July 13, 2011
A recent study by MSDynamicsWorld.com revealed that, of the 432 Microsoft Dynamics users they surveyed, only 70% of them were relying on facts and data analysis to make business decisions. 21% are trusting instincts and opinions rather than the data. These same respondents ranked “achieving operational efficiency”, “containing costs”, and “managing inventory” as their top priorities [...]
January 31, 2011
Why Business Intelligence and Dashboards are Changing the Face of Reporting There’s an old adage that says “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Maybe that’s why businesses today are scrapping their traditional reports with endless rows of tabular data and replacing them with business intelligence tools and visual dashboards that are simple to read and [...]
June 9, 2010
During one of the sessions here at the BI Conference I learned about a new feature to SQL Server 2008 R2 called Master Data Services(MDS). It is a way for business users to do several things with the data that are not always captured in the ERP or CRM systems.
April 6, 2010
Microsoft is phasing out their FRx financial reporting product and releasing Management Reporter (MR), the reporting engine which will be the foundation upon which future budgeting and planning functionality will be built.
December 31, 2009
2009 will be remembered as one that was challenging for businesses everywhere. Although this year presented many challenges to Socius, it also gave us a lot to celebrate! As this year comes to a close, I wanted to take a look back at the highlights by month.
November 20, 2009
If you haven't taken advantage of the Business Insights Explorer in Sage MAS 90 and 200 yet, then you are missing out on some great tools to view and analyze your data. Socius consultant, Alan Niergarth has provided you with some quick tips to get started using this powerful tool.
October 27, 2009
Microsoft Excel is the current leader in business intelligence technologies. Learn about 5 reasons why people don't use Excel for BI and how they can be debunked.
September 11, 2009
Virtually every small, midsized, and large business can benefit from BI. Learn about the benefits a BI solution offers to an organization regardless of size.
February 3, 2012 by Brett Pitstick
January 26, 2012 by Jeff Smith
January 24, 2012 by Christine Satariano
January 19, 2012 by Socius
