Life Lessons Learned as an Intern at Revelwood
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood intern, Zachary Vinik. When I told friends and family that I was interning at an established business they all made jokes. “You are just going to organize papers and deliver coffee to everyone.” My…
August 16, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Creating IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Content (Part 2)
This blog is intended to continue and build upon the previous blog How to Create IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Content. In this blog, I will provide an overview on building the remaining content (second and third row of visualizations) in the Dashboard…
August 1, 2016
Meet Alex Needham: Ridding the World of Inefficient Planning and Reporting
I started my career in the automotive industry. I started off as an intern and worked my way up to FP&A coordinator / assistant manager over five years. During this time, I realized how much time our Financial team wasted on horrifically…
June 1, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Cash Flow Modeling with IBM TM1
As a senior consultant with Revelwood for nearly seven years, I’ve had the opportunity to design and develop a large number of TM1 models for various aspects of budgeting, planning and forecasting. Some client engagements are very straightforward – simply transition the…
March 15, 2016
Why Revelwood’s Professional Services Group is Different
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood's Lee Lazarow. Designing and developing successful business analytics applications requires a unique blend of skills; a team must understand both the nuances of the technology and the idiosyncrasies of business. We’ve built – and…
February 11, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Working with TM1 in the Cloud
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood's Susan Musselman. As a senior consultant with Revelwood, I’ve had the opportunity to work on many different implementations of IBM Cognos TM1. But last year I was able to tackle a very cool project…
January 19, 2016
The Power of Decisions: Analytical Decision Management
A great way to explain the analytics maturity and value curve is to use the idea of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Analytics consultants and thought leaders love to frame the field in these terms, if for no other reason than to…
December 7, 2015
Top 5 Questions Answered from IBM Customers on Predictive Analytics
I recently presented the Predictive Customer Intelligence solution from IBM to a group of executives at the Memorial Golf Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. The audience spanned the retail, insurance and banking industries and all had one common challenge: how can we "do…
June 22, 2015
A Strange Journey from Hospitality to TM1 Consulting
Just about a year ago I joined Revelwood as an associate consultant working on client implementations using IBM Cognos TM1 and IBM Cognos ICM. It was a great move for so many reasons, but also a surprising one in the context of…