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MANMAN gets first ready-to-run data
mart
Taurus Software delivers BridgeWare version ready
for sales snalysis
with 3000 manufacturing application
The new SalesMAN uses BridgeWare to hook up a Brio data
mart hosted
on a Windows NT or Unix system with MANMAN on the HP 3000. The
end result is a point and click view into a company’s
sales data,
one that can be drilled into for details. Users can
“pivot” data
on columns to see it organized quickly in different ways.
The solution relies on a daily feed
between the HP 3000 and the
Brio host. Pre-defined screens deliver views to discover sales
trends, sales rep efficiency and sales rep ramp-up speed,
as well
as a way to see the effect of discounting on margins.
The application is one of the first implementations of
BridgeWare
available ready to use, said Taurus’ Victoria
Shoemaker. BridgeWare
– a joint venture with Quest Software which uses
Netbase as a
data transport mechanism – selects, cleanses and moves
data directly
from MANMAN’s databases.
The product also lets end users create their own unique
reports,
and lets them use pre-defined reports right out of the box.
“This
was designed with a VP of Sales in mind,” Shoemaker
said. “All
you have to be able to do is use a mouse.”
“We’ve written the
procedures to populate a data mart for MANMAN,”
Shoemaker explained. Brio’s software runs on Windows
NT or Windows
95, and the data warehouse tool can also deliver its
reports through
a Web browser interface. Report information, in comma-delimited
formats or picture files, can also be e-mailed.
“This is a solution for sites not flush with MIS
resources, where
it’s too big an undertaking for the staff to set up a
data mart,”
Shoemaker said. The mart relies on an NT-based SQL database
such
as SQL Server, or the MANMAN data can be routed to Oracle on NT
or Unix systems.
The solution takes information from the MANMAN OMAR
module, mostly
from quotations. “People can take advantage of
customization they’ve
already done with MANMAN when they use SalesMAN,”
Shoemaker said.
“For example, most customers already handle purchase
quotes on
their own.”
SalesMAN gets more out of an HP 3000 MANMAN
installation, so people
are able to have tactical advantages up to the time an
application
no longer meets their needs, Shoemaker said.
“People are moving away from 3000 manufacturing
applications because
they can’t use them to stay current in their
marketplace. All
the newer applications have that ability as part of their
packages
– but not all of us can afford a Baan or SAP.”
SalesMAN is a solution that ranges from $95,000 to
$160,00, sold
as a bundle. The mart database is priced separately.