Tuesday, March 09, 2010
 

Business Intelligence - faster, better, and proven.

 


BUSINESS IMPACT ANNOUNCES
BI TEMPLATES FOR DYNAMICS NAV 

 

Dear Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner,

Are your customers asking about Business Intelligence solutions for Microsoft Dynamics NAV?    Are they frustrated trying to use Excel and the imbedded reporting that comes with Dynamics NAV?   Until now there were limited solutions to this problem. Reports could be custom built using Reporting Services. BI front-end tools were available, but then reports and analytics had to be developed. Many users purchased pre-built Analysis Services cubes. And, as always, customers tried to dump data into Excel.   All of these solutions had severe limitations which became especially noticeable as the customers’ requirements grew. 

Custom reports took too long to develop and were too expensive. BI front-end tools needed to access the Dynamics NAV application data which could greatly impact the production system. Analysis Services cubes could be built or purchased, but were just about impossible to customize. And finally, Excel is just, Excel. And what if the customer wanted to bring in some in-house application data? Forget about it.
 
The solution to the problem… the Business Impact Template Solution for Microsoft Dynamic NAV…a pre-packaged, quick-start solution that includes a fully functional dimensional data warehouse, OLAP cubes and reports for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV financial system. Support for Dynamics NAV Sales, Inventory, Open Orders and GL is included in the current version.
 
Benefits of Template Solution for Microsoft Dynamics NAV
  • Based on a fully functional, fully documented dimensional data warehouse
  • Analysis Services Cubes automatically generated
  • Functional prototype with your customer’s data built in 24 hours
  • Running in production in 5 days
  • Easily extensible
  • Use your customer’s BI front-end tool or implement a BI front-end recommended by Business Impact
 
 “This project was the most cost effective AND had the highest impact of any IT project we’ve ever done.”     Director of IT at Opus One
24 Hour Challenge
 
In today’s difficult economic times, companies want to know what they are getting for their investment. That is why Business Impact has created the Business Impact 24 Hour Data Challenge. By providing a sample of your customer's data, Business Impact will develop a fully functional, fully documented dimensional data warehouse along with Analysis Services OLAP cubes and sample reports that can be shown to the business owners the following day. If they like what they see and are ready to move forward, this solution can be up and running within five business days.
 
Highly Extensible
 
But best of all this solution is highly extensible. Without affecting the core data warehouse, customers can add data from other sources such as a CRM application. That data can then be used to populate the Template’s existing fact tables or cubes or can be used to populate new fact tables or cubes. It’s their choice.   Reporting no longer has to access the customer’s source system data and historical data can be stored in the data warehouse.
 
Best of Breed Tools
 
Business Impact has brought together best of breed tools for this solution.   WhereScape RED builds, deploys, operates and enhances the data warehouse and Analysis Services cubes. For reporting, almost any reporting tool that the customer currently has can be used, provided the tool can read an Analysis Services cube or a fact/aggregate table.   If the customer is using Excel today and wants to upgrade to a more sophisticated solution, Business Impact recommends that they look at the tools from TARGIT or Strategy Companion. Finally, if the customer is concerned that the data stored in their source systems may have integrity issues, Business Impact has a low cost solution that will allow for the data to be profiled and cleansed.
 
Customer References and Case Studies
 
This is a proven solution with customers up and running in production today. Every customer using the Business Impact Template Solution for Microsoft Dynamic NAV will tell you that the implementation times that we have stated above are accurate and that they have seen immediate benefits from the solution.   Case studies can be furnished upon request.
 
If You Need a Custom Template
 
If you have an industry specific focus and offer solutions beyond financials, let us know if you would be interested in having Business Impact create a Template Solution focused on your area of expertise.
 
Contact us
 
If you are interested in finding out more about this solution, how to position this to your customers or how to put it on your pricing sheet, please contact us.
 
  
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