Communication is vital in today's business environment. Whether communicating between departments, between suppliers, or with customers, communication has become the key to business success. Technologies such ERP systems enable this, helping to improve the efficiency of businesses of all sizes.
While there are many ERP solutions available on the market, most are stock-standard products that don't meet the many different needs of organisations. In addition, many are designed for large companies, with few effectively meeting the needs of SMEs. Similarly, despite the many BI applications on the market, few live up to customer expectations, and even fewer boast the number of features found in the Yellowfin BI solution.
It is for this reason that local specialist IT solution provider, Wishlist Corporation, has created a tailored version of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP solution, with a specific focus on ensuring that businesses of all sizes can match their business needs with exactly the right solution.
Called Dynamics Express, this offering is unique in that it is a cloud-based software as a service offering that allows customers to purchase a base product and add functionality through apps available on the Dynamics Express app store.
"As consumers, we have come to expect accessibility on demand. As consumers transacting in the business world, we want the same kind of access to data and functionality we have become used to, but existing systems generally don't allow for this," says Neville Levinthal, MD of Wishlist Corporation. "We have created a solution that makes it easy to access business functionality on demand through our app store. Our customised offering bridges the gap between existing system functionalities and the unique requirements of specific areas of the organisation."
Dynamics Express - an integrated business management solution - has been designed on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform. The standard version includes financial management, fixed assets, sales, marketing, purchase and inventory as predefined and integrated modules. Add-on modules available through the app store include Direct Bank Interface, Commitment Accounting, Heatmaps, Mobile Solutions, Creditors Reconciliation, Kutenda Cost Accounting, Journal Authorisation, and NSight Mobile BI.
These add-ons have been designed to fill the needs gaps of customers, created by Wishlist Corporation, based on industry-leading technologies.
With BI and mobility becoming increasingly important to businesses in every sector, the NSight Mobile BI module is based on the award-winning Yellowfin BI platform in order to address these needs. Yellowfin was the product of choice for a number of reasons, explains Levinthal, not least of which were its mobile functionality, Web interface and ability to work within multi-tenanted environments.
"Mobility is changing the way salespeople interact with data and the business, and insight is becoming increasingly important. Mobile BI has therefore become vital to business, and as an expert in this space, Yellowfin proved to be the perfect solution. It also offers additional functionality such as collaboration in reporting, and makes customisation simple, allowing us to configure the system to fit clients' business needs perfectly."
Levinthal says the Yellowfin BI integration within this product will create an even bigger impact, as the reporting engines on ERP systems have historically been inflexible and require a high degree of development. "Huge strides have been made, but ERP reporting engines are generally flat, with no graphs and no dashboards. With the Yellowfin integration, we are allowing for improved reporting and more sophisticated dashboards."
Premie Naicker, MD of Yellowfin South Africa, says the partnership with Wishlist Corporation proves the scalability and ease of customisation of the product, and that Yellowfin South Africa is proud to be associated with these unique offerings.
"Today's workforce is more demanding, while the increasing volumes of data and pressure to keep up with customer expectations are creating business challenges in every company. We believe the unique approach Wishlist has taken to integrating BI in its solution will help companies gain the most out of their data, and that Yellowfin's simplicity and ease of use are evident in the Dynamics Express solutions," she concludes.
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