In an independent evaluation, Ventana Research, a leading performance management research and advisory services firm, has rated Geac MPC first in all three categories it evaluated in the 2005 Performance Management vendor and product scorecard.
Geac MPC, an integrated performance management software suite, offering strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and reporting, ranked highest among a field of more than 30 companies and 70 products.
As the sole distributor of Geac MPC software in Africa, Dimension Data is committed to the growing trend towards corporate performance management (CPM). CPM involves the processes, methodologies, metrics and systems needed to measure and manage the performance of an organisation. CPM encompasses budgeting, forecasting, planning, strategy management, management reporting and general management information systems.
The practice of CPM has evolved significantly over the years, whereby many of today`s blue-chip companies are prioritising the vision of CPM on their business agendas. CPM enables organisational agility and improves the decision-making process by supplying information that provides the platform for sustainable competitive advantage.
Mark Smith, SVP of Research and CEO of Ventana Research, says: "Our explicit purpose was to research the maturity of software vendors and products for the methodology and process of corporate performance management. We advise that organisations use the scorecard to increase their understanding of how different software and solutions rank in meeting their business and IT requirements for performance management."
Brian Hartlen, Geac`s VP of Global Marketing, said: "We are extremely proud to have ranked first in such an extensive evaluation of companies and products serving the performance management market. In conjunction with our African distribution partner, Dimension Data, who is competently equipped with the skills and experience of CPM delivery, we are committed to ensuring that companies across Africa continue to reap the benefits of strategic performance management in their organisations."
"As the sole distributor of Geac MPC in Africa, we are proud to be associated with its industry leading solutions and the value we see our clients receiving from them. Our strong skills base of both technical and business focused consultants provides the platform to assess our customers` CPM needs, establish a business case for CPM and provide roadmaps for the execution of CPM in their organisations," says Siddeek Rahim, General Manager of Geac Business Unit at Dimension Data South Africa.
Dimension Data has a business unit focused on CPM, comprised of specialised consultants from accounting and business intelligence focused backgrounds. In South Africa alone, Dimension Data has implemented and supports more than 60 CPM solutions across all industries and sectors.
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