Analytics

BUSINESS OBJECTS

In today’s competitive environment, companies seek to place more control and responsibility for information in the hands of the business user in lieu of the IT Department. Business Objects provides the ease of use that a company is looking for in order to reach a wider audience without the burden of the IT backlog. By doing this, companies reduce costs, lower risk, increase user adoption via more usable reporting, and realize investment potential quicker. Business Objects provides a successful front end tool with SAP and non-SAP products.

Dickinson + Associates provides the expertise to evaluate your current architecture, optimize your reporting front end and integrate multiple DataSources to support the overall EDW solution. Our success comes from enabling our clients to take ownership of a delivered solution through a process of knowledge transfer, allowing them to successfully manage their environment long after our consultant’s departure. The successes of our implementations are validated by the fact that we have a high rate of recurring business with our clients.

Business Objects professional services offered:

  • Requirements Analysis and Value Justification
  • Implementation - Software Installation and Configuration, Security, Server Tuning, Life Cycle Management, User Training
  • Migration Services - Crystal Info or Crystal Enterprise to Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.X Business Objects Enterprise 5.X or 6.X to Enterprise XI 3.X
  • Report Design and Development - Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Desktop Intelligence, Live Office, Universe Designer, Polestar, Voyager/Pioneer (OLAP Reports)
  • Dashboard and Performance Management - Dashboard Manager, Performance Manager, Xcelsius • Enterprise Performance Management - OutlookSoft
  • Integration - Single Sign On, Active Directory, Business Objects Integration Kit for SAP
  • Governance and Compliance - Field Sales
  • Product Safety

WHY DICKINSON + ASSOCIATES

Dickinson + Associates helps businesses reengineer existing processes and tools using best practices to build truly world class solutions. Our Business Objects BI/BW group delivers easier access to information that helps your company focus decisions on executive strategy, business performance, and front line operations. We provide current system audits from both the back end and front end and plan a more strategic direction for the overall good of the company. Our seasoned consultants use their real world business experience and SAP knowledge to optimize the current EDW solution and integrate SAP and Non-SAP systems for a more robust overall EDW solution.

Representative companies our consultants have served:

Business Objects:
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • ABN AMRO
  • American Dental Association
  • AT&T
  • BP America Inc.
  • Cook County Highway Department
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
  • The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • USF Corporation
Business Warehouse:
  • Applied Materials
  • Eisai, Inc.
  • Gwinnett County
  • Hu-Friedy
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • LAUSD (Los Angeles United School District)
  • Lifetime Brands
  • National Semiconductor
  • Ticketmaster
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Navy