Year: 2014

In Parts I and II of this article series, we discussed the Tally Solutions, Tally ERP accounting and inventory management software used by small to medium sized businesses on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, Far East, and Africa and other countries around the world. Part I of the series discussed the addition of an integrated business intelligence tool to expand and optimize reporting capabilities and better leverage the features of Tally ERP without having to upgrade to a larger, more expensive solution. Part II of the series focused on the benefits of using a business intelligence solution to bring together and integrate data from numerous enterprise systems including Tally ERP in order to optimize the IT landscape within the enterprise and provide an integrated one-stop view of data that can be customized by users. Part III of this article series focuses on the importance of providing a mobile solution that is accessible to users on the road and in the office.

According to Forbes Magazine, a SunGard survey of executives in the two industries, only 20 percent use proactive and investigative techniques or showed an interest in scorecards, dashboards and analytics techniques. If your business isn’t using BI tools, you are missing out. Improve revenue and productivity. Attract more customers and be more competitive in the market!

In Part I of this article series, we discussed the opportunities provided by integrating the Tally ERP accounting and inventory management solution with business intelligence reporting capabilities to enable flexible integrated visualization, and analysis so that the company can continue to use Tally ERP and leverage data from the Tally solution and other systems and solutions within the enterprise. Part II of this series of articles will focus on data integration and consolidation.To successful compete in your market you must be able to leverage the critical data in Tally ERP, in CRM systems, various spreadsheets and in other enterprise solutions. But, when a small business grows, it finds itself mired in technology solutions, including best-of-breed solutions, legacy systems, spreadsheets and other data sources. A flexible business intelligence solution must allow for easy, intuitive integration of all data sources and simple analysis and display of that data.

In the past, business managers saw BI Tools as a means to produce reports and graphs. Today, smart users see the power of context. By integrating enterprise systems and performing deep dive analysis, businesses can target their customers down to the area of the city in which they live, and the attitudes and behaviors they display in their purchasing history.