Business performance management (BPM) has historically been seen as an enterprise solution, and the high cost and complexity has prevented small and midsize businesses (SMBs) from taking advantage of the many strategic tools. New solutions bring business process management to small and mid-sized businesses.
While many business intelligence solutions are quite similar, the ways in which they can be applied to support enhanced decision-making are vast. Read on to learn about some of the most popular uses of business intelligence software.
An enterprise analytics initiative must be carefully planned and carried out in order to be most effective. This article provides valuable tips to help you ensure business intelligence success.
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley is achieved with implementation of a full-featured Business Performance Management system. The resulting BPM system not only promotes compliance, it can also deliver ROI by improving business processes.
Today’s business intelligence solutions vary greatly in functionality and scope. Yet, all provide a wide array of common features that support improved decision making across a company. Read on to learn about the key capabilities of business intelligence software.
Adobe LiveCycle ES4 is business process management software that enables users to create, manage and deploy applications to improve the performance of back-end systems. The suite allows users to easily author documents and forms, as well as capture, process and track sensitive information.
SAP Business ByDesign ERP software that works to provide complete business visibility and allows users to automate administrative tasks in order to reduce clerical errors. The software provides users with integrated analytics and reporting tools powered by SAP HANA, is equipped with built-in mobile applications and enables users to manage marketing, sales and service processes with a focus on driving customer engagement.
Enterprise Performance Management uses BI-style analytical tools to generate up-to-date profiles on a company’s levels of overall performance. Managers are able to eyeball where the company is in meeting its short and long-term goals. Download the Top 10 Enterprise Performance Management report for our comparison of the top solutions.
Business Intelligence (BI) platforms crunch the reams of data that companies accumulate as part of their daily operations, including sales numbers, inventory, POS transactions, etc., and analyze them to provide detailed analytics and actionable insights. Download the Top 15 Business Intelligence report for our comparison of the top BI solutions.
SAP BusinessObjects Suite is a suite of business intelligence software that allows users to access, navigate, analyze, format and share important business-centric information.