Blink Logic Inc., a major player in software as a service business intelligence has announced that it will power
VistaComm’s “Ag Retailer Information System” designed to help businesses identify, analyze and monitor sales and inventory KPIs.
VistaComm officials said that this dynamic, Web-based system allows users to sort, query and segment individual product and services by customer as well as their respective profitability to their organization.
“By having 24/7 access to this type of information, our customers will be able to make intelligent and timely decisions that will help them become better operators and strengthen their customer relationships,” states Troy Long, president of VistaComm, ina statement.
Long said that best of all, this system is designed and built based on requirements from each individual retailer, so it’s all about what they want, when they want it.
Officials pointed out that with ARIS, retailers have a robust reporting and analytical engine, allowing them to slice and dice the data to take an in-depth look at sales and inventory in a myriad of ways.
With Blink Logic’s easy to use and intuitive dashboards, everyone from executives to operators can create their own views of the data in minutes.
“VistaComm and Blink Logic are providing a unique service to the Ag industry,” says David Morris, CEO and President of Blink Logic.
Morris said that Ag customers literally have volumes of reports they need to go through to measure performance. Now they can log-in and have all the information at their fingertips, saving them a tremendous amount of time and money. Being able to respond quickly to market changes, whether economical or environmental, is a key to success. It’s a win-win for everyone.
A few months ago, the company
announced that it has added a fully integrated
Microsoft Excel plug-in to its platform expanding their reporting and analytical tools.
The Microsoft (
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Alert) Excel plug-in supplements Blink Logic’s existing powerful business intelligence solution. Excel “junkies” can now have the best of both worlds by combining its functionality with Blink Logic’s dynamic dashboards, analytics, and reporting.
Users will have a choice of pulling data directly from the database or from OLAP cubes, allowing them to take advantage of the powerful capabilities of OLAP cubes such as pre-calculated measures. In addition, users will have the ability to upload 3rd party spreadsheets to the dashboard to save and share with others.
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Jessica Kostek