The world is changing at an ever-increasing pace. The political, economic and commercial balance of power is constantly shifting. Competition comes from places and in business models not imagined possible as little as five years ago. Organisations should be pro-active rather than re-active in dealing with these changes. The creative powers of the whole organisation need to be utilised to produce solutions to any of these potential problems.
Information is fundamental to the creativity of an organisation. It is essential to collect and maintain information on the outside world, information on the competition and information on the current performance of your own organisation. A strategy needs to be defined, deployed and translated into mid-term plans and executable actions. These plans need to be confirmed and adjusted by rolling forecasts. Current performance and progress needs to be measured and compared against such plans. The organisation needs to learn from what is happening in order improve the quality, speed and reliability of the next planning cycle.
We are now one of the leading integrators of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions
with highly innovative approaches. Over 1000 Atos Origin specialists
deliver high value BI solutions to our clients on a daily basis
Atos Origin was one of the first multinational system integrators who recognised the value of delivering BI solutions to its clients with specialised service delivery units.
Atos Origin treats the delivery of BI as a "demand driven information logistic process in which data residing in internal and external systems is extracted from those systems, collected, checked, integrated, pre-processed, stored and distributed to and presented in the actual BI applications“.
We cover all activities from setting up a BI strategy for an enterprise up to delivering change management on the end result. We also perform all activities to arrange meta-data management, master data management and supporting day to day operational support.
Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is the name of the (IT) game. The right information drives value, reduces costs, process throughput times and – above all – ensures the future well-being of an organisation.
Our solutions range from simple point solutions providing reporting functionality on top of (e.g.) an ERP implementation (OLAP) through to solutions to generate an integral customer profile. We enable organisations to maximize the value of each and every customer (Customer Intelligence). Our CPM solutions are derived from methodologies such as the Balanced Score Card, Value Based Management and the model of the European Foundation for Quality Management. The obligation to be compliant with international regulations and standards like IAS, IFRS, BASEL II and Sarbanes Oxley is also an important external driver.
We have developed a team that combines business educated consultants with IT training alongside IT educated consultants with business experience. This expertise and these services combines with our reputation for delivering world class managed operations is a guarantee that we deliver short term value to the business users, as well as safeguarding the long-term sustainability and quality of the solution and the underlying data infrastructure.
Atos Origin always conducts an organisation’s BI project with a holistic view. We deal with the storage of data in a data warehouse, not as a goal in itself, but as a means to an end. The role of the data warehouse in this information logistic process is to act as a de-coupling and integration point in the flow from “producer” to “consumer”. At the same the data warehouse serves as the “corporate memory”, making it possible to produce varied analyses based on business models using past, current and future data.
In most organisations, BI application development and data warehouse implementations tended, historically, to be conducted in a highly decentralised manner, leading to proliferation with different (overlapping) data warehouses and inconsistent reporting. More recently, organisations are implementing more centralised governance models. To enable a smooth transition to a more centralised model we have developed a specialist service: The Atos Origin Data Warehouse Lifecycle Cost Management service.
Atos Origin has developed a unique approach for the delivery of BI projects, the Data Warehouse Lifecycle Model. This model consists of a mature incremental and evolutionary (dealing with changing specifications) project development approach and is based on the Atos Origin Data Warehouse Architecture Reference Model. The project methodology covers all activities from setting up a BI strategy through to delivering change management for the end solution. It also includes activities to arrange meta-data management, master data management and day to day operational support.