Oracle Magazine, July/August 2017
Because there was no need to provision hardware or install software we went from data to deliverable in five weeks Derek Hayden Vice President Application Development OUTFRONT Media ORACLE MAGAZINE JULY AUGUST 2017 35 After completing the initial sales dashboard Hayden and his team used Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service to create real estate dashboards that allow lease reps to analyze lease portfolios and financial dashboards that enable the finance team to view key performance indicators such as gross margin revenue expenses pricing budget to actuals and year over year performance Managers now have easy access to performance measures that compare budgeted with actual expenses and they can quickly generate year over year performance graphs to identify areas of improvement Within six months dashboards were available to more than 150 users utilizing a role based architecture that ensures users see only the information that they are authorized to view The company next used Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service to replace a legacy on premises revenue forecasting system enhancing reporting capabilities with drilldowns and data visualizations We now have 250 people using cloud based dashboards for sales real estate finance and field operations Hayden says We used Oracles out of the box visualizations yet it was easy to reinforce our brand identity through the tool OUTFRONTs success using Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service has created a demand for additional value added deliverables to a wider audience The user base was expected to expand to 700 during the first half of 2017 and dashboards will include pricing analytics and account executive book of business views Each
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