EFM Software is Gold Partner at the upcoming Sogeti / Butler Group (BI) Symposium 2008 on the 16th and 17th September 2008. On its stand, EFM Software, will present how various organisations boost their performance using Bizzscore. In addition, IKEA, one of many Bizzscore users, will present a case study. The BI Symposium 2008 will be held at the Dorint Hotel Amsterdam Airport in Schiphol-Oost in The Netherlands.

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Anyone who takes even a cursory glance at the common data warehousing (DW) and business intelligence (BI) failure points, would spot the pattern: the hardest parts for most teams are understanding business issues and handling cross-organizational interactions.

School development plans, reports for inspection, figures on students’ performance... its common for the professional in modern education to lose the overview now and then.

The Balanced Scorecard Institute describes in the article “Building & Implementing a Balanced Scorecard: Nine Steps to Success” 9 steps for a successful balanced scorecard implementation. This article explains how EFM Software has implemented the Balanced Scorecard methodology, and how this compares to the Nine Step-model.

The web version of Bisscore offers the possibility to give several small to medium-sized organisations the opportunity to use a mutual platform for performance management. EFM Software supports more and more initiatives in the educational sector and in different branches where Bizzscore, if desired as OEM solution under another name, is offered to a larger public as performance management tool.

In the previous 30 year Orga developed from local service organization to a global full service company with its own products and solutions for the offshore industry. This widening and internationalization also were reason for the development of an integral steering model by the concern controller Herman Doornhein supported by a new management information system. After comparing several options, Orga chose for a pilot with Bizzscore of EFM Software. After the success of this pilot, Bizzscore now is rolled out worldwide. The chosen software is an integral part of the management reviews and performance benefits within Orga.

The recent takeovers in the business intelligence and performance management arena give rise to important reorganizations and strategic refocusing of product portfolios. As a result Giant SAP halts important developments at Business Objects in the area of dashboarding and scorecarding. Even more the reason to keep a close eye on Bizzscore for strategic scorecarding!

Making a good decision at a critical moment may lead to a more satisfied customer, a more efficient operation or perhaps a more profitable enterprise. So it only makes sense that the organizations that make better decisions are most successful in the long run.

In spite of dramatic advances in technology and tools that aid in the decision-making process, however, far too many people still make decisions the old-fashioned way: by blending titbits of current information, best recollections of the past, advice from others, a whole lot of “gut instinct” and then assessing which path is likely to give the best possible outcome for the decision at hand.

In collaboration with 4 school boards in Limburg with more than 25.000 students Mediaan developed IKnow. IKnow is an integral managementinformation system based on the proven Bizzscore technology. Managers have direct access to core data from the student, financial and salary administration, employee files and data from surveys or questionnaires. Because of Bizzscore IKnow offers a clear insight in the working of an educational institution in only one glance.