1. Navision Business Analytics
Joyce Leung, Partner Technology Specialist

2. In the next hour… Business Intelligence Need & Opportunity
Navision Business Analytics Solution Overview
Features, Benefits, Solution Architecture
Solution Demo
Microsoft’s Vision for BI & Integrated Innovation

3. What Is Business Intelligence?
A broad category of applications and technologies used for gathering, storing, analyzing and reporting data
BI applications provide access to critical data to help enterprise users make better business decisions

4. Today’s Information Challenges
Common Reporting Issues
Understanding company’s performance
Lack of business logic turning data into decision supporting information
Standard reports do not provide customized information relevant to the individual users
Struggle with complex multi-dimensional analysis
Difficulties sharing information
Business Logic
Integration
Timely
Distribution ?
Data Sources
Reports
Analysis

5. Other Business Intelligence Solutions
Focused on specific tactical area or technology
Lack enterprise wide strategic focus
Has led to pockets of Business Intelligence rather than pervasive Business Intelligence
Require users to learn complex new interfaces
Insight only available while working with specialized Business Intelligence tools
Not designed for use at every level of the organization
Usually expensive and complex to implement – ROI often a long way off

6. What Organizations Are Asking For
An all encompassing Business Intelligence solution that reaches out to any data source
A single Business Intelligence platform to build upon
Seamlessly bring Business Intelligence information into core business processes
People at all levels of the organization able get the Business Intelligence information they need
Leverage existing investments and skill sets
A less expensive and time-consuming way to implement Business Intelligence
Project
Sales
CRM
MFG
Financial/ Accounting
Procure-ment HR
Inventory
Business
Intelligence

7. Need and Opportunity for Navision
A comprehensive analytics and reporting story
Enhance existing reporting and analytics features
Replacement of over 80% custom reports
Framework for developing custom reports
Upgrade catalyst
Rationale / motivation for upgrades
Customers will not have to redo their custom reports on new versions
Feature-rich, incentive to migrate
Competitive offering
More Cost-effective than niche BI vendors
Large customers will not have to spend on niche vendor solutions
Within reach for small customers (base solution)
Integrated solution

8. Navision BA Solution Overview
A comprehensive solution for business analytics
User-defined execution parameters for tailored reports helps provide relevant information to the individual users
Multi-dimensional, drag and drop analysis tools
Web-enabled access supporting collaboration for all contributors
Automatic report generation and scheduled distribution
Single analysis & reporting solution across
multiple application areas
Easily configurable for custom extensions
= Acceleration of reporting cycle, allowing more time for analysis √
Business Logic
Integrations
Timely Distribution
Data Sources
Reports
Analysis

9. The Setup ISV Solutions Base Solution Microsoft Navision Database
SQL
Server
DTS
Microsoft
Analysis
Cubes
DTS
Advanced
Solution
Excel

10. Base Solution: Reports
Advance Solution: Analysis, Web

11. Navision Business Analytics - Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Vision
End-to-end integrated BI platform, applications and client tools
Collaborative, comprehensive and cost effective
Personalized, pervasive, familiar

12. The Comprehensive, Integrated, Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution
Results
Improve organizational productivity
Bring Business Intelligence into core business activities
Access and analyze information on demand
Share business insight
Collaborate on business critical decisions
Leverage existing skill sets and familiar tools
Achieve maximum ROI

13. Summary: MBS Navision Integrated ERP System with Powerful Analytics
Business Intelligence is imperative to becoming a smart, connected, collaborative organization
Microsoft Business Intelligence Solutions
Comprehensive, collaborative, and cost effective
An integrated, pervasive Business intelligence platform
Powerful integrated business applications
Personalized, familiar client tools
Results
Integrate Business Intelligence into core business processes
Learn from previous decisions
Investigate opportunity
Recognize trends
React quickly to changing market conditions
Instant access to intelligence located in core business applications

14. Resources
Demo Script
Fact Sheet
Technical Whitepaper
BDM Whitepaper

16. The tool in your strategy
Business Analytics for Microsoft Business Solutions–Navision helps organizations gain business insight, make faster smarter decisions, and equip employees to contribute to organizational growth

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