for manufacturers

Every day, more and more retailers offer their suppliers direct access to their data. This retailer direct data offers manufacturers valuable insights into store and SKU-level performance.  But, to unlock the value in the data, you need to go beyond the standard reports that many retailers give you. Decisions Made Easy provides consumer goods manufacturers with an easy-to-use analysis and reporting tool that enables you to efficiently extract insights from the data and create actionable information for use across your organization.

Manufacturers can optimize the value from direct data in three steps with a Decisions Made Easy solution:
• Efficiency
• Insight
• Action

Efficiency
Get “speed to answer” with a solution designed specifically for the consumer goods industry. Specialized reports and analyses are organized by business issue, so you don’t waste time hunting for related reports. And, as experts in direct data, we structure the data for you so it makes sense for your business and your users. By eliminating data management and standard reporting as a user task, you spend more time analyzing the data and less time preparing it for analysis.

Insight
Discover important findings in your data with interactive reports and graphs. Drilling down or up, and swapping dimensions enable you to follow your train of thought – analyzing like you think – so you can easily explore the data to discover what’s happening and why.  Rely on over 3000 proven measures for rich results. Executive dashboards with alerts bring critical information to your attention, so you can manage by exception and take quick action.  Plus, integrate and harmonize direct, syndicated and your internal data to access all your data at once to improve coverage for benchmarking and broader market understanding.

Action
Once you gain insight into the business issue, you need to take fast, effective action. You can easily distribute critical findings from your Decisions Made Easy solution with your colleagues via email, dashboards or PowerPoint presentations. Deliver dollar-driven decisions by getting the right information in the hands of the right people when and where it’s needed. And, interfaces to other enterprise systems close the loop and streamline processes.