Thanks to our customers and their innovative use of the Tensoft High Tech Dashboard (HTD), this great product has recently been named to the Dynamics World “Top 15 Add-on Products for Microsoft Dynamics GP.” This endorsement is particularly important because Dynamics World is an unbiased online resource, offering information about the products, services, solutions and [...]
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There’s Still Time To Use a Microsoft Dynamics Business Intelligence Solution for 2011
For so many people, this is the time of the year when thoughts are focused entirely on year-end and the transition to the new year. Are we going to make the forecast? Will we close that big deal? What January deal can I pull into December if we fall short on revenue? How can we [...]
continue reading...Important Business Management Lessons I Learned from Rally Car Racing
As part of a business retreat, I recently attended one day of training at the Dirtfish Rally School near Snoqualmie, WA for how to drive a rally car. After I had a chance for the adrenaline rush to settle down and think about my experience, I realized that I learned many lessons that are applicable [...]
continue reading...Shorten BI Implementation to Assure Success
According to the “BI Survey,” an annual research report conducted and written by the Business Application Research Center, the length of business intelligence projects has a big influence on how many problems occur and how many benefits companies derive from those projects. Projects of less than one month yield the most benefits. As projects [...]
continue reading...Business Intelligence, Campaign Intelligence–It’s What You Elect
Today is Election Day and it got me thinking about the kind of data campaign analysts and consultants must deal with. I imagine it’s enough to make a numbers geek (guilty!) drool. The variables are endless—region, gender, education, race, age, income, party affiliation, religion—I’ll bet someone is even trying to figure out which cereal conservative [...]
continue reading...Are You Confident Your ERP Software is Running Correctly?
A study which was published last month, found that just seven per cent of business bosses are confident the software their company is running is deployed correctly. How can that be possible? Were they present during the planning phase and beta-test period when the software was rolled out? Did they forget to mention an important [...]
continue reading...7 Reasons Microsoft Dynamics ERP Users Should Consider BI for Reporting
Should you create reports using your Microsoft Dynamics data directly in SQL? Or should you use FRx or Management Reporter? Or how about one of the many reporting tools available for Dynamics? Better yet, consider a business intelligence solution for your reporting needs. With business intelligence (BI), you can design reports right on your screen [...]
continue reading...Do You Know How to Analyze Data?
A few years ago I interviewed for a position that included some pretty significant data analysis. “Do you know how to analyze data?” asked the interviewer. Of course I did. I knew how to read all the latest data visualizations, I knew the most popular and many, many lesser-known KPIs and metrics and how they [...]
continue reading...How Business Intelligence (BI) Turns Data into Insight
With high-value information that is timely, accurate, and actionable, decision makers can steer their companies to higher profits. Business intelligence (BI) provides insights into every area of your organization—from operations to finance to marketing—that can impact your bottom line. BI allows users to manipulate data to reveal trends, similarities, and outliers through dashboards, pre-designed reports, [...]
continue reading...Effective ERP Demands Updated Business Processes
Remote operations, home-based workers and accelerating customer expectations are all reasons that smart organizations are revisiting their current business processes. Many of the processes that worked when the entire team was in one warehouse or office don’t provide the best support for the extended workplace. Customers expect immediate responses with real time status. Department managers [...]
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