Systems Union Group plc, a leading provider and distributor of financial and performance management solutions, has extended its partner network in South Africa with the addition of Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID).
The two companies were introduced at a recent Systems Union event in Johannesburg aimed at developing Systems Union opportunities in the region and maximising market penetration for the group`s MIS suite of business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions.
"KID is a highly focused BI specialist with a comprehensive understanding of user requirements and of the market dynamics operating throughout South Africa," says Chris Bushnell, MD for Systems Union`s CEEMEA region. "Such technical and commercial awareness makes KID an ideal partner for us as we look to expand and extend the market reach of our solution portfolio."
"The ability to produce, consolidate, analyse and report financial and other management information in a unified manner is a business benefit our clients seek and understand," says Aubrey van Aswegen, MD of KID. "Our partnership with Systems Union allows us to quickly and reliably deliver that to our customers."
MIS is System Union`s core BI and performance management solution portfolio, built around a multidimensional OLAP database. The portfolio facilitates flexible and configurable extraction of data from multiple and frequently disparate business and financial applications, consolidates it and prepares it for further analysis. In contrast to most other market offerings, MIS solutions are designed so that business - and not IT - professionals can build, maintain and extend their applications to meet their growing business needs, delivering information in the right format, at the right time and to the right people.
The portfolio is highly intuitive and managers can easily design and run reports as and when they need to. In addition, they can conduct effective what-if planning, forecasting and budgeting processes and generate all the necessary information from a single, integrated system. MIS helps organisations drive business performance by improving and uniting key business processes such as strategic planning, operational budgeting, financial consolidation or risk management.
When combined with disciplined financial management processes, MIS can enable enterprise-wide visibility and predictability of financial and operating performance, supporting all of an organisation`s quantitative processes, in turn leading to profit optimisation, better business planning, improved operational visibility and more informed decision-making.
"We, along with the team at Systems Union, share a common vision to deliver the best in service and solutions to our user communities and to build profitable and sustainable business opportunities for both our companies," says Van Aswegen. "It is our belief that the MIS portfolio offers us a new and exciting suite of solutions which will enable our users to better understand their businesses, drive their profitability and improve the flow of information into and out of the business."
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Systems Union Group plc is one of the world`s leading providers and distributors of first-class financial and performance management solutions to the mid-market. The company, which is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, is committed to growth and to the continual development of solutions that improve an organisation`s ability to more effectively produce, consolidate, analyse and report financial and wider management information in a unified way. In addition, its solutions enable organisations to adopt a proactive approach to budgeting, planning and forecasting processes, crucial for the future success of any business and its domestic and international operations.
The group`s objective to remain the world`s leading mid-market provider of financial and performance management solutions is supported by its expanding portfolio of global solutions, its global scale and its global reach combined with a international team of staff and management and the financial resources necessary to further drive the business and its success.
Web site: www.systemsunion.com
KID
Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID) was formed in 1999 to address a clearly identified need in the South African corporate market for high-performance business intelligence solutions. The company has since evolved into a comprehensive and successful data management company including master data management, data profiling, data quality, data integration, data transformation/migration, business intelligence solutions and information management. The company`s skills set spans multiple technologies while maintaining a focus on the business issues and deliverables, ensuring that the best technologies are deployed to support specific applications. In addition, the company provides expert consulting in strategy development, capability development and realisation programmes. For further information, visit www.kid.co.za.
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