Event Driven Information Systems Al Conway President AGC, Incorporated
Event Driven Information Systems Bringing Business Intelligence to Your Company
“The machine then selects the likely equations from a complicated pattern of theoretical probables. It calculates these, and the correct answer is printed on a card. Then our Miss Swenson files them God knows where, and we can never find the damn things again.”
What is Event Driven IS? Data Monitoring with Automatic Delivery Create queries against company data Automatic delivery to proper individuals to make decisions with real time information
This transforms your organization from rear-view mirror to windshield-based management
This means the right information is delivered to the right person at the right time for the right decision
“Well, being single and a robot, I’m able to put in a lot of overtime
Examples Accounting Sales Production Human Resources
Accounting Accounts Receivable Traditional Task Scheduled (example: 1st of the month) Run Aging Reports Monthly 30, 60, 90 day buckets Unscheduled task if cash flow crisis Event Driven – Automatic execution E-mail sent to AR, Salesperson & customer when invoice becomes past due E-mail sent to salesperson on orders placed when customer is on credit hold or is put on credit hold
What would that do for your cash flow?
“We have lots of information technology “We have lots of information technology. We just don’t have any information.”
Sales Traditional IS Generated Sales reports are manually created or spreadsheet driven Time consuming, sometimes late do to other pressing matters Orders are confirmed on delivery to customer IS Generated Automatic report creation and delivery (weekly, monthly) Report created with security logic (create one report with multiple output results) Automatic e-mail/fax delivery of order confirmation/invoices
How much time would this free up to concentrate on business performance?
Production Traditional IS Generated Manual tracking of open orders and customer/vendor delivery dates Customer calls when orders are late IS Generated E-mail to Purchasing and Production daily on new customer orders and expected vendor deliveries E-mail on this week’s promised deliveries
What would this do to your backlog and customer satisfaction rating?
“No, the computers are up. We’re down.”
Human Resources Traditional IS Driven Paper form delivery or word of mouth on new hires and terminations Performance reviews managed by supervisors or managers IS Driven E-mail notification to proper parties on all new and terminated employees (Executive, Managers, IT Staff) E-mail report to Supervisors on performance reviews due next 30-60 days
What would that do for employee morale and system security?
So, at the end of the day: What if All of your standard management reports were always delivered on time and didn’t have to rely on staff to create? Critical data that upset your defined processes were immediately known when they occurred? Had the information to be proactive and anticipate problems before they occur?
Good News! Event Driven IS Systems are one of today’s hot markets Many Players Business Objects Global Software SAS Hyperion Cognos
Questions?
Event Driven Information Systems Al Conway President AGC, Incorporated