Telecom management.AnchorPoint, a leading provider of integrated Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. Financial Management (TFM TFM Traffic Flow Management TFM TeX Font Metrics TFM Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana TFM Trusted Facility Manual TFM Testicular Feminization TFM Total Facility Management TFM Tentative Final Monograph TFM Transaction Flow Manager TFM Thermally Fused Melamine ) solutions, has brought out Advanced Analytics, a new set of business intelligence tools, including dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. , benchmarking and ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. reporting, designed to simplify and improve the management of enterprise communications environments. AnchorPoint Advanced Analytics is based on technology from Business Objects and is designed to offer users of the AnchorPoint TFM suite new ways to track, monitor and control communications-related assets and expenses. Framingham, Mass.-based AnchorPoint TFM's Invoice An itemized statement or written account of goods sent to a purchaser or consignee by a vendor that indicates the quantity and price of each piece of merchandise shipped. A consular invoice is one used in foreign trade. , Asset and Usage Management modules leverage the AnchorPoint Communications Intelligence Database The aggregate of technical information and intelligence derived from the interception and analysis of foreign communications (excluding press, propaganda, and public broadcast) used in the direction and redirection of communications intelligence intercept, analysis, and reporting activities. to enable enterprises to re-allocate or eliminate costs, improve operating efficiencies and increase ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). from their telecom/technology investments, the company said in an announcement. Advanced Analytics' dashboard tools provide quick access to relevant information for the C-level through the operations level. From a single screen, users can view information in multiple methods--charts, reports, meters, dials, etc.--that represent data from the communications intelligence database in a "business-ready" format. Dashboards can also display graphical trend analysis through scorecards and other key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. (KPIs), such as spend vs. budget, expenses by type, expenses by site and asset utilization; these help users track their communications budgets, assets and usage in real-time. The dashboards give access to 50 pre-built KPIs and alerts. An intuitive interface allows users to customize their personal dashboard to display only the relevant information to their job function. For example, C-level executives can choose to be alerted when communications expenses are exceeding the normal quarterly pace or when they are within 5 percent of reaching their budget limits. AnchorPoint also offers pre-built dashboards for different levels of the organization that contain the most commonly requested information for that job role. Also integrated with the dashboards are benchmarking tools to monitor internal performance. Users can compare how expenses for one location compare to others or how current monthly expenses compare to the previous month or year. Also, new ad hoc reporting tools allow anyone to create a report at any time. Once created, a user can save or send the report, schedule the report or easily add it to his or her personal dashboard. AnchorPoint Advanced Analytics is available as an add-on module to AnchorPoint TFM 5.1. Advanced Analytics is offered in 5-, 10- and 25-user bundles, with the option to add additional users. Web: www.anchorpoint.com Material for this column has been developed in most cases from promotional material supplied by the companies, which have not paid to appear in this column. |
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