Informer is an integrated system for reporting, budgeting and monitoring. It uses Excel as the front end leading to rapid deployment and low training costs. Centralised Business logic (calculations and allocations) means complete auditability and superior data governance. Informer is typically implemented in 2 to 3 business days and is very cost effective.

Excel Front end:

Informer supports any SQL compliant query and reporting tool. Critically, it also supports Excel as a front end tool. Users have the familiar Excel environment which leads to very quick training times - typically 2 to 3 hours. Full reporting packs can be built in Excel for distribution to managers and staff.

Fully Integrated Dashboard:

While Excel is a very good reporting tool, senior managers like using a Dashboard with a website which will allow them to navigate to the reports they require. Informer is bundled with a Dashboard module that allows Accountants to build and deploy dashboards for key managers.

The dashboard module allows for KPIs to be set and alerts to be built.

Quick Implementation:

Informer comes packaged with a pre-built Data Warehouse (DW) for popular Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or General Ledger (GL) systems. If your ERP or GL system is currently supported, implementation typically takes 2 to 3 business days. If we need to build a DW to support your ERP/GL system, we will need around 2 weeks to build the DW and implementation thereafter will be 2 to 3 business days.

Centralised Calculations:

Informer has an intuitive calculation builder (Star Calc) that allows authorised users to build complex calculations that are stored centrally and are accessible by other users with the necessary permissions. This leads to a central repository of agreed, documented calculations - "One version of the truth".

Centralised Allocations:

Allocations are vital for moving from aggregated figures to detailed profitability statements by product, customer, staff member, geography etc. Informer supports centralised allocations and produces detailed profitability statements on demand.

Integrated Budgeting:

Informer allows users to build budgets in Excel and write back to the central server. This process is fully security controlled.

Forecasting:

Informer supports numerous data versions (budget, forecast, re-forecast etc) allowing for regular re-forecasts.

Cash Flow Forecasting:

Informer allows cash flow forecasts to be derived from budgets and forecasts leading to tighter control over cash.

User Driven:

Informer is built to be driven by Accountants. Once your IT department has provided access to your ERP/GL system, you are in complete control.

Flexible:

Informer is very flexible and is easy to modify by adding new items to the Chart of Accounts, changing organisation structures, etc.

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