Most companies, both large and small, have in place a wide assortment of reporting systems. Sometimes they are
integrated together. Sometimes it’s just one person with Excel. In either case, Analytix On Demand can offer a better
way of reporting on your company and driving decisions armed with better information.
Small Companies
Small company Executives typically rely on Excel + a business analyst for their reporting,
planning and analysis. There’s nothing wrong with this approach when you are a very small
operation. However, as you grow to hundreds of employees or hundreds of millions in
revenue; it’s just not an effective approach. Not only is the Excel + analyst an error-prone
model, but it also is impossible to properly scale your planning across the enterprise and is
typically characterized by delays as business analysts run around seeking and collating
relevant data.
Large Companies
If you are part of a large company, then you likely have reporting and analytics system(s) in
place. But when it comes to understanding what’s happening for a given customer, account,
or partner across all those applications things can get a little frustrating. In addition, one
department may be applying techniques to a given measurement to show it in the best
possible light. You don’t necessarily have a “single version of the truth.”
We built the AOD Enterprise business intelligence solution to serve as a single source of
information for "what's going on" across your enterprise. We know from experience that it’s
difficult enough to work together across departments with different agendas, but if you start
with different numbers it becomes nearly impossible.
Our solution is designed to consolidate all your enterprise business intelligence data into easy to read dashboards and
charts. Once you see a trend worth investigating you can drill all the way down to the most granular level of detail.
- Dashboards and predefined reports based on true business intelligence expertise
- Ad hoc reporting and granular drilldown capabilities
- Pre-built integration with most of the major business systems in existence
- Consolidation of data across all departments
- Easy access via almost any web browser (Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome)
- Cross-tabulation across all departmental data
- Drag and drop dashboard creation for on-the-fly view customizations
In addition, we are constantly improving our systems and interface. There’s not extra charge to your company. It just
happens. All you need is a web browser and the ongoing improvements will just “appear” over time.
For most medium to large sized companies, we can help them out. There are the rare
exceptions where they have exceptional systems are already in place. But if you are one of
those organizations, I doubt you would be reading this…. below are a few examples of when
you should drop us a line.
Your IT team is “green”
AOD lives and breathes business intelligence. Not only has our team been doing this for well
over a decade for Fortune 500 companies, but we continue to enhance that experience every
single day. Does anyone on your IT team have that kind of experience? If so, we are hiring…
Data Security is Important
Our entire business is based on the idea that your data is secure. Think about it. If your IT group has a breach then there
are some tense moments and maybe someone loses their bonus…but then life resumes. If we have a breach it can result
in lawsuits and going out of business completely. We also work with Axxera, a leading software security firm, to ensure
the availability of the networks, intrusion detection and conduct forensic analysis of any attacks. All of our data systems
reside in SAS 70 Type II facilities.
The Existing Business Intelligence system works well but it’s inflexible
AOD can fill in the gaps in the system without running up the bills. Our monthly billing, low cost model will pay for itself
quickly. We are complimentary to the existing systems.
Your IT Team is reviewing Business Intelligence Solutions
Please introduce us to them. If they are not considering a SaaS model, then it is worth their consideration.
Moving Quickly is of the Essence
We’ll have you up and running in 30 days or less. The world cannot stand still while you wait
for IT to work their way around to your project. And frankly, IT hates it when you call them
every day to ask them “can we done yet?”
Data Normalization Sounds Scary to You
The beauty of AOD is that we take something super complex and difficult and make it look
simple. It’s sort of like the guy (Bob Ross) who used to paint pretty pictures on public TV and
make it look easy…the reality is he was a genius. We are not geniuses. However, as long as you
can show us where your data resides, we can take it from there and make you look like a genius.
Your Business is Seasonal
If your business is seasonal, it means ALL your systems are going to be taxed at the same time and that ALL your IT systems
folks are going to be very busy. Why not outsource to experts who deal with massive amounts of data every single day?
Data Sources are Plentiful
One of the major challenges with business intelligence is making sure data is clean and that it is tied properly to other sources
of data. We do this every day with data from systems like Salesforce and Quickbooks…but also from homegrown systems.
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