Years ago, an “accounting system” was just that – a place to enter and manage general ledger entries, invoices, and payments. But today’s full-featured ERP systems touch so many more aspects of your business from customers, order processing and inventory management to shop floor control, employees and payroll, and project management.
With all of the data going into your Sage ERP system, you need something powerful to slice, dice and convert that data into meaningful charts, graphs, reports and insights to run your business effectively. That’s where Sage Enterprise Intelligence (SEI) comes in. Here are the top 4 benefits of this robust and agile business intelligence reporting tool.
With all of the data going into your Sage ERP system, you need something powerful to slice, dice and convert that data into meaningful charts, graphs, reports and insights to run your business effectively. That’s where Sage Enterprise Intelligence (SEI) comes in. Here are the top 4 benefits of this robust and agile business intelligence reporting tool.
1. Real-time Reporting and Analysis
Sage Enterprise Intelligence offers fast, online analytical processing (OLAP) of even the largest database. Because who has time to wait around while your reporting tool struggles to digest all the data? With the engine that drives SEI, you get real-time insights to make key decisions quickly and decisively.
And not only is the technology fast, the features and interface that help you slice and dice the data are intuitive and easy to use. That means you spend less time fumbling through functions and looking for data and more time analyzing and acting on it.
And not only is the technology fast, the features and interface that help you slice and dice the data are intuitive and easy to use. That means you spend less time fumbling through functions and looking for data and more time analyzing and acting on it.
2. It’s Interactive and Personalized
SEI provides you with a simple tool to not only access and analyze your ERP data, but also setup personalized dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) so you get quick access to the data that’s most meaningful to your role in the organization.
SEI interactive tools enable you to drill down or drill up to see transaction details and how they are affecting your bottom line. Sage Enterprise Intelligence provides an instant diagnostic—whether you want
to look at supply chain performance, quality issues, or how to build a bigger sales pipeline.
And because it's totally integrated with your Sage ERP solution, SEI eliminates the need to export or "dump" data into Excel or some other 3rd party platform which streamlines analysis and cuts the time to decision.
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SEI interactive tools enable you to drill down or drill up to see transaction details and how they are affecting your bottom line. Sage Enterprise Intelligence provides an instant diagnostic—whether you want
to look at supply chain performance, quality issues, or how to build a bigger sales pipeline.
And because it's totally integrated with your Sage ERP solution, SEI eliminates the need to export or "dump" data into Excel or some other 3rd party platform which streamlines analysis and cuts the time to decision.
See Also: Top Sage Add-ons
3. You Can Share and Collaborate
Sage Enterprise Intelligence not only facilitates timely decision making, it allows you to easily share information across your organization (data visibility is based on security and user access controls of course). You'll improve decision-making collaboration with the ability to:
- Easily share up-to-date reporting information
- Automatically notify managers and executives of critical events
- Provide polished, professional reports for timely review
4. SEI is Familiar and Mobile
While Excel is easy to use and just about everyone is familiar with it, it's not designed to handle the volume of data in today's ERP systems. But with SEI, you can still leverage those existing spreadsheet skills with the available Excel-based interface.
What's more, SEI is web-based which means you can access your business intelligence reporting tool from a variety of mobile devices and tablets so you can track performance and make timely decisions from anywhere you are. This not only increases productivity, but also allows managers to stay engaged even when they’re out of the office.
What's more, SEI is web-based which means you can access your business intelligence reporting tool from a variety of mobile devices and tablets so you can track performance and make timely decisions from anywhere you are. This not only increases productivity, but also allows managers to stay engaged even when they’re out of the office.
Fast and Powerful Decision Making
With Sage Enterprise Intelligence, you can go beyond the limits of spreadsheets to get a real-time view of your data and transform it into meaningful insight. Leveraging the easy to use web interface and built-in ERP integration, you'll further reduce the time to decision and stay connected even when you're away from the office.
