Menu
Close
A good Business Intelligence solution will give your company a competitive advantage, and there are many compelling reasons why all business owners should make it a priority to invest in one. Here are the top three: Reason 1: Automate reporting processes Most companies face constant pressure to increase profitability, improve cash flow, reduce costs, and […]
Do you need to know how many customers you have invoiced this month? When creating a Pivot Table and adding your customers to both the row labels and again in the value area, each transaction is totaled for each customer. This does not give a true reflection of how many customers you have invoiced. In […]
If you’ve experienced the mishap of mistakenly closing a file while working on it, or losing it due to a power failure or gremlin in your computer, you’ll know how frustrating it can be. Fortunately, changes were made in Microsoft® Excel® 2010 and 2013 which make the process to recover an unsaved workbook much simpler. […]
From Excel 2010, there’s a way to automatically highlight upcoming and past due dates. For example, if you have expiry dates for stock in a spreadsheet, it’s possible to highlight the stock that has expired as well as the stock that will expire within 30 days. This is achievable with conditional formatting. Below is a […]
Have a look at the Softline blog for views on the synergies between Softline and Alchemex and why the Alchemex business intelligence solution is a natural extension of Softline’s business applications: http://blog.softline.co.za/2011/12/01/softline-bolsters-business-intelligence-offering-with-alchemex-acquisition/ Softline and Alchemex are part of the Sage Group plc.
Reason 3: Get immediate ROI Typically the barriers to adoption of BI are cost and complexity. An integrated BI solution makes deployment rapid without any IT hurdles, allowing for an immediate return on investment. Because it is a module of your existing accounting package, no new relationships or extensive IT investments are required. It can […]
Reason 2: Make insightful decisions The ability to make better decisions and proactively solve issues is crucial to success at every level of an organization, every day. And as companies grow or face stiffer competition, the need to make these decisions based on meaningful information quickly becomes an imperative. Most businesses need to be agile […]
Business Intelligence (BI) will give companies a competitive advantage during the next decade and there are many compelling reasons why mid-sized businesses should make it a priority to invest in an integrated Excel-based BI solution sooner rather than later. Below is just one reason why mid-market enterprises need BI. Reason 1: Automate reporting processes All […]
All companies face constant pressure to increase profitability, improve cash flow, reduce costs, and reduce risk in order to improve financial performance. The ability to make good decisions and proactively solve issues is crucial to success at every level of an organization, every day. And as smaller companies grow or face stiffer competition, the need […]
© Sage South Africa Pty Ltd 2020
.
All Rights Reserved.