Construction Company Improve Their Decision Making Capabilities with Spreadsheet Server

The business challenges that led Veit to evaluate and ultimately select Global Software, Inc.’s Spreadsheet Server:

• Lacking access to real-time information

• Creating reports in a timely manner

• Combining/consolidating General Ledger (GL) and non-GL data from multiple ERP & relational database sources

• Evaluated the following reporting tools before choosing Spreadsheet Server:

  • A Business Intelligence (BI) solution

  • A reporting tool packaged with ERP

• Supplemental reporting tool used with Global Software Spreadsheet Server:

  • A data warehouse solution

• Selected Spreadsheet Server over the competition because of the following:

  • Flexibility to connect to multiple systems and outside General Ledger

  • Capability to drill down to sub-ledger details

  • Excel-based Interface

  • Data security

  • Pricing

• Uses Spreadsheet Server for Financial / General Ledger reporting and the following module:

• Job Costing

• Benefits received from Spreadsheet Server:

  • Faster, streamlined report creation

  • Faster access to live data to make strategic decisions

• Reporting processes streamlined with Spreadsheet Server:

  • Data extraction from an ERP or relational database

  • Month-end close and management/board reporting packages

• Action or business insight gained using Spreadsheet Server:

  • Increased their ability to complete tactical and complex analysis

• Saved up to 50 hours in one year with Spreadsheet Server