(click to enlarge) Requirements gathering. So many organizations don’t realize this is often where success in a Business Intelligence (BI) deployment lives or dies. When it comes to BI, we have all heard that BI is more than just simple reporting. That’s become the BI vendor’s mantra. However, the challenge we see all the time
Read More...I gave this a passing link in our Oracle BI and PeopleSoft post last week, but I’m staring at it again and think it deserves its own post. Here’s Jeff McQuigg, writing for IT Toolbox, on the total costs of Oracle’s BI apps vs. 100% custom: When you add everything up, we estimate about a
Read More...Business Intelligence (BI) is one of those things that we can talk to clients about until our jaws cramp and they still have only a loose impression of what the business value actually looks like. Folks get the concept and the high-level potential, but they struggle to apply the concept to a real business scenario,
Read More...We previously discussed the basics of business intelligence and why companies – even in a down economy – should choose a BI tool. Today, we will explore a scenario that’s commonly talked about: having PeopleSoft ERP and Oracle BI applications happily coexist and thrive. First, the ERP side. PeopleSoft is a world-class ERP system and
Read More...For many, the notion of Business Intelligence (BI) is simply means a reporting tool or the ho-hum ability to extract data from a source system. However, with today’s technology having moved way past BI’s introductory stigma, enterprise BI is another animal entirely. Certainly reporting is part of the equation, but there are key differences between
Read More...As many in the PeopleSoft world may or may not know, Oracle is on the verge of releasing PeopleTools 8.5 this year. This release is significant because of some of the advances that have been incorporated into it. Many of the enhancements are going to greatly improve the end-user experience, and rumor has it that
Read More...These have been circulating on our Twitter feed, but for all of our new blog visitors (hi everyone!), I thought I’d post our recently-published whitepapers here. They are: PeopleSoft Maintenance Management: An Introduction and Overview of Benefits An overview of PeopleSoft Maintenance Management and its superiority relative to point solutions. This paper discusses the MM/ALM-centric
Read More...In my last post, I tried to lay the foundation for the value of aligning business metrics to make all areas of your business more strategic and value-rich. Let’s see if I can take it a step further by way of illustration. Let’s assume a scenario involving a roadway construction company. The top priority corporate
Read More...Ok. That probably got your attention! Thomas Wailgum’s recent post entitled Wake Up People! Forget Twitter and iPhone Apps, and Focus on SAP and ERP Apps had the same impact on a few of us here in the office at MiPro Consulting. Wailgum’s title is provocative. More importantly however, his blog’s point is on target.
Read More...In last week’s post, we discussed embedding Business Intelligence (BI) into the business process in order to create a workflow that is more value-add and beneficial. Now that we have explored that concept, I want to look at BI as a mechanism to make all areas of business strategic and value-add. So, work with me
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