Too much information? Too little meaning? Running a business without the right information is like practising cartwheels in the dark – sooner or later you’ll hit an immovable object! But too much information can cloud decision making, while insufficient or flawed information can lead to missed targets and poor performance. Improved business intelligence can help you fine-tune your metrics to minimise superfluous data while helping you identify the key performance indicators that really matter. We work with FDs, CFOs, CEOs and CIOs to restructure planning and budgeting cycles to consume fewer resources and align behaviours by optimising the way information is used and ...
GEOJAN – specialists in the management of finance, performance and business intelligence projects From definition and justification through to initiation, delivery and closure, we manage the entire lifecycle of all types of business intelligence, finance and performance management projects. Project Management at Geojan: Geojan has developed a highly specialised project management methodology, especially suited for projects involving the deployment of performance management and business intelligence solutions. In our experience, an effective performance management and/or business intelligence project must meet ten critical success criteria (CSFs): Clear top-down articulation and communication of the project or programme - its context, its objectives and how it relates to the ...
Make management information work throughout the business ValueMI allows you to identify and deploy the management information necessary to successfully deliver on strategic objectives and optimise decision making. Led by the finance function, ValueMI uses a process called ‘Balanced Scorecard’, alongside value-based management techniques. It allows your business to use the right information and targets to drive behaviours in line with your organisational goals, and to cascade strategic objectives throughout all relevant levels of the business. As a result people are equipped with the right information to make better decisions. Related Information UnifiedMI - Speak the same performance language Case studies To find out more ...
Lasting Results Planning - integrate direction and performance Integrated planning, budgeting and performance management The Plan for Results solution is an accurate performance-linked strategy planning system which enables you to identify critical success factors and embed them in your strategic planning, budgeting and performance management processes. It allows your organisation to align expectations and behaviours of departments and individuals with financial forecasts, resulting in a quantifiable improvement in performance at all levels. Case studies To find out more or to discuss your needs in detail, contact us
UnifiedMI - speak the same performance language Optimise the way management information is produced, organised and accessed The effectiveness of a team's performance is strongly related to how individual functions and team members interpret management information. UnifiedMI looks at the information used across an organisation with the aim of creating a common management information language, while fine-tuning this language to improve over time. This might include making cost-saving and efficiency benefits via centralisation (people, processes and technological). The result is a strong cross-functional synergy and a measurable improvement in performance throughout the business. Related information ValueMI - Better information for better performance Case studies To find out more ...
Top performing organisations adhere relentlessly to the following practices: Define how they create and maintain sustainable value at least once a year, using a feedback loop system Set performance targets for achieving this value which are then cascaded throughout all levels of the organisation Manage organisational performance to meet these targets through the right combination of financial and operating goals and metrics Link employee rewards, incentives, career development and performance evaluations to their success or failure in delivering these targets Introduction Budgeting processes not linked to individual performance result in wasted resources and ineffective planning. Successful performance management depends upon measuring effectiveness: (doing the right things) ...
Tired of lengthy and obsolete budgets? We have an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by finance departments. We partner with your finance team to foster improved collaboration with the rest of your organisation, to enhance performance and achieve greater forecasting accuracy. We’ll fine-tune processes, align behaviours, develop a common performance language and make your finance department more valuable to the rest of the business. Is Finance always playing catch-up with the business? All too often, finance teams spend their time bogged down in answering ad hoc requests from different parts of the business. But if an accounting team spends excessive time solving ...
Geojan enjoys relationships with a select number of trusted technology and business partners. Operating under our direct supervision, they bring their significant expertise to the benefit of your business. ‘Agnostic’ advice Because we aren’t tied to any single vendor, we are able to offer genuinely ‘agnostic’ advice on the most appropriate technology solutions for your business. We have knowledge of all major business intelligence vendor offerings, including MicroStrategy, SAP Business Objects, Oracle, IBM-Cognos SPSS, Hyperion, Board, SAS, TIBCO Spotfire and other boutique applications. Want to become a GEOJAN partner? Talk to us about your offering. We welcome enquires from potential technology and business services ...
Why Geojan? World-class business intelligence and performance management for small and mid-cap organisations Why does one business fail while another prospers and grows? In almost every case it’s because it has not succeeded in aligning behaviours with the strategic goals of the organisation. Businesses typically measure performance against meeting sales and / or budgetary targets. Such targets are set using forecasts based on information drawn from diverse sources. A strategic plan is then put in place to meet the objectives of the business. So far, so good. But if the strategic objectives of your organisation do not connect meaningfully with the behaviours and expectations ...
WELCOME TO GEOJAN - aligning people with performance Poor information equals poor performance. Geojan arms you with the right information to make quality decisions, align behaviours and dramatically improve the accuracy of your financial forecasts. The result is a sustainable impact on performance at all levels of the organisation. More... A personal approach Independent Intelligent informed
forecast right first time Improve the accuracy and relevance of your financial forecasting process Failure to respond to changes which affect the accuracy of your financial forecasting can result in erratic an unpredictable performance. AccuForecast allows you to increase the accuracy of your financial forecasting process. It utilises a driver-based approach to provide critical improvements in the accuracy and visibility of your financial forecasting. The lack of driver-based and predictive modelling - and the over-reliance on disparate inputs - can cause significant disruption, risk and loss of value. For example, many companies use a bottom up - top down forecasting approach which can lead ...
Poor information equals poor performance. Geojan arms you with the right information to make quality decisions, align behaviours and dramatically improve the accuracy of your financial forecasts. The result is a sustainable impact on performance at all levels of the organisation.
Demystifying SAP Business Objects Enterprise XI
Context Gartner this year published its Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management suites. While the read was quite informative, I nevertheless decided to further investigate the alternative offerings available. Today, I’ll set out to demystify the latest release...
Business intelligence as a source of competitive advantage
According to a recent study by IBM, more than 80 percent of CIOs and CFOs rate business intelligence and analytics as their top priority in enhancing business performance. So what are the issues? Faced with ever-mounting levels of data from an increasing number of sources, many businesses struggle to...
How Finance can contribute to faster company-wide efficiencies
A recent study by IBM of more than 1,900 CFOs found that companies with integrated, enterprise-wide standard financial processes and data definitions enjoyed a compound annual growth rate some ten times that of non-integrated companies. So what are the issues? Given the overwhelming evidence in support...
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Global Oil & Gas
The challenge: A global oil and gas trading and supply organisation had recently merged multiple operations across Europe. The...
Transport
The challenge: A major metropolitan transport authority in the United Kingdom needed to put in place a performance management...
Insurance
The challenge: A large insurer had recently launched a new department to deal with customer complaints. The challenge was to improve...
Electronics
The challenge: A global consumer goods electronics company was rationalising its service operations across Europe. We were asked...
Pharmaceutical
The challenge: A large European pharmaceutical company needed to develop a commercial strategy and execution programme to enhance...
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Deloitte enters the fast growing Service-as-a-Software Business Intelligence (SaaS BI) market
Blog extracts by Jorge García, Business Intelligence (BI) research analyst at TEC. “In what seems to be a smart move by Deloitte, this Monday (9 May 2011) the consultancy company announced the acquisition of the promising software-as-a-service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) company Oco, which...
Deloitte Announces Alliance Agreement with MicroStrategy to Deliver Business Intelligence and Analytic Solutions
NEW YORK, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Deloitte today announced it has signed an alliance agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq:MSTR – News) to develop and deliver solutions to help clients improve their information, business intelligence and analytic capabilities. Under the...
2011 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms
(Source: Extract from Gartner RAS Core Research Note G00210036, Rita L. Sallam, James Richardson, John Hagerty, Bill Hostmann, 27 January 2011, V5RA6 3302011. For more information or to purchase this article, please visit www.gartner.com.) In 2010, business users had greater influence over BI buying,...
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