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
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Roundtable Recap: The Most Important Things to Know Before, During and After a TM1 Implementation
One of our clients, Orchard Brands, recently participated in an IBM virtual roundtable, and we thought it would be useful to share our recap of the major themes and notable points that each panelist had to offer. The panel included four different…
July 10, 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…
May 6, 2015
There’s Always Room to Grow with TM1
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood's Shane Bethea. For the past year and a half I’ve been a consultant with Revelwood, working on numerous client projects involving IBM Cognos TM1. While I was well-versed in TM1 before joining Revelwood, I’m…
February 12, 2015
Revelwood’s BPM Suite Named Best FP&A Technology Tool
We’re pleased to share that yesterday the Revelwood BPM Suite (now called Lightspeed) was named Best FP&A Technology Tool at the Financial Forecasting & Planning Innovation Conference! The BPM Suite is an out-of-the box implementation accelerator for mid-market and enterprise financial planning, reporting and…
September 11, 2013
IBM’s Mark Enslin on Revelwood’s IBM Gold TM1 Accreditation
Mark Enslin, business analytics accreditation program manager for IBM, sat down with us to talk about the IBM Software Practice Accelerator and how Revelwood became the first IBM Business Partner to earn IBM Cognos TM1 Gold Accreditation Q: Can you give us…
August 13, 2013
The ROI of Analytics
The Oakland Athletics general manager, Billy Beane, proved the ROI of analytics and shared it in the wildly popular book and movie, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Nucleus Research has proved that analytics delivers for business as well; the…
July 9, 2013
Beyond Budgeting: The Case for Rolling Forecasts
Recently I had the opportunity to hear my CEO, Ken Wolf, speak at the New Jersey Chapter of Financial Executive Internationals on the much debated topic of rolling forecasts. A former accountant, self-proclaimed rolling forecast advocate, and CEO of a performance management…