Business intelligence, or BI, sometimes called “data surfacing,” refers to software applications used to analyze an organization’s data, transforming it into useful information for business analysis.
BI as a discipline is made up of several related activities, including data mining, online analytical processing, querying and reporting.
Among other uses, BI tools empower organizations to gain insight into new markets, assess demand and suitability of products and services for different market segments, and gauge the impact of marketing efforts.
BI can help you by:
- Eliminating guesswork
- Getting quicker, more accurate answers to your business questions
- Generating key business metric reports when and where you need them
- Providing insight into customer behavior
- Identifying cross-selling and up-selling opportunities
- Streamlining operations
- Improving efficiency
- Furnishing insight into your true costs
- Helping to manage your inventory better
- Revealing critical trends in your business
ISM provides several tools to help you with your BI requirements.
BizInsight
BizInsight™ is a business reporting and analytics solution that provides real-time access to your business data from Microsoft® Office Excel®. It delivers simple, yet powerful capabilities to anyone who uses spreadsheets….
Crystal Reports
SAP Crystal Solutions is the standard reporting tool for Sage Software Products.
DataSelf
DataSelf Analytics is a simple and intuitive enterprise-level business intelligence platform designed for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, managers, salespeople – in fact, just about anyone who wants to slice, dice, and discover their data with dashboards, visualizations, or reports.
FYISoft
FYISoft is a web-based solution offering comprehensive financial reporting and analysis that streamlines the design, creation and distribution of financial information….
Sage Business Insights
This new module empowers you to quickly and easily obtain the information required for improved operations and reporting across your entire business. Based on the familiar Microsoft® Excel®….
Sage MAS Intelligence
This new module empowers you to quickly and easily obtain the information required for improved operations and reporting across your entire business. Based on the familiar Microsoft® Excel®….
Solver
Solver BI360 is a complete Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) suite with Reporting, Budgeting, Data Warehouse, and Dashboard modules. Modules like BI360 Reporting can also be purchased stand-alone.
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