Let’s talk about Business Intelligence Software

Last Blog introduced BI.  With high-speed computers, the web and databases everyone can access, BI software has made the next Quantum Leap!  So, what can we do with BI Software?

According to Microsoft, using such tools as MS Office and MS SharePoint Services, users can create their own reports analyzing their own data and those they can access.  This allows companies to scale the needs of users to quickly respond to changing needs of the organization.

Where is BI being used right now?

MEDICAL is…using data analysis to keep track of constantly moving regulatory changes, health care reform and care quality.

FINANCIAL SERVICES are…using data analysis to mitigate risk, increase customer retention and manage performance.

COMMUNICATION is…using data analysis to enhance the customer experience, integrate accounting and customize new service delivery.

RETAIL is…using data analysis to better manage already huge databases to satisfy customers, manage inventory and track orders to vendors to just-in-time deliveries.

EDUCATIONS is…using data analysis to use every shrinking resources to provide the most effective learning experience and boost excellence.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES are…using data analysis to provide legal firms, accounting practices, construction and IT providers (to name just a few) to advance performance and make informed decisions.

MANUFACTURING is…using data analysis to mitigate risk, gain visibility and focus on teamwork.

GOVERNMENT is…using data analysis to measure performance, bring awareness to situations, handle changing IT needs and manage and value Intelligence Systems around the nation and the world.

Go to http://Microsoft.com/BI-US/pages/home.aspx to access Microsoft’s BI TV or BI Blog. If you’d like us to come and talk to you about how BI can work for you, contact us at our website, http://www.manapp1.com . Thanks for reading!

 

Dynamics SL 2011 Has Been Released!

Dynamics SL 2011 now available

Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 raises the bar for productivity, performance, and growth with the familiar user experience your people need, operations and insight that deliver results your customers want, and new ways for project-driven organizations to adapt—and thrive—in a connected world. New capabilities deliver faster access to personalized business intelligence, enhanced ways to streamline business processes, and new ways to build stronger business relationships.

If you are interested in looking at a webcast for the newest and greatest version of Dynamics SL, check our website at ManApp1.com. 

For government contractors and Project Controller in Dynamics SL:  A Great AddOn.

Thirteen new reports will be added to Project Controller. These reports show summaries and supporting detail for Project and Task Labor, ODC, Indirect Costs, Revenue and Fee (Profit) at Target and Actual rates.
The following reports will be added to the Project Controller menu under “Government Contractor Reports”:

·         (PA300a) Job Summary – Project at Target

·         (PA300b) Job Summary - Task at Target

·         (PA300c) Job Summary - Project at Actual

·         (PA300d) Job Summary - Task at Actual

·         (PA310) Job Summary - Labor Hours Detail

·         (PA320) Job Summary - Labor Hours and Cost Detail

·         (PA330) Job Summary - ODC Detail

·         (PA340) Job Summary - Revenue Detail

·         (PA350a) Cost Summary at Target

·         (PA350b) Cost Summary at Actual

·         (PA360a) Project Revenue at Target

·         (PA360b) Project Revenue at Actual

·         (PA370) Indirect Cost Analysis Report

Contained with the download, is a document called "GovernmentContractReportsSetup.docx" which contains detailed Installation Instructions and instructions on Implementing these new reports

Government Contractor features and the new Report Pack for Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 FP

One more word on ‘the cloud’

For anyone interested in a new “In The Cloud” complimentary webcast, sign up for July 19, 2011 at 2pm on-line to see ‘leading experts discuss the essential technologies to enable defensible security from mobile to cloud.’  The speakers are Kurt Roemer (Citrix Systems) and Steve Deutsch (Intel).  It is only one hour long and should be interesting and informative.

The title of the presentation is “Now And Into theFuture:  A View of Security, Privacy andTrust for the Cloud Era.”