streamling organizational processes via better bi

Streamlining Organizational Processes with Better BI

Featuring Logistic Specialties, Inc. (LSI)

7900 Westpark Drive, Suite T107 McLean, VA 22102 | www.logixml.com

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Welcome

Agenda

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• Introduction– Matt Hoffman, Director of Product Management,

LogiXML• Case Study: Logistic Specialties, Inc. (LSI)

– Mark de Amici, Chief Information Officer, LSI– James Beames, Senior Systems Analyst, LSI

• Wrap Up and Q&A

LogiXML

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• Founded in 2000• First to market with web-based BI• Headquartered outside Wash. DC

– Offices in Los Angeles and UK• High customer ratings in Gartner BI Platforms User

Survey– Software & Support Quality– Overall Customer Experience

• Over 700 customers worldwide

Beyond Traditional Reporting

Agile BI solutions can be utilized for many nontraditional use cases like managing organizational processes:

– Customer Self-Service– Vendor Relationship Management– Process Monitoring and Alerting– Benchmarking as a Service

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LSI Case Study

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• Specializes in managing & fulfilling government procurement bids

• Serves government contractors with business development consulting & support

• Efficiently facilitate the fulfillment of government supply requirements

(LSI)

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Logistic Specialties, Inc. (LSI)

• LSI provides value by:– Collaborating with sub-contractors & suppliers on

proposals– Providing program management oversight upon

award• Must respond rapidly to government RFPs

with most competitive bid

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Business Challenge: Manual RFP Process

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• Excel sheet with 1,200 parts with 26,000 records of history– 20 tabs– 127 MB– 10-12 minutes just to open

Investigating Solutions

• Evaluated several vendors– Traditional BI players– Supply Chain Management solutions

• Accomplished only 40% of needs– Did not track what was quoted– Who was it given to when done– When & how it got delivered

• Charged a % of profits• Required help from costly consultants

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Why LogiXML

• Fast to implement with pre-built components that come out of the box

• Easy to modify/maintain• Flexible to enable workflow between multiple

teams and systems• Reliable since the team had previous

experience in Logi Info

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Commodities Tracking System

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US Gov RFPAnalyst

Processes RFP

Decision Support

Application

Vendor Portal

Engineer Portal

Vendor

RFQ Alert

..... Logs-in

Vendor Quote

Assessment

Engineer

….. Logs-in

ENG Alert

Vendor History

Functions:• Workflow / Alerts• Vendor Analysis• Project Mgmt• Risk Mgmt• Financial Analysis

RFP Response

*Built by a single developer using Logi Info

Results

• Everything built by 1 person in 12 months• Cut development time by 33-50% • Program run by 3-4 people

– Half the staff of competitors• LSI wins:

– Over 50% of the contracts on which they bid – 60% of the dollars within their target market

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Logi Info Pervades LSI

• Logi Info has become our middleware– Purchase request tracking system– Executive and sales dashboards– Time-tracking system (in progress)

• Logi’s database neutrality enables LSI to link to databases they couldn’t otherwise

• Link to databases even Crystal can’t

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Results (which bear repeating)

• Everything built by 1 person in 12 months• Cut development time by 33-50% • Program run by 3-4 people

– Half the staff of competitors• LSI wins:

– Over 50% of the contracts on which they bid – 60% of the dollars within their target market

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The Logi Difference

• Out-of-the-Box Functionality- Rapid creation of sophisticated embedded BI applications- Easy to build and maintain- Minimizes need for custom coding

• Beyond Traditional BI- Alerts, workflows, and database write-back capabilities- Hundreds of pre-built and interactive charts, graphs, analysis tools, and dashboards- Support for exporting, widgets, file templating, and much more

• Easy to Deploy and Manage- Open, web-based, high performance XML architecture- Unmatched integration, customization, and extensibility (e.g. single sign-on, white labeling)- Cross platform support on .NET and Java and browser-independent

The Fastest and Easiest Way To Create Dynamic Information Applications

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Thank You

LogiXMLhttp://www.logixml.com

Logistic Specialties, Inc. (LSI)http://www.lsiwins.com

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