IMPLEMENTING ON DEMAND IMPLEMENTATION

We do it right the first time.
You have made the investment in on-demand software from Host Analytics and are anticipating the tremendous value your new Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solution will bring. Understanding the impact of each configuration choice made during the set-up phase will determine the ultimate success of your investment. Choosing the right partner to implement is as important as choosing the right software. Don’t be fooled into thinking the IT team can put this in place and drive adoption throughout the organization. You made a great choice, now don’t mess it up!

Enter Ondemax, the implementation experts
Ondemax ensures an implementation that fits your business now and gives you a path to the future. Our consultants have deep business, industry and product knowledge. CPM implementation is all we do and all we have done for eight years and more than 300 successful installations with satisfied clients. We know what to anticipate and what questions to ask.

Ondemax is committed to delivering successful and prompt first-time implementations with high adoption rates and little to no unnecessary future administration workloads. With our guidance, you will configure your solution right from the very beginning. Guaranteed.

We know the pitfalls, asking the right questions up front:

• How many business dimensions are enough? Too little, and meaningful analysis is curtailed. Too many, and client data loads and usage are onerous if not impossible.
• What are the best dimension hierarchies? Too simple, and reporting performance can be terrible even though navigation is easy. Too complex, and system maintenance workloads can be high and errors can be introduced.
• How many templates and scenarios should be deployed? Too few combinations, then either responsibility center and data security can be compromised, or annual budget versus quarterly forecasting processes can’t be sufficiently customized. Too many combinations, and budget manager adoption is low because the learning curve for correct usage is high.
• What’s the best level in the dimension hierarchies for revenue planning? Too low, and the historical statistical noise of the actual data is misleading and/or the data input timing requirements can’t be met. Too high, and the average selling prices and costs are meaningless. (And what is truly being planned (and sold): Units? Dollars? Cartons?)
• Which expenses should be driver-based and which dollar-based? For driver-based expenses, when should corporate based drivers be deployed versus responsibility-based drivers? What’s the trade-off in usability versus flexibility versus maintenance and adjustment efforts?
• When should bottoms-up and when should top-down methods be used?
• At what levels can access, change and workflow action security be implemented? And what are the trade-offs?