Challenges

• Insights into project performance across divisions and individual projects
• Accountability for individual project performance: both financial and operational
• Reporting across Oracle modules, trying Project, Payables and Receivables data together
• Timely, accurate and consistent reporting: both metric and operational
• Data and reporting secured and segregated by position hierarchy
• Highlight projects in danger of missing Powell operational and financial goals
• Current BI tools not scalable and impact transactional system

Solution

• Worked with Oracle partner O2Works, LLC to implement Oracle Business Intelligence Application (OBIEE) 10.1.3.4 and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA) Financial and Projects 7.9.6
• Adapted out-of-the-box OBIEE Financial dashboards and reports to meet Powell specific requirements
• Adapted out-of-the-box OBIEE Projects dashboards and reports to meet Powell specific requirements
• Empowered Power Executives and Project Managers to get a quick high-level overview of project performance across Oracle Projects, Payables, and Receivables
• Utilize native OBIEE functionality to draw management attention to projects requiring proactive intervention
• Secured reporting data across divisions
• Scalability and performance of OBIEE and OBIA provided Powell with an enterprise reporting solution supporting Powell’s future growth