13 ace 2010 business intelligence and product analytics

2010 International Conference

Business Intelligence & Product Analytics

300 Brickstone SquareSuite 904

Andover, MA 01810

Rob McAveney

www.aras.com

aras.com

Andover, MA 01810

[978] 691‐8900

www.aras.com

Copyright © 2010 Aras All Rights Reserved.

Business Intelligence Overview

Business intelligence (BI) is all about providing timely and accurate information to support business decisions

The raw data needed to make good decisions is often stored in multiple databases and in different formats, so IT must build a “data warehouse”

Business Analysts "slice and dice" the raw data in a meaningful way, then share their analyses with h i h d d hb dothers using reports, charts and dashboards

Decision makers often have the ability to drill down i h d d il

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into the data to get more details

Business Intelligence Benefits


PLM Analytics

Resolve cost overruns or margin shortfall through informed engineering changeinformed engineering change

Identify the cause of quality problems by tracing ba k to indi id al omponentsback to individual components

Dynamically respond to issues in order to increase fit bilitprofitability

Aggregate and share business data with colleagues in d t la secure and central manner

Monitor and analyze enterprise performance to take ti h

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action where necessary

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Challenges for BI in PLM

Often no single point of access for product information

No complete view of product data for business decisions ‐ Information is disparate and not accessible by all authorized team members

Lots of people need access, not just Engineering

Too many systems to learn and use and many are domain specific

Executives lack easy, fast and accurate visibility into product‐centric information


Why Aras is Powerful for BI

Open and TransparentOpen data model

Easy to integrate

Dynamic and ExtensibleChange and extend your data model without breaking i ti BI d hb d t d texisting BI dashboards, reports, scorecards, etc

Easy to Use & Createf ’ l h lLeveraging Microsoft’s latest technologies

Cornerstone of database & enterprise strategy

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Able to handle real time data access

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BI Options

Simple analytics in Aras InnovatorExisting dashboard and reporting technology

Data rollup and analysis using server events

Utilize a reporting package like Reporting ServicesIncluded with Microsoft SQL ServerIncluded with Microsoft SQL Server

Fast aggregation and calculation of raw data

Charts and graphs included

Start building a data warehouse with Analysis ServicesIncluded with Microsoft SQL Server

Fast analysis of data from multiple sources

Build dashboards without writing complex code

SharePoint’s BI capabilities


SharePoint s BI capabilities

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Simple BI in Aras: Dashboards


Simple BI in Aras: Data Rollup

Display the aggregated value on the form,drill down to see the raw data


Reporting Services


Analysis Services: Terminology

Online analytical processing (OLAP)Database technology used to integrate and analyze raw data

DimensionA way to categorize or filter data, e.g. Time or Product Line

MeasureA numerical fact, e.g. Units Sold

CubeA matrix of dimensions and measures that is optimized for fast multidimensional queries


Analysis Services: Build a Cube


Analysis Services: Cube Details


Build Charts and Dashboards


Chart Drill Down


Dynamic Charts


KPI Metrics


Reports in Excel for Analysis

Pivot Table connects directly to the cube



Drill down deep into the BOMinto the BOM

Add new columns to perform additional calculations


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