FAB Analysis pi
- 1. FAB (Features & Benefits) Analysis Confidentiality Statement The information provided herein contains confidential and proprietary information owned by ProGen Business Solutions Pvt Ltd. The document is strictly confidential and intended for restricted circulation only. All information provided here is proprietary and cannot be shared with third parties without the express written consent of ProGen Business Solutions Pvt Ltd.
- 2. Company Overview: ProGen Business Solutions IT Products company operating in the Business Intelligence & Analytics space Co-founded by Professionals from Oracle Corporation having 20 plus years of expertise in Business Intelligence & Analytics domain „pi‟: BI Platform from ProGen is one of the most Advanced & Light Weight BI Tools available in the Market that helps business users convert data into meaningful & actionable information in form of Dashboards, Scorecards, Portals & Analytical Reports Lower Cost of Ownership, Quicker Deployment, Minimal User Training, & Higher User Adoption are some of the features that differentiate „pi‟ from other BI Tools Awards & Recognitions:
- 3. pi: Quick Facts Business Intelligence & Analytics Platform Useful for Designing Multidimensional Analytical Reports & Dashboards Self Service User Interfaces Quick Deployment- 4-6 weeks Technology overview: J2EE, Ajax, SQL, JFree, JavaFX Indicative Hardware Requirements for 10-15 users Intel Quad Core Xeon Processor or above (Single CPU) 8 to 12 GB RAM Hard Disk Space – Depending on Data warehouse size
- 4. “pi” : Key Features & Differentiators Query Studio Adhoc Designer Ease of Cost of Analysis Studio Use Ownership “pi” High User Quick Viewer Adoption Deployment Widgets & Analyzer Portals “pi” - Key Differentiators “pi” – Key Features “pi” Also Available on I-pad and other Tablet Devices
- 5. How would “pi” help my business Eliminate Manual reporting & data collection related non value added activities Anytime, Anywhere Information availability over the web Data consolidation & reporting in form of Interactive Reports & Dashboards Transform complex transactional data into meaningful business metrics Helps users gain insight into their business performance & profitability Monitor business trends, identify profit-loss making segments, send Alerts & Notifications, and collaborate real time with other users Single solution addressing the diverse reporting & analysis needs of users Data Analysis support in form of drill downs and Interactive Visuals
- 6. Top 5 Reasons to Choose “pi” over other BI Tools 1. Quickly Demonstrable Business Value 2. Ease-of-Use leading to Higher User Adoption 3. Leverage on Existing IT Investments (Hardware & Database) 4. Rapid Deployment 5. DIY (Do it Yourself) Approach for Lower System Maintenance Efforts
- 7. Customer Pain Areas & “pi” Value Proposition New BI Customers Un-Satisfied Customers Of Existing BI Tools Organizational Perspective End – User Perspective IT Perspective High Upfront Investments Low Flexibility of tool – Tougher slicing & 20-22% effective users of Current BI Tool dicing of data Complexity of BI Tools Technical expertise required for Adhoc Lower ROI – Users still more comfortable Analysis with Excel Longer Implementation Periods Heavy Dependence on IT for creating new High Running & Maintenance cost reports High Maintenance & Running Turn-around time for report creation is Large BI Support Staff cost too high Limited options for SaaS based Lack of Real Time Collaboration Few options in the Market for switching offerings to other BI Tools “pi” Value Proposition Product License 40-60% Implementation Efforts 40-50% Training 60-70% End User Adoption 60-70% IT efforts (Maintenance) ~ 50%
- 8. Key Benefits & Advantage “pi” Key Benefits Advantage “pi” • Web based Interactive & Intuitive User Interfaces • Guided Analysis in form of customizable drill downs and drill across options • Business users are empowered with simplified User Interfaces for customizing/designing of new reports and real time sharing of them with other users • Advanced Analysis features such as Adhoc Analysis, Conditional Filters, Logical Formatting Simplicity & Ease of etc can be easily achieved by end users without any expert training needs Information • All Comparisons/Prior Measures and Time based Measures are seeded in the Platform and Accessibility need not be configured separately unlike most other BI Tools • Support for multiple report layouts and data representation using visual indicators for enhanced decision making • Minimal Training requirements for Business as well as IT Users • End users need not depend on IT/MIS Teams for day-to-day reporting & analysis needs Higher User Adoption • Pervasive BI for enterprise-wide adoption of high quality decision making tools & techniques (Leads to Better ROI) • Self Service Approach & Easy Navigation enhances the User Likeness Index • Many useful Widgets that are required by users for their day-to-day analysis jobs like Sticky Notes, E-Mail/SMS Integration, Snapshot Storing, Favorite Reports etc are part of the system • Rapid Deployment – Leads to Lower Implementation Time & Cost (2-4 Weeks) • Leverage on existing IT Infrastructure Investment– Lower Hardware & Software Cost Lower Cost of • No Need to purchase any 3rd party licenses – No specific Database or Server Licenses Ownership required • Lower Running Costs: No need to maintain any in-house highly skilled BI resource(s) • Lower Training Costs: Training requirements are minimal for business as well as IT users • Licensing Cost: Licensing costs of “pi” are around 40-60% lower than traditional BI Tools
- 9. Key Differentiators: “pi” Vs Other Leading BI Tools Feature Other BI Tools pi – Advantage Target Audience Most of the existing BI Tools were developed in the late “pi” has been developed considering the 90’s with most of the Target Audience in form of requirements of day-to-day BI Users as well as of Analysts & Power Users (particularly in Planning & the Power Users. Day-to-Day business users find Finance) and thereby needed specific skill-sets and “pi” as simple as surfing any website and can use exhaustive training for using the BI Application. With it with minimal training requirements. Power the changing landscape and evolved decision-making Users on the other hand can perform lot of adhoc practices, BI in current time plays a significant role in analysis and “On the Fly” calculations without Day-to-Day as well as Tactical Decision Making (In undergoing exhaustive trainings or depending on addition to Strategic Decision Making) and thereby the technical resources. target audience has got Junior and Middle Management as key user of BI Tools, in addition to the Power Users. More IT In most of the leading BI Tools, it requires far more IT With “pi”, there is a single metadata that spans Personnel personnel for a given amount of BI users because either across business areas and business users need Delivering to the report designer is too technical or the metadata not rely on IT Teams for creating their reports Fewer Users cannot be re-used across reports and therefore creating and for performing Adhoc Analysis multiple one-off reports & objects. Limited Dynamic Most of the BI Tools do not provide on-the-fly Business users can slice & dice along any Report hierarchical, object or column prompts such as dimension “On the Fly” and can also change the Personalization selection of attributes, metrics, and filters. This causes underlying report measures for performing run- & Interactivity an unnecessary number of reports to be created and time analysis without any support from IT or maintained for end users. technical teams
- 10. Key Differentiators: “pi” Vs Other Leading BI Tools Feature Other BI Tools pi – Advantage Complex Report Business users in most of the existing BI Tools find it Advanced Analytical capabilities of “pi” designer difficult to create or edit analytical reports. This delivered in form of Interactive & Intuitive Interfaces with requires more IT effort and time, increasing costs and Dashboards & Reports with a WYWSWIG approach limited WYSWIG forcing business users to depend on IT to fulfill requests. removes all the guessing work during designing options Moreover in tools with easy to use designers, WYSWIG is phase itself and makes it a clear differentiator & missing most of the times leaving the users guessing winner when compared with the complex GUIs of how the final output would be looking till the time other BI Tools reports are published and then the fire-fighting starts Analysis OR Most of the BI Tools, differentiate between Reporting & Single window for reporting as well as performing Reporting but Analysis which used to be the business case until few basic & adhoc analysis. Users need not opt for not both years back. But the information maturity & demands of separate GUIs for reporting and analysis the current business users has seen both these areas overlapping as the business users today do not only want to view static reports but also want to perform Run time Analysis
- 11. Competitive Analysis: “pi” Vs Other BI Tools Product Features High High Low High Ease of Tool Information Complexity Accessibility Cost of Ownership High (TCO) pi Traditional BI Tools Open Source BI Tools
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