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whitepaper Geomant Consolidates Financial Data to Gain Greater Insight Across International Operations2008-05-01 Oracle
  Founded in 1997, Geomant is a system integrator headquartered in the United States with branch offices in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Austria. Geomant wanted to consolidate financial information from disparate sources - including JD Edwards, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft SQL databases, and Geomant's project management system - into a centralized database and provide managers with a comprehensive overview of financial information from across the entire Geomant group. The challenge was to provide access to financial information via a Web based dashboard. Geomant integrated financial information from various sources throughout the organization's numerous international branches into a central repository built on Oracle Database.

Tags: Finance		   
whitepaper SH Electric Power Improves Data Analysis and Reporting With Integrated Data Warehouse2008-05-01 Oracle
  The Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SH Electric Power) handles the transmission, distribution, and sale of electrical power in Shanghai. A major challenge under the Business Information (BI) project was to move the company's routine reporting function away from its production system database, which would reduce the load on the system, and allow for new reporting features to be added. The company selected the Oracle OLAP and Oracle Data Mining modules running on Oracle Database 10g. These were then used to set up function-specific synchronized data mirrors and a central data warehouse.

Tags: Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Database Applications		   
whitepaper Probabilistic Forecasting Solution Helps BP Manage Oil Field Costs and Risks2008-04-01 Oracle
  Founded more than 100 years ago, BP is both a pioneer of the oil industry and one of its leading innovators. Oil and energy markets have been going through dramatic changes in recent years. Crude supplies are becoming harder to find outside areas controlled by national oil companies, forcing private-sector oil companies like BP to reach into some of the most remote corners of the earth, and drill to depths never thought possible before. After experimenting with a number of probabilistic forecasting solutions, BP adopted an easy-to-use application called Crystal Ball, one of a suite of business intelligence applications from Oracle.

Tags: Database Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Hospital Uses Business Intelligence Solution to Save Time and Gain Insight From Data2008-04-01 Microsoft Tips
  The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is a leading pediatric hospital based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The hospital's department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, which collects and analyzes patient specimens in specialized laboratories, needed to improve processes to meet the demands presented by the hospital's growth. Specifically, the department sought to improve its data analysis and operational management processes. With the help of operational consultancy USC Consulting Group, the department implemented a management solution based on Microsoft business intelligence technologies. As a result, the department has gained more insight into its data and has automated reporting processes, which has helped reduce laboratory result turnaround times by 50 percent. Department employees have improved communication, and supervisors can manage more effectively.

Tags: Spreadsheets		   
whitepaper Medtronic, Inc. Identifies Key Sales Priorities and Drives Executive Alignment2008-02-01 Oracle
  Medtronic, Inc. wanted to increase sales productivity and effectiveness across company's seven principal United States business divisions and provide simplified sales processes and support systems to allow Medtronic to operate as "One company" and leverage best practices. The challenge was to help build management consensus on key sales priorities and the need for common support systems and institute a comprehensive approach to business intelligence that provides all sales professionals with better, more relevant, real-time information on specific performance metrics to increase business insight and enable key action. Medtronic worked with Oracle Insight to form a Medtronic Sales Field Working Group with senior business representatives from all sales divisions to provide input and validation for all Insight findings.

Tags: Sales - Marketing		   
whitepaper Through Better Analysis of Company Operations and Financial Metrics, This Leading Motorcycle Manufacturer Increases the Benefits of Its Forecasting and Planning Solutions2008-01-01 IBM
  The motorcycle manufacturer wanted to increase cost effectiveness, as well as improve market responsiveness and brand image. Its challenges were its slow speed to market, high inventory levels and high transportation costs. IBM helped this manufacturer overcome many of its challenges by identifying the initiatives that would have the greatest impact on those issues. The client was able to increase the benefits of implementing those new initiatives by using IBM's Business Value Modeling Tool.   
whitepaper A Large Financial Services Institution Seeks a Technological Solution to Keeping Its Customers Informed2008-01-01 IBM
  In the crowded financial services field, one important way for banks seeking to distinguish themselves from the competition is through exceptional customer service. Through its customer alert service, this financial institution sought a way to enhance its customer relationships and boost productivity while aligning its technology strategy more closely to the needs of business and capitalizing on existing IT investments. With hundreds of branches serving customers throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, East Asia and Australia, the bank turned to IBM for help in improving its services and strengthening its customer relationships through a real-time messaging system that alerted customers to specified events related to their accounts. Customers could choose whether to receive the alerts on their cell phone via SMS or by e-mail.

Tags: Accounting Applications, Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Microsoft BI Is Head of the Class at Coppin State University2007-12-04 Microsoft Tips
  Faced with a small IT staff, a limited budget and a need to optimize its existing PeopleSoft ERP application and HEAT helpdesk platform, solving their data access problems could have been a daunting task for Coppin State University (CSU). Adding complexity, it needed a BI solution that would not take two or three years to implement. Finally it had to be easy-to-use with minimal training since it would be deployed to 200 users across the organization. CSU selected SQL Server and Windows Server 2000 as the best choice for moving forward. They also implemented Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 for in-depth data analysis, an integrated performance management application designed to help improve operational and financial performance across the organization.

Tags: Database Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Maintaining the Buzz in Media: Better Business Intelligence Helps ITV Keep on Top2007-10-17 Microsoft Tips
  ITV is the largest commercial TV company in the United Kingdom (U.K.), with almost 50 per cent market share and an annual spend of around £1 billion (U.S.$1.98 billion) on programming. ITV worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner IMGroup to create a business intelligence platform offering highly sophisticated analytics and reports. The platform comprises Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Microsoft Office Excel.

Tags: Database Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing		   
whitepaper Microsoft Drives Corporate Performance With Office PerformancePoint Server 20072007-10-08 Microsoft Tips
  With hundreds of internal organizations and business groups, Microsoft Corporation found it challenging to ensure that everyone through every level of the enterprise was aligned with its business goals. Microsoft's business process relied largely on the various groups sharing targets and results by emailing standalone Excel files. This created concerns around data inaccuracies, inconsistencies and security. The perfect solution presented itself in Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, an integrated performance management application with comprehensive capabilities that include budget and forecasting, which are essential for establishing the targets to support the company's strategies and objectives. Based on Microsoft Office and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 also offers scalability, data management and security, and a familiar, easy-to use-interface for data entry using Microsoft Excel.

Tags: Database Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing