Microsoft Business Intelligence Solutions. Empowered By Knowledge

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1 Microsoft Business Intelligence Solutions Empowered By Knowledge

2 Are your management reports telling you everything about your business performance? How can I reduce overall costs? Why are sales below target? How can I acquire and retain profitable customers? What can I do to improve customer satisfaction? Business Intelligence will give you the answers. Right Now! How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose. Bill Gates

3 Our Vision for Business Intelligence: To improve organisations by providing business insights to all employees, leading to better, faster, more relevant decisions. Why Business Intelligence? To understand how their business is performing, business analysts and decision makers often spend 90% of their time piecing the information together and only 10% analysing it. Business Intelligence (BI) changes this dynamic and delivers: - greater accuracy on business decisions with an up-to-the-minute picture of the company s health - reduction of costly overheads - sales information that can direct marketing efforts on more lucrative opportunities - more accurate revenue forecasts - improved customer and vendor relationships - increased operational efficiency What is Business Intelligence? BI solutions allow businesses to plan, measure and respond quickly to the changing business landscape. By having precise and timely knowledge of how the business is performing, managers of any sized business can make informed decisions that can have an instant impact on the bottom line. BI provides a powerful yet easy-to-use means to report on and analyse financial, sales, customer or other business data. From the CEO to the finance department, from sales to the warehouse, every person requires different information to measure the success of their department or individual performance. BI allows businesses to define key performance indicators and measure the associated activity against them. Strategic, tactical and operational reporting is delivered across the organisation in a secure fashion.

4 SIMPLIFY AND SHARE: Take control of your business with BI CRM Business Performance Management Senior Executives Retail www Documents Data Analysis Business Analysts / Middle Managers Financial System Operational Reporting Warehouse Inventory HR Data Warehouse Operational Staff BI delivers strategic, tactical and operational reporting across the organisation. Professional Advantage's BI Services Robust performance management through personalised Key Performance Indicators and Business Scorecards Similar to traffic lights, this solution is used by managers as a quick visual indication on how business is performing against forecast, target or budget. Single reporting solution across multiple systems within organisation and external sources Combining data from multiple systems across organisation, such as financials, CRM, warehousing or any other, enables you to report on KPIs that are ordinarily not available from a single source. For example, revenue per full time employee per hours worked, revenue and expenses per square meter of the store space, etc. Rich reporting and analysis Interact with your data to get the information you need. A report may give you one answer and create three new questions - avoid dead-ends and answer them yourself with self-service reports. Integration with Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel is considered the world's most accepted analytic tool. Professional Advantage's BI solutions utilise the full power of Excel, minus the headaches caused by such issues as inconsistencies of formulas, lack of formatting, recency of data, etc. The familiarity of Excel to users significantly reduces training costs and improves acceptance by staff. Cost effective solutions by leveraging your current technology investment Professional Advantage's BI solutions bring analysis capabilities to mid-sized companies that were previously only available to the very large organisations, at a fraction of the cost. The use of industry standard applications drives down the cost of change management and increases uptake by the users. In addition, organisations are able to extract more value from their current Microsoft technology investment, including Microsoft SQL, Windows and Microsoft Office.

5 Business Intelligence Services at a Glance - Data Warehousing - Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) - Reporting & Analytics - Business Performance Management - Business Scorecards - Data Mining Dashboards can be delivered to users either through online tools or familiar interfaces such as Excel. Business Scorecards can be used to provide quick snapshots of how your organisation is performing.

6 When we saw the capabilities of (Business Intelligence) it was clear that we had been spending a great deal of time organising and drawing together desparate measures of data, and only achieving a fraction of the intelligence that it could offer. Now we have the potential to realise a tenfold increase in value from Business Intelligence we produce. Sandra Crestani Director of Sales, Media Monitors Professional Advantage and Business Intelligence Professional Advantage is Australia's premier provider of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. The company also delivers financial management, ERP, retail management, CRM, Microsoft Office, SharePoint products and technology solutions to over 600 clients across a range of industries. Using Microsoft tools such as Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services and additional technologies, Professional Advantage builds high-performance business intelligence solutions within any data environment. Professional Advantage's implementation methodology gives you a complete picture upfront. Our Implementation Planning Study followed by a phased roll out of the solution helps reduce risks and focuses on delivery of value at each phase. Professional Advantage's award-winning BI solutions have been recognised at a number of international events, such as a Finalist Business Intelligence Solution of the Years at Microsoft's worldwide partner conferences. Professional Advantage was selected because of its innovative use of Microsoft's latest technologies that offer clear benefits to customers. "It was an honour for us to receive so many amazing business applications of our products," said Rosa Garcia, General Manager of Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft, "but Professional Advantage clearly stood out among the many highquality entries we received."

7 One of the core deliverables for the project was a quick return on investment from a rapid implementation. The implementation was complete within five months (including development) and at this stage we expect a complete return within two years - aligning with our expectations. Mei Ling Chu IT Manager, Adsteam Marine The Professional Advantage Difference At Professional Advantage, we believe that any business is only as good as its people. That's why we make an effort to attract and retain the best talent in the IT industry. In recognition of our success, Professional Advantage has been named as one of the top employers to work for in Australia. We have also been honoured with numerous business and vendor awards, including Microsoft Global Business Intelligence finalist for several consecutive years and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Business Intelligence. These awards give you the confidence that Professional Advantage will provide you with the best service available in the industry today.

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