©2011 Mincron Software Systems Business Intelligence (MSSBI) INsight ‘11 Mincron User Conference Sawgrass Marriott · Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida April 10 – 13, 2011 Pam Cuellar Larry Christensen Chris Kennedy
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Business Intelligence(MSSBI)
INsight ‘11 Mincron User ConferenceSawgrass Marriott · Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
April 10 – 13, 2011
Pam CuellarLarry Christensen
Chris Kennedy
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Business Intelligence
What exactly is business intelligence?
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Why MSSBI?
2 How to get more people to use the Information
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Wrap-up / Q&A4
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But first…
WHO IS THIS GUY?
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE?
what exactly is
KnowledgeKnowledge is POWER
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HERE ARE THE FACTS
The human brain can remember 4-7 things at any given time
F500 Execs make ‘gut’ decisions 40% of the time (Accenture)
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE?
where’s the gain in
Ease of getting to information1
Insight2
More timely decisions3
Better decisions4
Direction5
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The BI Challenge
“Organizations are facing pressures to deliver information that is timely and effective in meeting business goals. This requires companies to have access to the information, the ability to combine, aggregate and integrate the information, and then
deliver it to people when, where and how they need it.”
“Beyond Spreadsheets: the value of BI and Analytics,”
Aberdeen Group, Inc.January 2009
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pervasiveadjective
1: spread throughout; [syn: {pervading}]
source: http://define.com/pervasive
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Why do we have to think about being
Pervasive???
People
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Wheel
in a
Cogs
People
• Why did you hire your people?– Computer Expertise?– Industry Expertise?
• Most People want to do a good job
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Wheel
in a
Cogs
People / Users• Casual / Users
– Stock and Stake Holders – Marketing - Press/Media– Board of Directors– Many Workers and Customers
• Excel Users – – Consultant / Finance / Analyst
• Experienced User– Line Managers
• Power User– IT and/or software vendor
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People / Users• Casual / Users
– Reports– Presentations– Exception Reports– Dashboards
• Consultant / Analyst / 3rd Party– Excel Users -
• Experienced User– Add Analytics (Drilling)
• Power User– Everything plus Creation
Wheelin a
Cogs
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BI by People by Area
Analytical (Drilling)
Operational
(Dashboards) StrategicSmart
PhonesSnap Shots
From EXCEL
Presentations
Web Based
Exception Reporting
e-mail Reports
Stockholders ? X X
Press/Media X X
Board of Directors X X X X
Execs C-Level X X X ? X X X
3rd Party Analyst X X
Senior Division Managers
X X X X X
Line Managers X X X X ? X X X X
IT – Power Users X X X X X X X X X X
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What is BI?
• Data– Typically two-dimensional, row-by-column format– Requires you to transform data into information
• Information/Knowledge– Multi-dimensional database, such as Customer,
Locations, Periods, Salespeople and Products
– View the “whole” business picture
DataQuery, Worksheets
Information/KnowledgeBI (OLAP)
vs.
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What is BI?
• Data warehousing and on-line analytical processing (OLAP)
• Data warehouse is maintained separately
• OLAP uses multi-dimensional “Cubes”
• Delivers better analytics and faster performance
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Potential Benefits of BI?
• Improve Sales and Profit • Increase Customer Satisfaction• Increase Staff Morale• Decrease Expenses• Exception Reporting• Take preventative steps
• It’s about using information wisely
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Business IntelligenceThe Solution
• Trends and Differences
• Scorecarding
• Integrated Security
• Dashboarding
• Drilling / Analytics
• E-mailing BI
• Charting and Graphing
• Traffic Lighting
• Web Enabled
• Export TO Excel
• Optional Data Mining FROM Excel
• Exception Reporting
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BI Types
•Operational
•Tactical
•Strategic
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Operational BI• Dashboards: (track KPI’s)
– Used by People that require information throughout the day
– EX: See or Track A/R or Sales or Contracts or Bids, Shipments, etc…
• Many KPI’s also track data through close of business yesterday
• Let’s take a look
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Operational BI
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Operational BI
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Operational BI
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Sales Dashboard
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Branch Dashboard
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Tactical BI
• Analyze Data• Improve Performance• Uncover Opportunities
• Make Better Business Decisions
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One Click Philosophy
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One Click Philosophy
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One Click Philosophy
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Strategic BI
• High Level Overview
• Used by Executives and Board of Directors to set Company Direction
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Business Justification/ROI• BI uses OLAP Technology to:
– Improve the speed and quality of decisions– Helps to understand customer needs and markets– See what is happening in your business months earlier
• Reduce time spent generating or waiting for reports• Eliminate time determining who has the “right
numbers”• Reduce paper cost for reporting• Reduce programming cost for custom reports• Mirrored HD security built in
ALLOWS YOUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE BETTER AND FASTER BUSINESS DECISIONS WITH FEWER
PEOPLE RESOURCES!
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Push Technology & Exception Reporting
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Push Technology & Exception Reporting
• Immediate Send To
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Push Technology & Exception RReporting
• Immediate Send To• Create Triggers• Exception Reporting
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Push Technology & Exception Reporting
• Immediate Send To• Create Triggers (Events)• Create Subscriptions (Reoccurrence)
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To/From EXCEL
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One Click Philosophy
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To and From - Excel
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• Example:CEO wants to see Specific Overview every morning (by magic)
-Turns and Earns - Gross Margins -A/R by Customer - Inventory Status - Inventory less Payables - Net Working Capital - Sales Overview - Payables Overview
“Presentations”
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“Presentations”
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Other Devices
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Other Interfaces(If you’re interested)
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What’s Coming
“One Click Philosophy”
Pivot Tables within BI
Plus lots of other stuff
New ways to sort
New Ways to Group
Drag and Drop Columns
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Wrap Up
• BI ALLOWS YOUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE BETTER AND FASTER BUSINESS DECISIONS WITH FEWER PEOPLE RESOURCES!
• 1000’s of way to view data
• Traffic light technology
• Report distribution via e-mail
• Establish triggers and subscriptions
• Excel, PDF, PowerPoint Integrated
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Wrap Up• EIS = Reports and Queries
• BI = OLAP–Wider and deeper information–Easier to share information–Easier to navigate–Access from anywhere–Ability to recognize issues and
immediately investigate
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Other Charts
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Financials Dashboard
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Inventory Dashboard
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Branch Overview Dashboard
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Multiple Types of Graphs
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Multiple Types of Graphs
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Multiple Types of Graphs– Pie
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Come see us at the booth!
Pam CuellarLarry ChristensenChris Kennedy
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Chris KennedyWynne Systems, Inc.InfoManager(949) [email protected]
Larry ChristensenWynne Systems, Inc.InfoManager(949) [email protected]