spreadsheet.
Flexible security with single sign-on provides appropriate access to each user.
ANALYST - Modelling and data analysis
Model creation in couple of days, NOT in months
Import data definitions from other resources (ERP, DWH, CRM systems, etc.)
NO programming – model can be created and deployed without IT department, NO programming
Change business logic and principles quickly and easily in real time
Elimination of non-value added process activities like number gathering and consolidation, error finding and correction etc.
Connection of spreadsheets with planning system
"Break-back" helps users analyze "what-if" effects across time periods, product lines, or other parameters, with instantaneous feedback
CONTRIBUTOR - Distribution and budget contribution
GO production process - easy transfer planning models from creation phase to contribution phase
… usage widely enforcered standards and system open architecture
Easily define access rights for enach budget item
Interface between access rights and company organization structure
WORKFLOW - Process control
Workflow support of whole planning process
Easily define who contribute and who review particular plan items
Source: http://www.reporters.cz
6/22/09
Microsoft Shifts Strategy on PerformancePoint
Source Gartner:
On 23 January 2009, Microsoft announced that PerformancePoint Server (PPS) will now be bundled with SharePoint. Microsoft will suspend further development of its planning and consolidation applications (after Service Pack 3, scheduled for release during mid-2009) and will roll the remaining PPS functions into its SharePoint Server offering at no additional cost. PPS will no longer be sold as a separate product. Specific offerings for Microsoft Dynamics will be based on Microsoft FRx and Microsoft Forecaster and Management Reporter.
Analysis
This move signals a shift by Microsoft toward "business intelligence (BI) for the masses," recently announced at its BI Summit, and leaves its partners to sell the vision of performance management.
PPS was a small but growing revenue stream compared to Microsoft's SQL Server and SharePoint revenue. In light of the current economic climate and Microsoft's recent earnings report, this change in product strategy represents a pragmatic, BI-centric road map. It will strengthen Microsoft's effort to make BI more pervasive by bundling analytics (formerly ProClarity) and "scorecarding" (formerly Business Scorecard Manager) into SharePoint Server Enterprise. The FRx, Forecaster and Management Reporter components of PPS Planning will return to the Microsoft Dynamics environment where they originated. The new offering, PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint, will run on SQLServer, and will likely draw customers using or considering Microsoft for its BI strategy or platform.
With this move, Microsoft acknowledges that it is more comfortable selling technology solutions than high-value analytic applications. It has effectively ended its foray into stand-alone corporate performance management (CPM), where it had been late to market compared with its competitors, which had amassed a larger market share. Instead of competing head-on, Microsoft will now flank other vendors' BI platform offerings from the adjacent collaboration space.
Gartner expects Microsoft's move will have a mixed impact on its customers. If customers have implemented PPS for budgeting, planning and forecasting or financial consolidation, they will be using a legacy product that will be supported for 10 years (according to Microsoft), but will no longer be enhanced or developed past Service Pack 3. This move also creates a challenge for service providers who have geared up to sell and implement PPS.
Gartner's Recommendations
SharePoint customers: Evaluate new functions for analytics and scorecarding that will be offered in SharePoint Server Enterprise. They may provide a cost-effective solution for extending BI analytics within the enterprise.
PPS Planning customers: If you are satisfied with this product, continue using it, but plan to migrate in the future. If you plan to invest further in the product (for example, undertaking a global rollout), consider bringing in a Microsoft CPM partner to augment your PPS implementation; again, plan to migrate fully by 2014. If you are in the process of implementing the PPS solution, consider alternatives, unless PPS works out to be cost-effective or your plans are too far along to change. In both cases, limit usage and plan to switch as soon as practicable.
PPS prospective customers: Consider alternatives to Microsoft for planning, budgeting and forecasting or financial consolidation. Ensure that scorecarding and analytics are included with your BI platform.
FRx and Microsoft Forecaster customers: Stay the course, but push Microsoft for a road map for continued support and development.
On 23 January 2009, Microsoft announced that PerformancePoint Server (PPS) will now be bundled with SharePoint. Microsoft will suspend further development of its planning and consolidation applications (after Service Pack 3, scheduled for release during mid-2009) and will roll the remaining PPS functions into its SharePoint Server offering at no additional cost. PPS will no longer be sold as a separate product. Specific offerings for Microsoft Dynamics will be based on Microsoft FRx and Microsoft Forecaster and Management Reporter.
Analysis
This move signals a shift by Microsoft toward "business intelligence (BI) for the masses," recently announced at its BI Summit, and leaves its partners to sell the vision of performance management.
PPS was a small but growing revenue stream compared to Microsoft's SQL Server and SharePoint revenue. In light of the current economic climate and Microsoft's recent earnings report, this change in product strategy represents a pragmatic, BI-centric road map. It will strengthen Microsoft's effort to make BI more pervasive by bundling analytics (formerly ProClarity) and "scorecarding" (formerly Business Scorecard Manager) into SharePoint Server Enterprise. The FRx, Forecaster and Management Reporter components of PPS Planning will return to the Microsoft Dynamics environment where they originated. The new offering, PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint, will run on SQLServer, and will likely draw customers using or considering Microsoft for its BI strategy or platform.
With this move, Microsoft acknowledges that it is more comfortable selling technology solutions than high-value analytic applications. It has effectively ended its foray into stand-alone corporate performance management (CPM), where it had been late to market compared with its competitors, which had amassed a larger market share. Instead of competing head-on, Microsoft will now flank other vendors' BI platform offerings from the adjacent collaboration space.
Gartner expects Microsoft's move will have a mixed impact on its customers. If customers have implemented PPS for budgeting, planning and forecasting or financial consolidation, they will be using a legacy product that will be supported for 10 years (according to Microsoft), but will no longer be enhanced or developed past Service Pack 3. This move also creates a challenge for service providers who have geared up to sell and implement PPS.
Gartner's Recommendations
SharePoint customers: Evaluate new functions for analytics and scorecarding that will be offered in SharePoint Server Enterprise. They may provide a cost-effective solution for extending BI analytics within the enterprise.
PPS Planning customers: If you are satisfied with this product, continue using it, but plan to migrate in the future. If you plan to invest further in the product (for example, undertaking a global rollout), consider bringing in a Microsoft CPM partner to augment your PPS implementation; again, plan to migrate fully by 2014. If you are in the process of implementing the PPS solution, consider alternatives, unless PPS works out to be cost-effective or your plans are too far along to change. In both cases, limit usage and plan to switch as soon as practicable.
PPS prospective customers: Consider alternatives to Microsoft for planning, budgeting and forecasting or financial consolidation. Ensure that scorecarding and analytics are included with your BI platform.
FRx and Microsoft Forecaster customers: Stay the course, but push Microsoft for a road map for continued support and development.
3/2/09
Hyperion Financial Management- Demo
This is a 30 minute demonstration of the Consolidation solution - Hyperion Financial Management.
Demo: Oracle Hyperion HFM
Source: Pureapps
Demo: Oracle Hyperion HFM
Source: Pureapps
2/25/09
Oracle EPM - An Overview
For the organization to succeed, managers must dynamically conduct thoughtful analysis and deliver what-if projections to make smart, high-impact decisions. Therefore, planning must promote collaboration across departments and link budget allocations to operational drivers. Oracle’s performance management applications connect strategic, financial, and operational planning models to enable integrated business planning. They support modeling activities familiar to CFOs, including treasury, mergers and acquisitions, and long-term strategic planning. We can also view the impact of your decisions on profits and losses, cash flow, and the balance sheet.
Oracle’s performance management applications help finance departments build accurate budgets and plans as well as provide operations departments with more-predictable forecasts. This means improved alignment of strategies, plans, and key resources throughout the organization
With demanding stakeholder, regulatory, and audit requirements, reporting accurate,timely financial and operating results while achieving cost-effective compliance is a challenge. Leveraging today’s most advanced Web technology, Oracle’s performance management applications are the cornerstone of sustainable compliance frameworks.
Using this suite, you can dramatically improve your financial close and reporting process while reducing internal control risks with built-in audit trails, workflows, internal review and certifications, controls, and validations. With market-leading data integration and data quality capabilities, you can unify the collection and reporting of financial, environmental, social, and other operating metrics to meet new disclosure requirements. And you can streamline the regulatory filing process with integrated Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) support.
Source: Oracle
Oracle EPM
Oracle’s performance management applications help finance departments build accurate budgets and plans as well as provide operations departments with more-predictable forecasts. This means improved alignment of strategies, plans, and key resources throughout the organization
With demanding stakeholder, regulatory, and audit requirements, reporting accurate,timely financial and operating results while achieving cost-effective compliance is a challenge. Leveraging today’s most advanced Web technology, Oracle’s performance management applications are the cornerstone of sustainable compliance frameworks.
Using this suite, you can dramatically improve your financial close and reporting process while reducing internal control risks with built-in audit trails, workflows, internal review and certifications, controls, and validations. With market-leading data integration and data quality capabilities, you can unify the collection and reporting of financial, environmental, social, and other operating metrics to meet new disclosure requirements. And you can streamline the regulatory filing process with integrated Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) support.
Source: Oracle
Oracle EPM
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management & Business Intelligence Datasheets & Brochures
Hyperion Bookings, Billings, and Backlog Solution (PDF)
• Hyperion Capital Asset Planning (PDF)
• Hyperion Corporate Credit Solution (PDF)
• Hyperion Enterprise (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Management and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting - XBRL Manager (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting, Consolidation, and Analysis Solutions for Government (PDF)
• Hyperion Performance Based Budgeting Solution for Government (PDF)
• Hyperion Performance Scorecard (PDF)
• Hyperion Planning (PDF)
• Hyperion Strategic Finance (PDF)
• Hyperion Wealth Management Solution (PDF)
• Hyperion Workforce Planning (PDF)
• Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (PDF)
• Oracle Integrated Operational Planning (PDF)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION
• Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management Solutions for Midsized Companies (PDF)
• Hyperion Data Relationship Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Interactive Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion SQR Production Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion Web Analysis Reporting (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Enterprise Edition Plus (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One (PDF)
• Oracle Essbase (PDF)
• Oracle Essbase Visual Explorer (PDF)
• Oracle Real-Time Decisions (PDF)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS
• Oracle Contact Center Telephony Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Financial Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Human Resources Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Marketing Analytics
• Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Sales Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Service Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics (PDF)
BROCHURES
• Drive Actions and Processes with Pervasive Intelligence (PDF)
• Enterprise Performance Management System (PDF)
• Master Data Management: Old Problem with a New Urgency (PDF)
• Oracle Real-Time Decisions (PDF)
• Optimizing U.S. Federal Government Agency Perfromance (PDF)
• Performance Management Applications Overview (PDF)
• Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard (PDF)
Source: Oracle
Datasheets & Brochures
• Hyperion Capital Asset Planning (PDF)
• Hyperion Corporate Credit Solution (PDF)
• Hyperion Enterprise (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Management and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting - XBRL Manager (PDF)
• Hyperion Financial Reporting, Consolidation, and Analysis Solutions for Government (PDF)
• Hyperion Performance Based Budgeting Solution for Government (PDF)
• Hyperion Performance Scorecard (PDF)
• Hyperion Planning (PDF)
• Hyperion Strategic Finance (PDF)
• Hyperion Wealth Management Solution (PDF)
• Hyperion Workforce Planning (PDF)
• Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management (PDF)
• Oracle Integrated Operational Planning (PDF)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION
• Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management Solutions for Midsized Companies (PDF)
• Hyperion Data Relationship Management (PDF)
• Hyperion Interactive Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion SQR Production Reporting (PDF)
• Hyperion Web Analysis Reporting (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Enterprise Edition Plus (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition (PDF)
• Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One (PDF)
• Oracle Essbase (PDF)
• Oracle Essbase Visual Explorer (PDF)
• Oracle Real-Time Decisions (PDF)
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS
• Oracle Contact Center Telephony Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Financial Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Human Resources Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Marketing Analytics
• Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Sales Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Service Analytics (PDF)
• Oracle Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics (PDF)
BROCHURES
• Drive Actions and Processes with Pervasive Intelligence (PDF)
• Enterprise Performance Management System (PDF)
• Master Data Management: Old Problem with a New Urgency (PDF)
• Oracle Real-Time Decisions (PDF)
• Optimizing U.S. Federal Government Agency Perfromance (PDF)
• Performance Management Applications Overview (PDF)
• Zen and the Art of the Balanced Scorecard (PDF)
Source: Oracle
Datasheets & Brochures
2/24/09
The Forrester Wave™: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007
Forrester assessed 10 leading business performance solutions (BPS) vendors across 83 criteria in a product evaluation. Cognos, Oracle, and SAS Institute were found to lead the category with overall breadth of functionality and aggressive strategies for competing in this rapidly evolving market. Business Objects and SAP both showed strong solution functionality, but have considerable work ahead to integrate recent pure-play acquisitions into more seamless BPS offerings. Clarity Systems leads the BPS pure plays with a very strong planning and budgeting solution. Applix and Longview Solutions, though lacking as much out-of-the-box functionality and scorecarding capabilities as the large vendors, made solid Strong Performer showings as well based on their flexibility to handle unique customer requirements. Infor is also a Strong Performer with a mature BPS suite, but needs a more aggressive strategy for competing outside of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) installed base. Microsoft's initial release of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 in September puts it in the mix as a Strong Performer with an assertive vision and a solid technology foundation, but the solution needs to mature in terms of breadth and depth of functionality.
Source: Forrester
The Forrester Wave
Source: Forrester
The Forrester Wave
Oracle EPM Resources
Product Literature
EPM and business intelligence resource library
Oracle/Hyperion Integration site
Oracle Business Intelligence information
Whitepapers
Enteprise Performance Management - Connecting the Dots
Impact of performance management on the real estate industry
IDC: A focus on intelligence - Oracle's Renewed BI Strategy
Customer Success Stories
British Telecom Testimonial on EPM
Analyst Reports
Gartner - Oracle Leader in Magic Quadrant 2008 in CPM
Forrester - Oracle #1 in EPM
Gartner toutes Oracle CPM suite as world wide market leader
Source: Oracle
Oracle EPM Resources
EPM and business intelligence resource library
Oracle/Hyperion Integration site
Oracle Business Intelligence information
Whitepapers
Enteprise Performance Management - Connecting the Dots
Impact of performance management on the real estate industry
IDC: A focus on intelligence - Oracle's Renewed BI Strategy
Customer Success Stories
British Telecom Testimonial on EPM
Analyst Reports
Gartner - Oracle Leader in Magic Quadrant 2008 in CPM
Forrester - Oracle #1 in EPM
Gartner toutes Oracle CPM suite as world wide market leader
Source: Oracle
Oracle EPM Resources
Oracle's EPM
Oracle's EPM System enables management to link strategy to plans & execution, monitor financial & operational results against goals, and apply analytics to drive enterprise-wide performance improvement. Oracle's EPM offering is hot-pluggable with existing investments and enables pervasive information access for everyone in an organization from front line employees to senior management.
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An executive,role-based view on how EPM can drive management excellence and sustainable growth and development
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EPM- from Oracle
Visit Oracle Hyperion EPM Solution Space where customers can learn more about Oracle products and solutions. If you are visiting for the first time use password yes2epm
An executive,role-based view on how EPM can drive management excellence and sustainable growth and development
Visit Oracle Hyerion EPM Solution Space where customers can learn more about Oracle products and solutions. If you are visiting for the first time use password yes2epm
EPM- from Oracle
2/16/09
7 Ways to Jump Start Your Business in 2009
Global woes and turmoil have shaken the industries across all verticles.This is a great time to take a look at the state of your business, reassess your goals, revise practices that could be more effective, and reinforce those that are working well. Here are some things you can do to give your business new life in 2009.
Write (or revisit) your business plan. You may already have a business plan in place, but with the uncertain economy it’s a good idea to revisit your goals and objectives for the next six months, the next year, the next five years. Make your business plan a living document and update it at least quarterly, or even better, every month. It will help you stay on track and more easily adapt to changes in customer demand.
Be known as an expert. You know you are an expert, but if you write, speak, and network like one people will automatically associate you with your niche. You’ll make a much greater impression as the speaker at an event than simply shaking hands and handing out business cards. And you can further build expert status by writing articles for publication, having your own newsletter, or starting a blog.
Define your niche. Many people feel that being more general about what they offer makes them more marketable. Often the opposite is true. Most people want to work with a specialist, and one of the best ways to stand out in a crowded market is to be very specific about what you do and who you do it for.
Become (or hire) a marketing expert. At core marketing means building relationships, being able to speak clearly about the benefits of your offerings, and having conversations with people who might need your products or services. Search the Web for tips, use Pinpoint to find expert help, and talk to other professionals about the marketing efforts that work best for them.
Follow-up with new contacts, maintain connections with current ones. You’ve likely collected numerous business cards, but what have you really done with them?
Following up is critical to business success. Consider these ways to keep your company in the front of people’s minds:
Send individual e-mails recalling specifics of your conversation with an invitation to visit your Web site.
Invite contacts to periodic open houses to see what you do firsthand.
Distribute a newsletter or blog that builds your reputation as an expert.
Promote special offers to pique contact interest in what you offer.
Provide information in addition to your offerings. Build customer trust by providing clear, succinct information about your products and services, with emphasis on the benefits to customers and your expertise in meeting their needs. Providing helpful tips on your Web site where appropriate establishes your credibility and helps customers see how what you do can provide value to them.
Keep prices competitive, offer incentives. Everyone is looking for a deal these days. Whether it's reducing your prices, offering something free as incentive on your Web site, or providing additional services to customers when they contact you, doing something above just selling your product or service can give you an edge on your competitors.
Promote results and benefits, not processes. Most people don’t care how you help them reach their goals, as long as you do it with integrity, efficiency, and within their budget. Instead of talking about how you work, be clear about your expertise and the changes people can expect from working with you. Get into the habit of asking clients for testimonials and referrals and consider writing (or hiring someone to write) case studies on successful engagements you’ve had. The most effective promotion comes from satisfied customers.
Source: pinpoint.microsoft
Write (or revisit) your business plan. You may already have a business plan in place, but with the uncertain economy it’s a good idea to revisit your goals and objectives for the next six months, the next year, the next five years. Make your business plan a living document and update it at least quarterly, or even better, every month. It will help you stay on track and more easily adapt to changes in customer demand.
Be known as an expert. You know you are an expert, but if you write, speak, and network like one people will automatically associate you with your niche. You’ll make a much greater impression as the speaker at an event than simply shaking hands and handing out business cards. And you can further build expert status by writing articles for publication, having your own newsletter, or starting a blog.
Define your niche. Many people feel that being more general about what they offer makes them more marketable. Often the opposite is true. Most people want to work with a specialist, and one of the best ways to stand out in a crowded market is to be very specific about what you do and who you do it for.
Become (or hire) a marketing expert. At core marketing means building relationships, being able to speak clearly about the benefits of your offerings, and having conversations with people who might need your products or services. Search the Web for tips, use Pinpoint to find expert help, and talk to other professionals about the marketing efforts that work best for them.
Follow-up with new contacts, maintain connections with current ones. You’ve likely collected numerous business cards, but what have you really done with them?
Following up is critical to business success. Consider these ways to keep your company in the front of people’s minds:
Send individual e-mails recalling specifics of your conversation with an invitation to visit your Web site.
Invite contacts to periodic open houses to see what you do firsthand.
Distribute a newsletter or blog that builds your reputation as an expert.
Promote special offers to pique contact interest in what you offer.
Provide information in addition to your offerings. Build customer trust by providing clear, succinct information about your products and services, with emphasis on the benefits to customers and your expertise in meeting their needs. Providing helpful tips on your Web site where appropriate establishes your credibility and helps customers see how what you do can provide value to them.
Keep prices competitive, offer incentives. Everyone is looking for a deal these days. Whether it's reducing your prices, offering something free as incentive on your Web site, or providing additional services to customers when they contact you, doing something above just selling your product or service can give you an edge on your competitors.
Promote results and benefits, not processes. Most people don’t care how you help them reach their goals, as long as you do it with integrity, efficiency, and within their budget. Instead of talking about how you work, be clear about your expertise and the changes people can expect from working with you. Get into the habit of asking clients for testimonials and referrals and consider writing (or hiring someone to write) case studies on successful engagements you’ve had. The most effective promotion comes from satisfied customers.
Source: pinpoint.microsoft
1/30/09
Infor FMS SunSystems- Demo
Infor FMS SunSystems provides companies with:
A single, integrated ledger for powerful financial management
•Local knowledge
•Global support
•The ability to close your books quickly, accurately, and globally
•Assurance of Regional and international compliance
•Flexible comprehensive business analysis with integrated business analytics.
SunSystems' portfolio of integrated financial management and business intelligence applications gives decision-makers a broader perspective along with more power to analyze operational details. For over 20 years, SunSystems' global, low-risk solutions and rapid, low-cost deployments, have helped managers achieve best-in-class financial management through rapidly changing business conditions.
Infor FMS SunSystems- Demo
A single, integrated ledger for powerful financial management
•Local knowledge
•Global support
•The ability to close your books quickly, accurately, and globally
•Assurance of Regional and international compliance
•Flexible comprehensive business analysis with integrated business analytics.
SunSystems' portfolio of integrated financial management and business intelligence applications gives decision-makers a broader perspective along with more power to analyze operational details. For over 20 years, SunSystems' global, low-risk solutions and rapid, low-cost deployments, have helped managers achieve best-in-class financial management through rapidly changing business conditions.
Infor FMS SunSystems- Demo
Infor FMS SunSystems eXFM- Budgeting Brochure
Infor FMS SunSystems eXFM is a unique extended financial management solution, incorporating the renowned SunSystems financials applications, powerful budgeting and forecasting capabilities, and the exceptional reporting capabilities of Infor PM Query & Analysis, together in a simple, integrated bundle. The core bundle can be extended further to include business functionality from web-based procurement, to full purchasing, sales, and inventory management.
Brochure- Infor Budgeting
Brochure- Infor Budgeting
Planning and Budgeting-Infor FMS SunSystems eXFM
Infor FMS SunSystems eXFM is a unique extended financial management solution, incorporating the renowned SunSystems financials applications, powerful budgeting and forecasting capabilities, and the exceptional reporting capabilities of Infor PM Query & Analysis, together in a simple, integrated bundle. The core bundle can be extended further to include business functionality from web-based procurement, to full purchasing, sales, and inventory management.
Functionality includes:
SunSystems Financials—a single ledger design covering general ledger, payable, and receivable ledger functions, plus fixed asset accounting and corporate allocations capabilities for rules-based redistribution of costs and other values.
SunSystems Budgeting & Forecasting—standardizes and manages the budget process, and supports what-if analysis.
Infor PM Query & Analysis (previously known as "Vision")—widely accepted as one of the most powerful and easy-to-use report writers, it is designed to allow accountants to directly access and analyze their data.
Source: Infor
Functionality includes:
SunSystems Financials—a single ledger design covering general ledger, payable, and receivable ledger functions, plus fixed asset accounting and corporate allocations capabilities for rules-based redistribution of costs and other values.
SunSystems Budgeting & Forecasting—standardizes and manages the budget process, and supports what-if analysis.
Infor PM Query & Analysis (previously known as "Vision")—widely accepted as one of the most powerful and easy-to-use report writers, it is designed to allow accountants to directly access and analyze their data.
Source: Infor
Infor FMS (Financial Management System)
Enterprising finance and accounting organizations help drive company performance by efficiently handling a multitude of daily transactions, sharing valuable information hidden in transactional data, and adapting processes fluidly as business conditions and regulatory environments change.
Infor FMS (Financial Management System) enables companies to integrate and streamline local and multinational financial resource management processes from end to end. By doing so, they achieve a reliable, apples-to-apples view of financial performance across the entire enterprise, as well as the flexibility and control necessary for adapting to the demands of even the most challenging business environment.
Infor FMS corporate multinational financial management solutions help companies to:
• Reduce transaction costs
• Shorten process cycle times
• Achieve data consistency
• Enforce global financial standards and processes
• Improve financial transparency
For more than 30 years, Infor’s dependable multinational financial management solutions have helped organizations leverage the value of their existing financial resource management technology systems and platforms, extending them with the user-friendly features and rich functionality necessary to maximize productivity and performance.
Infor FMS solutions include:
Financial Accounting —general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory, and fixed assets applications.
Project Accounting —asset management and project tracking applications.
Expense Management —expense report, travel plan, payment request, and time capture applications.
Source: Infor
Infor FMS (Financial Management System) enables companies to integrate and streamline local and multinational financial resource management processes from end to end. By doing so, they achieve a reliable, apples-to-apples view of financial performance across the entire enterprise, as well as the flexibility and control necessary for adapting to the demands of even the most challenging business environment.
Infor FMS corporate multinational financial management solutions help companies to:
• Reduce transaction costs
• Shorten process cycle times
• Achieve data consistency
• Enforce global financial standards and processes
• Improve financial transparency
For more than 30 years, Infor’s dependable multinational financial management solutions have helped organizations leverage the value of their existing financial resource management technology systems and platforms, extending them with the user-friendly features and rich functionality necessary to maximize productivity and performance.
Infor FMS solutions include:
Financial Accounting —general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory, and fixed assets applications.
Project Accounting —asset management and project tracking applications.
Expense Management —expense report, travel plan, payment request, and time capture applications.
Source: Infor
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