Understand your business BETTER. Intuitive. Location Aware. Cool Interface. BUSINESS ANALYTICS

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1 Understand your business BETTER Intuitive. Location Aware. Cool Interface. BUSINESS ANALYTICS

2 THE NEED FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS In today s highly competitive market place, where business and technology change rapidly, it is imperative to continuously measure, monitor and manage an organization s performance, and receive intelligent business insights. With the volume of data that is available, the questions facing the industry is: Are you equipped for this challenge? How do I refine available information so I can make better decisions? How can I seamlessly cover all aspects of Reporting, Business Performance Management, Business Activity Monitoring, Operational Analytics and Business Intelligence with one unified product? How do I integrate data from multiple sources and yet provide the right information to the right person at the right time? How do I manage multiple vendors while keeping the TCO low?

3 BUSINESS ANALYTICS BUSINESS ANALYTICS ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE Ramco Business Analytics (RBA), powered by Ramco DecisionWorks TM, is a comprehensive, smart, easy-to use and web-architected Business Intelligence platform that offers prepackaged analytical applications across various industry verticals. It adds value by: Empowering business users to create and author their own content Processing data from multiple transaction systems into information and storing it in Data Warehouses Presenting information in multiple formats through scorecards and dashboards Raising exceptions through business rules and using corrective actions as defined by workflows Facilitating the intelligence process of converting raw data to wisdom Ensuring effectiveness of strategy implementation and building the long-term competitiveness of the organization Providing holistic Performance Management through deep domain expertise

4 Key Features Ramco DecisionWorks TM facilitates the development of rich logical analytical models, and addresses diverse analytical requirements through the following capabilities: Data Integration Capabilities A comprehensive and robust data integration platform for capturing and transforming all types of data Ability to connect several disparate transaction systems Ability to support multiple data integration strategies like ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) and ELT (Extract-Load-Transform) ContentWorks: A model-driven architectural framework for automating the data warehousing Software Development Life Cycle Generation of industry-specific physical and logical data models Compliance reporting Basic and advanced integration capabilities providing support for Data Quality and Master Data Management Querying and Reporting Capabilities Enterprise-wide diverse reporting requirements like Pixel Perfect Reporting, Dynamic Reporting, Compliance Reporting, Analytical Reporting and Adhoc Reporting Supports multiple kinds of formats and delivery modes, including support for XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) Ease of use for the business user, enabled through wizards and pre-defined templates

5 Key Features Performance, Visualization and Conformance Management Capabilities Pre-built management frameworks like Balanced Scorecard, and Management by objectives Integrates the various layers of management (Strategic, Tactical and Operational layers), so as to provide visibility, alignment and optimization across the enterprise Helps in executing any business process either internal or external that requires understanding the risks involved and a control mechanism to mitigate the risks Provides a configurable platform that can create rich and varied information visualizations like Charts, Tree Maps, Strategy Maps, Cause effect Maps, Tables, Pivot Charts, etc. Supports complete self-service Business Intelligence through Discover Author Publish View, enabling the end users to discover their own insights through dynamic Analysis Work Bench for versatile querying and drill downs Author content for instant decision-making, using a flexible and interactive Drag & Drop and Chart Wizard Publish the content to portal by using the powerful Design Dashboard Wizard, where the end user can himself/ herself design the portal and then view the content in the portal Several role based information pathways are built using the information visualization paradigm of Overview Zoom Details, delivering the required information in the right format at the right time, avoiding any overload or under load of information Information pathways are organized into the paradigm of Exceptions Trends Patterns, facilitating the end user towards actionable insights Planning and Budgeting Capabilities Automation of the entire planning process, including plan initiation preparation generation evaluation monitoring Flexible, configurable workflows for automating the complete planning process and providing seamless integration for Performance Management, Business Intelligence and Reporting Rule based forecasting, creation of various what if scenarios and linked plans

6 IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY RBA uses a spiral implementation methodology to address the performance management initiatives in a phased manner. The quick wins from initial spirals facilitate early adoption of performance initiatives, which can then cascade into an organization wise implementation, resulting in sustainable benefits. Technical & Analytical Capabilities Infrastructural support for ad hoc collaborations across various layers like B2B, B2U, U2U, System to System through components like Workflow, Alerts, Comments and Issue Management Analytical solutions for deployment on Cloud as well as On premise Scalable platform which: Provides tools for application manageability Is interoperable across various databases Is built on a layered architecture principle Supports n-tier deployment and empowers end users to build, configure and distribute their content Industry specific decision and analytical models that offer high performance, advanced analytical solutions, which come with a preloaded in memory analytical database platform In memory processing engine for planning, scheduling, simulation, and optimization, supported by agent based technologies and a complete suite of query engines