A Better Way...

Real-Time Reporting

One of the biggest challenges businesses face with their ERP system is being able to produce reports. Addressing this pain point is important, but it's also critical to recognize that improved reporting is just the first 'baby step' towards getting the most out of your ERP system. We could talk all day about Insight's original reporting features such as real-time hierarchies for aggregating financial statements, on-the-fly calculations, or elegant formatting that makes management packs look amazing - but it is the evolution beyond reporting that sets us apart...

ERP Security & Control

Reporting is nothing without control. If everyone produced 'data dumps' and manipulated their version of the data into a meaningful report, it's fair to say that it's a reporting solution "of sorts". However, we believe this path presents many dangers, raising issues over security, version control, data obsolescence and multiple versions of the truth. Instead, Insight seeks to establish "a single source of truth" by working directly with the live ERP data in a manner that does not put the security of the information at risk. Insight's integrated control infrastructure is designed to ensure that only the right people receive the right information, right when they need it. Control is provided through a central repository designed to eliminate duplicate reports, monitor usage, and provide SOX and internal audit management over the sharing of information.

Data Integrity Management

By connecting directly to the live ERP, Insight ensures that integrity of the underlying data is maintained. We believe that ‘staging’ or copying the data into another system introduces the potential for error, adds unnecessary complexity into the process and devalues the ERP itself. Instead, our integrity tools proactively highlight integrity issues that exist within the ERP data so corrective action can be taken. We take the view that there is little value in producing great looking reports if they cannot be relied upon to be accurate. That's why Insight provides intrinsic integrity checking as part of all our business optimization solutions.

ERP Productivity Tools

We understand the cultural need for weekly and monthly report packs. Insight handles that. However, to maintain an agile business, finance and operations staff need continual, rapid access to the data locked in the ERP - free from manipulation and misinterpretation. That's why Insight has advanced ad-hoc inquiry capabilities that provide instant answers to the business questions of the moment, rather than having to rely on a report you won't even see until the end of the month. This constant interrogation of the business data not only allows for more timely decision making, but it subtantially increases employee productivity across the enterprise.

Process Optimization Solutions

The ultimate aim of Insight is to transform the way you work with your ERP by optimizing the business processes themselves. Reporting simply becomes an effortless part of the process. Insight analyzes all the information challenges within a process such as procure-to-pay, month end close, design-to-make, etc. and removes the roadblocks that keep it from running optimally. From an operational perspective, it overcomes all the frustrating obstacles that become productivity killers and mask what’s really happening in the business. The result is a fresh insight to the information within your ERP, helping you identify issues you ordinarily would not have discovered using just any reporting tool.

Reporting solves a tactical problem; Business Optimization delivers strategic economic benefit.