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Creating a Technical Planning Model for IBM Cognos TM1
A global publisher in the areas of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly research has turned to IBM Cognos TM1 for a top-down approach to a custom technical planning model. To some, that might seem an odd choice, since TM1 is typically used…
September 15, 2017
Survey Finds the Office of Finance to Double its Adoption of Analytics
The IBM Center for Applied Insights surveyed 337 senior finance leaders on their adoption of analytics. It may not be surprising, but the survey found that organizations plan to double adoption of analytics in all areas of finance in the next two…
September 13, 2017
Top 10 Steps for a Successful FPM Project
We’ve created a list of the top 10 steps organizations should take for a successful financial performance management project. These steps were honed over more than two decades of experience designing and implementing financial performance management solutions based on IBM Analytics technologies.…
September 8, 2017
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics: Using the full power of MDX
Many of you know that MDX can be used in your current IBM Cognos TM1 environment to create dynamic subsets and row expansions, but did you know that MDX can also be used to create an entire view of data? TM1’s initial…
August 1, 2017
Pull a Rabbit Out of Your Hat – Or at Least Pull Insight from Your Data
Nearly every company we work with has some amount of unstructured or text-based data that they collect from their customers and operations. Data from surveys, notes typed into CRM systems, emails, and more – all these unstructured text data sources can be…
August 1, 2017
Revelwood Named Ingram Micro IBM Analytics Growth Partner of the Year
Business travel can sometimes be more obligation than enjoyment. There’s always the chance of flight delays and other transportation snafus, long days, and often, the expectation of keeping up with your day job while being out of the office for work. But…
August 1, 2017
IBM Cognos TM1 Streamlines Finance Activities at Rayonier
IBM Cognos TM1 streamlines finance activities for our client, Rayonier, when they transitioned from traditional, spreadsheet-based financial planning and reporting processes. But the company also realized some unexpected benefits of using TM1. Rayonier is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and one…
July 30, 2017
IBM Cognos TM1 for Capacity Planning in the REIT Industry
We recently blogged about using IBM Cognos TM1 for capacity planning in both the oil & gas industry and in manufacturing. We also have a great client example of how TM1 can be used for capacity planning in the REIT industry. Our…
July 12, 2017
IBM Cognos TM1 for Capacity Planning in Manufacturing
We recently blogged about capacity planning in the oil & gas industry using IBM Cognos TM1. In short, by using TM1 for capacity planning, a business can better understand how to maximize the capacity it has on hand, how to plan for…