The functionality is deep, and the content delivered out of the box is comprehensive. 100 page design document, dashboards, reports, input schedules, FX, intercompany, partial ownership, consolidation methodologies - just add data!

The Kit fits well into our Fast Track Implementation Program that delivers a complete production application on BPC in 6-8 weeks.

For more information on the value the Consolidation Starter Kit for BPC brings, please download the solution brief here:
http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/workshops/downloads-form/

We purposely limit some aspects of the project (i.e. # of reports) to keep a lid on the scope. The timeline is the driving component of the project. This approach has been successful in two recent implementations. One took only 5 weeks to deliver a budgeting application.

For more information, please download the solution brief here:
http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/workshops/downloads-form/

This Starter Kit runs on BPC and is available for immediate release. It includes dimensionality appropriate for tracking assets and projects, reports and data input schedules, Business Process Flows, and dashboards built with BOBJ Xcelsius.

For more information, please download the Solution Brief here: http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/workshops/downloads-form

May 5, 2010 8:00 - 10:30

Ontario Power Authority (OPA) was faced with a difficult manual process for budgeting and project planning.  OPA recognized the need to build a common analytical platform to efficiently manage operational budgets, project planning and decision support to drive future growth and facilitate rapid change.  

With solutions from SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation, OPA was able to achieve benefits such as:

• Better insights into business drivers through improved reporting and analysis
• Automated report creation at the click of a button
• Implications of business decisions in real time
• An innovative new process for budgeting and forecasting
• One single version of the “truth” that all functional groups see

In short, OPA has greatly improved and accelerated decision making across the enterprise.   

                                                                                         
Join SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation as we present Ed Nelimarkka, Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, Ontario Power Authority, who will deliver a frank presentation on the benefits and challenges of moving OPA onto a next generation performance management platform.

Seminar Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Introduction
8:45 - 9:30 Presentation – Ed Nelimarkka, Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, Ontario Power Authority
9:30 - 10:30 Performance Management Software Demonstration

Toronto Board of Trade
First Canadian Place, Suite 350
77 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, ON
(416) 862-4535

Click here to register.

April 28, 2010 8:00 - 10:30 MDT (Calgary)

ARC Energy Trust was faced with a difficult manual process for month-end reporting and capital expense budgeting.  Data was stored throughout ARC in multiple systems that were difficult to reconcile and extract useful information from.  ARC recognized the need to build a common analytical platform to empower both management and field personnel to innovatively manage operational costs and capital expenditures that would drive future growth and facilitate rapid change.  

With solutions from SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation, ARC was able to achieve benefits such as:

Better insights into business drivers through improved reporting and analysis
* Automated report creation at the click of a button
* The ability to complete a bottoms-up forecast on capital
* An innovative new process for budgeting and forecasting
* One single version of the “truth” that all functional groups see

In short, ARC has greatly improved and accelerated decision making across the enterprise.
                        
Join SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation as we present David Hwang, Corporate Controller of ARC Energy Trust, who will deliver a frank presentation on the benefits and challenges of moving ARC onto a next generation performance management platform.

Seminar Agenda:
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Introduction
8:45 - 9:30 Presentation - David Hwang, Corporate Controller ARC Energy Trust
9:30 - 10:30 Performance Management Software Demonstration

The Westin Calgary
320 4 Avenue Southwest
Calgary, AB
(403) 266-1611

Click here to register.

As a small or medium enterprise you may have struggled through another closing cycle with a mass of spreadsheets, and you are still not entirely sure the numbers add up correctly.  Plus you face shortened reporting timeframes, ever changing regulations, and ongoing organizational changes.  All in all, the financial consolidation and reporting process can be quite chaotic.

The chaos forces you to spend even more time collecting, re-consolidating, verifying, reconciling, and sharing data – leaving very little time for analysis.  Why not regain control of the financial consolidation process and make it deliver what you need, change with the times, and help to manage your business better?

Small and medium enterprises are no different than large enterprises when it comes to sophistication of requirements, scope of functionality needed, data sources, etc.  SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation recognize this and have put programs in place to make the solution affordable to this important segment of the market.

Join us for an informative one hour webinar presentation of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC).  We will spare you the marketing and get right to the point with a demonstration of BPC and how you can use BPC to cut through the chaos of financial consolidation.  

In this webinar you will learn how the BPC solution frees you from the consolidation chaos, and gives the Finance department the flexibility and efficiency of a next generation financial consolidation and reporting solution.  

You will see how BPC offers benefits such as:

* Multi-currency, intercompany elimination, journals
* Single version of the truth
* Multi-dimensional modelling and reporting
* Workflow and approval process
* Easy administration (by Finance)
* Familiar and easy to use interface

And how do these help you Cut through the Chaos?

* Centralized, real-time consolidation of data
* Improved visibility and transparency
* Higher accuracy and data integrity
* Streamlined collaboration environment
* Reduced cycle time
* Improved decision making

Register for this webinar by clicking here.

As a small or medium enterprise you may have struggled through another budget cycle with a mass of spreadsheets, and you are still not entirely sure the numbers add up.  Multiple scenarios are difficult to manage, and every time a new account, department or product needs to be added… well there goes the weekend.  Or your IT department runs a system that is inflexible and doesn’t give you everything you need.  Either way, the process is lengthy and grueling.  

Do you spend 80% of your time collecting, managing, and reconciling budget data?  Wouldn’t you rather spend 80% of your time analyzing results and promoting better business decisions?  Why not regain control of the budgeting process and make it deliver what you need, change with the times, and help to manage your business better?

Small and medium enterprises are no different than large enterprises when it comes to sophistication of requirements, scope of functionality needed, data sources, etc.  SAP and Performance Analytics Corporation recognize this and have put programs in place to make the BPC solution affordable to this important segment of the market.

Join us for an informative one hour webinar presentation of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC).  We will spare you the marketing and get right to the point with a demonstration of BPC and how you can use BPC to tame the budgeting and planning dragon.  

In this webinar you will learn how the BPC solution frees you from the constraints of spreadsheet budgeting, and gives the Finance department the flexibility and efficiency of a next generation budgeting and planning solution.  

 You will see how BPC offers benefits such as:

• Driver based budgeting
• Scenario analysis
• What if capabilities
• Workflow and approval process
• Easy administration (by Finance)
• Familiar and easy to use interface

And how do these help you tame the dragon?

• Centralized, real-time consolidation of data
• Improved visibility and transparency
• Higher accuracy and data integrity
• Streamlined collaboration environment
• Reduced cycle time
• Improved decision making

Register for this webinar by clicking here.

                                                                                                  IFRS IN CANADA
TORONTO BREAKFAST SEMINAR

IFRS in Canada has scheduled an IFRS breakfast seminar in Toronto on Thursday June 11th, 2009.

Sponsored by Performance Analytics Corporation and SAP BusinessObjects

“I have attended a number of IFRS seminars and meetings over the past few months. Your presentation was by far the best I have attended. It was practical, you are very knowledgeable on the subject, your slides were very good and your presentation was most professional”.
- Ontario public company Director

Presentation date:
Thursday June 11th, 2009
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Seminar

Please click here to register:

Practical Advice from Real Experience:

Who is Performance Analytics Corporation?
We have delivered SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC) solutions to customers across Canada since 2003.  We offer a team of experts, both financial and technical, to assist customers during a BPC/IFRS implementation project.  Our methodology depends on a high level of client involvement and knowledge transfer.  If you have any questions about BPC or the BPC IFRS Starter Kit, please send an email to info@performanceanalytics.ca.  We would be glad to answer any questions.

Solutions we provide include:

• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Strategic Planning
• Financial Consolidation
• Operational Analysis
• KPI & Dashboarding

Please click here for more information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

			BREAKFAST SEMINAR

                                                                                                 
DATE:
Thursday June 11th, 2009

TIME:
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Seminar

VENUE:
Hyatt Park Toronto
(Queen’s Park Ballroom)
4 Avenue Road
Toronto

RSVP:
There is no charge for attendance.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ]]> http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/see-pac-at-ifrs-in-canada-breakfast-seminar/feed/ http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/sap-businessobjects-releases-bpc-v70-for-netweaver-platform/ http://www.performanceanalytics.ca/sap-businessobjects-releases-bpc-v70-for-netweaver-platform/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 22:55:52 +0000 gfinney http://www.niagarafallswonder.com/?p=706 Recently SAP BusinessObjects added to the family of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation by releasing version 7.0 for the NetWeaver platform.   The NetWeaver version provides existing SAP customers with a solution that integrates with existing infrastructure, and is well received by internal IT staff.  Version 7.0 for the Microsoft platform was released earlier this year, and is appropriate for non-SAP customers.