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E-Business Suite users can take advantage of InsightSoftware.com's online service to identify financial reporting integrity issues. "The FSG Integrity Checker exists to help all E-Business Suite users with their Oracle FSG reports," said Paul Yarwood, U.S. operations general manager for InsightSoftware.com. "Our Integrity Checker highlights possible problems that might impact the validity of FSG report definitions. The FSG Integrity Checker is a quick-and-easy way to highlight reporting problems before they impact business."

Users can cut costs with InsightSoftware.com's single integrated reporting and process optimization solution. Users can optimize tendering and sourcing of suppliers with the intuitive, drag-and-drop interface enabling quick analysis of supplier performance. Assessment of supplier performance, discounts, and average market costs across multiple suppliers provides a holistic view of a supplier relationship and how that is impacting overall profitability. InsightSoftware.com Product Specialist, Sue Whittaker adds, "Full visibility of Supplier and Item Master Data ensures that correct information feeds through to transactional activity correctly. This can help eliminate the need for post-invoicing corrections and prevent issues from impacting downstream processes."

Kolanach brings a rich business intelligence background, including roles in pre-sales and sales at Oracle and QlikTech. With nearly a decade of experience in addressing the reporting and business intelligence needs of EBS and JDE customers, Kolanach feels this is the right product at the right time for the region.

"JD Edwards and Oracle customers are always looking for better ways to slice and dice their data,” Kolanach said. “It’s my goal to ensure that all customers in the southeast have the opportunity to freely explore their business data to identify areas where greater efficiencies can be achieved and dollars can be saved. It’s a critical step to take in this economic environment."

Cherry Tree Solutions, Europe-based specialists in Compliance and Corporate Data Management, today announced that Intersport Espana has gone live with Insight software as a key element in its IT strategy. Insight will enable the finance department to efficiently and easily extract key financial information from their JD Edwards ERP in real time leading to cost-savings and better and faster decision making. As Sergio Brualla, Intersport's IS Project Manager said, "Insight has provided tremendous agility and autonomy to Intersport's finance function, thanks to the fact that all the users have the possibility of running queries, and can create their own reports. This allows us to greatly increase our efficiency and maximise the returns on our time and efforts."

Take advantage of our reduced rates now. We extended our early-bird registration rates through Feb. 12. Scheduled for March 21-23, the meeting will take place at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. All users of Insight’s software are invited to attend.

Taking the meeting spotlight, NAUG attendees will receive a sneak peek of Insight Version 10. The new version features an updated (and very slick) user interface, integrated reporting enhancements, and a new community portal that incorporates social media. Attendees also receive a comprehensive update of their Insight solution and networking opportunities with other Insight users.

This year’s NAUG is packed full of Best Practices, Tips and Tricks, optimization solutions and advanced reporting sessions. You will be more productive on day one back in the office. To further your knowledge of Insight, we are providing a one-day hands on workshop following the event. To learn more about what will be offered, visit www.InsightSoftware.com/naug.

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Scheduled for March 21-23, the meeting will take place at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch Resort. All Insight software users are invited to attend. Taking the meeting spotlight, NAUG attendees will receive a sneak peek of Insight Version 10. The new version features an updated (and very slick) user interface, integrated reporting enhancements, and a new community portal, incorporating social media. Attendees also receive a comprehensive update of their Insight solution and networking opportunities with other Insight software users. To learn more about the upcoming event, visit www.InsightSoftware.com/naug

V9.0.3 includes a new module for property management professionals, Spanish-language support and several vital security enhancements. Read the V9.0.3 Press Release. To learn more about our Property Management module.

Insight's Property Management module improves and increases productivity with better access to key information. Validate all data and highlight exceptions within lease, tenant, occupancy, and billing files. Summarize information by property with drill-down to details to investigate data that is affecting your cash-flow. Increase end-user productivity by consolidating important data onto a single inquiry or report pack and reduce reliance on custom reports created by IT.

InsightSoftware.com is a participant in Quest's Business Intelligence (BI) Shootout, December 1-2, 2009. Quest's BI Special Interest Group (SIG) is hosting the event. Join our webinar and gain an understanding of Insight's approach to obtaining intelligence from business systems for operational users. You will learn the advantages of Insight's approach and how it works in conjunction with or in place of a traditional BI implementation.

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, an independent charity, houses the largest collection of functional historic computers in Europe, including a rebuilt Colossus, the world's first electronic programmable computer. This charity is dedicated to showing the development of computing in its broadest sense from the ultra-secret pioneering efforts of the 1940s that resulted in Colossus, to the products and systems we use today. The museum is part of the whole Bletchley Park experience, and all visitors to the park can visit the museum free of charge when it is open. The museum trust is a registered charity and is responsible for its own fund raising and management.

Look for our article, in the 4th quarter edition of Quest's Q&A magazine, promoting the benefits of real-time reporting and inquiries. Visit the 'A Better Way' page for more information on optimizing your business processes. The core principles of BOS are:

1. Real-time Reporting: Online reporting allows you to drill down or across to live, detailed transactions to streamline reconciliations, audits and close processes.

2. ERP Security and Control: Reports are shared within a controlled online environment rather than printed and distributed and your existing ERP security parameters are honored.

3. Data Integrity Management: Proactive integrity tools highlight issues so immediate corrective action can be taken.

4. ERP Productivity Tools: Advanced ad-hoc inquiry capabilities provide immediate answers to the business questions of the moment.

5. Process Optimization Solutions: Insight's out-of-the box solutions, such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and design-to-make, uncover new opportunities for cost reduction, cash improvement, and increased productivity.

Get started now. For more information on Insight's BOS starter kit see links below:

Join us March 21-23 or 24 2010 in sunny Arizona at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch. Our user group will open with a reception Sunday evening, March 21 and close Tuesday afternoon. Our general sessions, held Monday and Tuesday, will focus on announcements surrounding the next release of our software, Version 10. You will not want to miss seeing the new User Interface, learning about our new file join opportunities and experiencing the future vision of our new community portal. Also, we will share upcoming plans for V10+. All sessions will include an overview, demo and a partner and/or customer success story. Contact Lynda Huebsch if you are interested in sharing your Insight story. Optionally, you can further extend your learning with our popular hands-on training workshops. These CPE accredited, hand-on workshops will be all day, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. See our NAUG website for more information.

InsightSoftware.com publishes an article on Business Optimization Software (BOS) for Oracle's User Group, Quest. The article will appear in the 4th quarter 2009 edition of Quest's Q&A magazine. It promotes the benefits of real-time reporting and inquiries to optimize your business processes. The ultimate aim of Insight is to transform the way you work with your ERP by optimizing the business processes themselves. Insight's BOS solution offers.

* Real-time Reporting

* ERP Security and Control

* Data Integrity Management

* ERP Productivity Tools

* Process Optimization Solutions

InsightSoftware.com launches two new solutions for Oracle EBS: Insight₂FSG Import Tool and Insight₂FSG Integrity Checker. Included as part of Insight's General Ledger module, they transform complex Financial Statement Generator (FSG) reports in seconds. Accountants leverage existing reporting collateral and quickly move into a new world of financial reporting. Many Insight software customers have already achieved an immediate return-on-investment with these solutions.

With the Insight software solution, end users can import existing row sets and use simple drag-and-drop technology to create or change reporting lines. High quality formatting can easily be applied and a pack of reports deployed in a single click. In addition, your managers can better analyze information using an interactive console which provides full drill-down to live transaction detail, including sub-ledgers.

We are excited to unveil our new booth next week. If you are headed to OpenWorld, be sure to visit us at booth 827 in Moscone South. We will be providing solution demonstrations on optimizing your business processes with Insight.

In addition, join us at the Oracle E-Business Suite General Ledger (GL) Special Interest Group (SIG). The GL SIG is holding their inaugural meeting on Sunday, October 11, Session #S312689 in Moscone West, Room #3018, from 10.00-11.00 am PT. We encourage you to attend and lend your voice to their initiatives. Oracle GL was the first Oracle Applications module launched more than 20 years ago. Release 12 has introduced "ground breaking" changes to the structure of this product that needs discussion and advertisement - not in the marketing sort of a way, but in a way that educates users about GL - and its new expanded role. Oracle EBS General Ledger will probably be the foundation for Fusion GL. Now, more than ever, GL users need a forum for free exchange of GL related information. Organizations upgrading or implementing GL have a host of unanswered questions. White papers and presentations are very few and far between. The SIG's aim is to network and share a common knowledge base for Financial Reporting and Controls.

We know how difficult it is to juggle maintenance schedules and labor availability while managing unexpected breakdowns and material shortages, all while trimming down repair cycles and reducing costs. Insight's pre-packaged Capital Asset Management (CAM) Solution provides real-time visibility to your equipment and asset maintenance processes, improving efficiency. These pre-defined templates jump start you on your way to validating equipment and preventative maintenance setup. Inquiries help you ensure optimal parts supply and labor levels. You can quickly determine schedule and capacity impact of service orders and proactively address any issues. Monitor usage metrics and highlight assets which are late for service. Also, you can assess the impact a defective part has on your operation. In addition, you can verify and analyze costs and variances in-process, before month end. View the CAM mini demonstration and learn how Insight can optimize your equipment and asset maintenance processes.

We invite you and your Equipment Manager colleagues to register for one of our upcoming webinars in October highlighting our CAM solution, click on the pertinent link below:

Insight now has Canadian Payroll capabilities within the Payroll module for JD Edwards. You will now be able to access live, on-line information stored within your JDE HR and PR Canadian specific files. Real-time access to tax, Record-of-Employment (ROE) and pension information not only improves productivity but also helps you avoid fees and penalties due to incorrect or late filings. Insight's on-line inquiries allow you to view information at a summary level and drill down to live, detailed transactions to quickly respond to issues. This not only ensures greater accuracy but reduces the amount of time producing monthly, quarterly and year-end reports.

Insight's ad hoc reporting capabilities improve your ability to answer pension, Employment Equity and ROE questions as they arise. Increase the effectiveness of your analysis with the ability to slice and dice information in a myriad of ways. Analyze trends by department or manager such as average pay upon termination, pension amounts by region or turnover reasons by division. All Insight software solutions honor JDE PR and HR security settings as well. You do not need to worry about printing off sensitive data or having information pirated from an unsecure reporting system. For more information on Insight's products for JD Edwards Human Capital Management, visit: http://www.InsightSoftware.com/jde/hcm

Your master data information is the hub for all transactional activity within your organization and yet, is often overlooked in data integrity processes. Insight software users can proactively manage information within JDE Master Files, including files such as: Address Book, Customer, Supplier, Inventory Item, Work Order, Business Unit, and many more. Insight's access to live, real-time information ensures your information is in line with your specifications and standards. Conditional formatting causes incomplete, obsolete, and duplicate records to stand out for easy identification. Monitor when changes were made and who made them to ensure consistency in procedures, or spot when a change in policy is needed. Insight will save you hours of time tracking integrity issues, re-entering and reprocessing incorrect records. Visit: http://www.insightsoftware.com/jde/md for additional product information on Insight's Master Data Management solution for JDE World and EnterpriseOne.

The name change reflects the expanding nature of our product, which extends beyond the General Ledger and the original focus of The GL Company. Our flagship product, Inquiry Suite, is now called Insight' to reflect greater application coverage. Insight offers 23 modules for JD Edwards and 10 modules for Oracle E-Business Suite, providing better insight to your information in the areas of finance, human capital management, supply chain management, project management and information management. We will continue to expand our product solutions, optimizing other strategic application areas as the product continues to expand beyond inquiry and reporting and into business optimization solutions.

InsightSoftware.com, the leading provider of Business Optimization Software, announces availability of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets and Purchase Order Processing modules for Oracle E-Business Suite.

InsightSoftware.com, the leading provider of Business Optimization Software, announces availability of Capital Asset Management for JD Edwards World and Enterprise One.

InsightSoftware.com releases 2 e-books: Business Optimization Primer provides an introduction to Business Optimization and how it can benefit your organization. The second e-Book, ERP Reporting Myopia explains why ERP reporting is still an issue 30 years after ERP systems came into existence and the essential elements needed for a coherent ERP reporting strategy.