Aviana

Our TM1 Services



Aviana’s TM1 consultants offer a unique blend of business, technical and vertical expertise which provides our clients with the right resources to ensure efficient and effective solutions in order to solve their performance management needs.

TM1 Implementation Service (TM1/SmartStart)


Aviana understands that consulting services are best performed when they are completed in a timely manner with minimal interference to your Business and IT environments. As an IBM Cognos Platinum Partner, our clients benefit from our experience in business as well as applying technology to support the Office of Finance in the overall strategic decision making process, including:
  • Budgeting, Forecasting and Performance Management
  • Financial Reporting and Financial Consolidations
  • Capital Expenditure and Profitability Analysis
  • Human Resource/Headcount Planning and Tracking
  • Compensation Modeling
  • Customer Buying Pattern and Lifetime Value Analysis
  • Statutory Compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley) Support
Using our proven implementation methodologies we will conduct analysis sessions with your business user group to develop the proper TM1 model design to support your business objectives.

Benefits

  • Aviana’s rapid implementation methodology can help reduce your planning cycles by 75% and reporting cycles from days to minutes
  • The TM1 solution is owned and managed by Finance and lines of business
  • TM1 provides exceptionally fast performance for large, sophisticated models and data sets
  • The TM1 solution
    • Features personalized planning and analytics—within a managed planning process
    • Aligns financial and operational targets in one connected, dynamic solution
    • Supports effective decision making by providing flexible and easy to use ability to dig deep into your data for analyzing root causes behind performance anomalies

Deliverables


As the result of our analysis, Aviana will deliver to you a detailed TM1 Solution Design document that includes:
  • Overview of your current business process
  • Overview of your business users' requirements of the new TM1 system
  • Hardware recommendation for your TM1 applications
  • TM1 application input sources and processes
  • Full design of your TM1 application model
  • TM1 reporting requirements
  • TM1 security model

The TM1 Solution Design document will drive the implementation phase. Prior to the implementation phase, a detailed project plan will be developed which will provide the necessary controls to keep your implementation on time and within budget.

Once the implementation phase is completed, Aviana’s consultants will continue to provide invaluable service by providing knowledge transfer, guide your organization through the User Acceptance phase, and provide training as needed.

 

TM1 Proof of Concept

Let an expert Aviana consultant ease your concerns with a TM1 "Proof of Concept". This offering allows you to fully evaluate the power of TM1 and the effects it will have on your organization without committing yourself to a full TM1 implementation. Our TM1 "Proof of Concept" can demonstrate how TM1 can support the Office of Finance in the overall strategic decision making process, including:
  • Budgeting, Forecasting and Performance Management
  • Financial Reporting and Financial Consolidations
  • Capital Expenditure and Profitability Analysis
  • Human Resource/Headcount Planning and Tracking
  • Compensation Modeling
  • Customer Buying Pattern and Lifetime Value Analysis
  • Statutory Compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley) Support

Benefits

  • Get an “up close and personal” sense of how a TM1-based planning and forecasting solution may improve your current process without having to commit to a full blown project. TM1 solutions can reduces planning cycles by 75% and reporting from days to minutes.
  • Get to see results/TM1 in action within 3-4 weeks.
  • The deliverables created during this exercise are fully reusable and extendable to a full application. This effort is not wasted.
  • Solution is owned and managed by Finance and lines of business
  • Aligns financial and operational targets in one connected, dynamic solution

Deliverables


Using our proven methodologies we will conduct analysis sessions with your business user group to develop the proper TM1 model design to support your business objectives.

As the result of our analysis, Aviana will deliver to you a functional prototype of a mutually agreed to subset of your TM1 application. Aviana will also deliver a broad-based Design document for your first TM1 applications that includes:
  • Overview of your current business process
  • Overview of your business users' requirements of the new TM1 system
  • Hardware recommendation for your TM1 applications
  • TM1 application input sources and processes
  • Full design of your TM1 application model
  • TM1 reporting requirements
  • TM1 security model

The Design document will act as a blueprint for you to follow if you choose to fully implement your TM1 application at a later time

 

TM1 Check Point Services (TM1/Road Map)

Our TM1 Check Point Services will revitalize your solution. Our TM1 experts will take a comprehensive look at your most important TM1 applications and recommend best practices for you to get more out of your current investment.

Benefits

  • Unbiased assessment of your current solution, with specific recommendations regarding how to get more of your investment.
  • Benchmark your solution to current best practices and statutory requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
  • Good foundation and preparation for any external review or audit

Deliverables


Aviana consultants will perform a thorough evaluation of all aspects of your TM1 application and make specific recommendations for improvement.

The result of the analysis will be a comprehensive TM1 System Audit Plan that documents the following:
  • Overview of your current business process
  • Evaluation of your TM1 Cube structure design and recommendations for improvement
  • Evaluation of your use of TM1 Rules and recommendations for improvement
  • Suggested improvements to your current hardware & configuration
  • Evaluation of your TM1 administration processes and recommendations for improvement
  • List of deficiencies in your current TM1 system and staff training
  • Description of the potential impact of improvements
  • Suggested action items to achieve improvements

The goal of this offering is to provide you with a clear roadmap for resolving any issues in your current TM1 system that might detract you from realizing the full value of TM1. With our TM1 Check Point Services, you can be confident that you are taking advantage of all the latest and greatest features and functions that TM1 has to offer.

 

TM1 System Upgrade

Aviana’s exclusive conversion methodology will quickly and safely upgrade your existing TM1 applications helping our clients to maximize their investment in both time and technology.

Benefits

  • Access to all the latest features: TM1 9.5 is fundamentally different from previous versions of TM1. With a brand new web interface, enhanced functionality, and a plethora of new features, TM1 9.5 can take your TM1-based analysis and reporting to an entirely new level.
  • Improve performance
  • Implement Workflow management with integrated security and organizational hierarchies
  • Continued support from IBM

Deliverables


Aviana consultants will perform a thorough review of your existing TM1 model and make recommendations for your upgrade, including the following:
  • Written review of your current application which states which areas can benefit from new TM1 version features
  • Detailed Project Plan for the conversion and testing of the application to the most recent TM1 Version
  • Complete conversion and upgrade of the application
  • Full testing and reconciliation of the application
  • System Administrator's documentation for the new software upgrade and application

TM1 Advisory Services

When formal implementation services are not the optimal solution, we have found that informal, one-on-one advisory services provides impactful and immediate learning that delivers specific solutions designed to match your unique requirements.

Benefits

  • Improve performance by having Aviana’s team of experts assess your solution and offer expertise, recommendations and solutions.
  • Overcome specific problems and bottlenecks by having Aviana’s team of experts assess your solution and offer recommendations.

TM1 Training

The Aviana team offers a complete education solution for all relevant functional and technical roles. Based on our extensive methodology and experience delivering implementation services, we have designed an effective, condensed learning path centered on the most important elements critical to your daily success. By focusing on fundamental techniques and leveraging years of hands-on experience, our approach minimizes classroom time and provides a level of flexibility not possible with standard public classroom training.

TM1 9.5 is fundamentally different from previous versions of TM1. With a brand new web interface, enhanced functionality, and a plethora of new features, TM1 9.5 can take your TM1-based analysis and reporting to an entirely new level.

TM1 9.5 Administrator Training

1-day hands-on coverage of all aspects of installing TM1 9.5 and maintaining a TM1 client/server environment. New 9.5 features and functionality will be introduced.

TM1 9.5 User Training

2-day hands-on course will introduce the new TM1 user to multidimensional analysis using the features and functionality of TM1 9.5. Students will build multidimensional cubes and learn various browsing, updating, and reporting techniques.

TM1 9.5 User Functions & Features Training

1-day hands-on course will review new TM1 9.5 features and functionality that will benefit all current users of TM1. Learn how the significant enhancements of this new version can make TM1 multidimensional analysis more efficient and effective.

TM1 9.5 Advanced User Training

1-day hands-on course will step TM1 users through selected import and export features that are part of TM1 9.5. Students will also learn the basics of writing TM1 Rules as well as report automation features that will help the TM1 developer build more meaningful and user friendly reports and input templates. Students will import and export data to, from, and between cubes; they will write common calculation rules and rules combining information in two cubes; and they will create worksheets that will facilitate the analysis and budgeting process.

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