This document describes ZAP Trusted Analytics, a framework and set of pre-built analytics for Microsoft Dynamics that aims to provide organization-wide transparency, alignment, and decision making. It discusses how the solution offers role-based dashboards and metrics for various business functions like sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and retail. The benefits highlighted include accelerated time to value, lower costs than custom solutions, and improved organizational alignment through a single source of business logic and metrics.
3. align your teams with
best practice metrics
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Today, doing your job well means being able to measure the right infor-
mation at the right time. But importantly, what you measure needs to be
closely aligned with what your colleagues are measuring and, ultimately,
how everyone across your organization is measuring performance.
We know that your investment in Dynamics now enables you to manage
your organizations operational and administrative processes and custom-
er interactions.
At ZAP, we add further value to this investment by providing you with an
overarching view of your business performance through our integrated
analytical model thats delivered through a single BI platform.
We call this our Trusted Analytics Framework for Microsoft Dynamics.
ZAP Trusted Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics is an organization-wide
platform that aligns all of the employees in your company through an
integrated set of best practice industry metrics. Our analytics framework
ensures your employees actions are connected to those business objec-
tives that deliver real business results.
Organizational alignment is delivered by breaking down business silos
and delivering a single source of truth.
ZAP Trusted Analytics
4. ORGANIZ
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TRANSPAR
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ASHBOARDS BEST
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METRICS
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ZAP
Trusted
Analytics
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Retail
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CFO
CMO
VP Sales
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INDUSTRYPROCESS
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Best Practice Analytics
With Meaningful Answers
ZAP lets you see the big picture from the top line metrics
to the required detail across all of your business functions.
Our Trusted Analytics help you measure what matters and
provide meaningful outcomes for everyone.
Adaptability to Your Business
We know your deployment of AX or CRM is probably a
modified version of standard Dynamics. ZAPs intelligent
framework quickly identifies these changes and allows
our centralized analytical model to be updated with your
additional customizations. We reflect your business and
give you more flexibility than you thought was previously
possible with BI.
Transparent & Resuable
Business Logic
ZAP Trusted Analytics provide transparent and reusable
business rules by separating calculations and specific busi-
ness functions as independent resources within the solu-
tion architecture. This makes business logic transparent to
all business users and reduces the possibility of multiple
versions of the truth being developed across the business.
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ZAP Trusted Analytics Framework
5. Our team meetings and conver-
sations have shifted from the
issues of inaccurate data and
standardization of that data to
more productive discussions on
how we can leverage our data to
really make our customers more
successful.
Rachel Thompson, CLEAResult
My team is very excited about the
endless possibilities and having
the ability to report critical infor-
mation to the entire organization,
including directly to our 570+
locations across the country with
ZAP Business Intelligence.
Vince Fusco, Regal Cinemas
ZAP Trusted Analytics Outcomes
Typical BI Project ZAP Others
for Dynamics (buy) (build)
Time to Value 6 weeks 6 months
Cost <$250,000 >$500,000
Project
Success Rate
95% <50%
Costs were calculated as follows:
ZAP: Average software license and maintenance +2 consultants
Other: 4 consultants for 6 months
6. In the pages ahead, well show you how ZAPs pre-packaged trusted analytics can help drive orga-
nizational alignment, reduce your BI project risk and greatly accelerate user adoption.
ZAP Analytics Framework
for Microsoft Dynamics
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SALES
MARKETING
FINANCE
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANUFACTURING
RETAIL
8. Sales
Benefits for Sales teams
Our goal is to provide a set of financial dash-
boards, reports and metrics that offer a BI
platform for measuring your sales performance
and profitability.
We focus on the real business assetyour
informationrather than just the technology.
Metrics that create alignment across and
within your sales teams.
Easily accessible through your PC, tablet and
smartphone, a critical feature for your mobile
sales force.
Very specific and granular views allow
you to drill down from summary level to
transactions.
Actionable insights on where and how your
sales teams can improve business results.
A foundational component of our enter-
prise-wide trusted analytics framework for
your enterprise.
Metric Highlights
Over 100 pre-built sales analytics
(dashboards, reports, calculations).
Sales analytics that measure your sales
pipeline, sales closure performance,
sales people and your customer delivery
performance.
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements.
Transparent meta-data (where the data came
from and what business rules have been ap-
plied) to support one source of truth across
your business.
VP of Sales
Sales Manager
Sales Representative
4 role based
dashboards 40pre-built charts
and reports 40+ calculations
and KPIs
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10. Marketing
Benefits for Marketing
Marketers are being challenged by their exec-
utive teams to be more data-driven in their pro-
cesses and decisions. To meet this mandate,
marketers need to measure everything and
demonstrate the impact marketing initiatives
have on generating qualified sales leads and
revenue.
ZAP Trusted Analytics gives you access to
dashboards and reports so you can efficient-
ly assess your marketing campaigns, lead
to opportunity conversion and overall sales
funnel, and make effective changes that impact
marketing ROI.
Metrics that create alignment across all of
your campaigns, lead conversion, opportuni-
ty management and overall marketing ROI.
Immediate visibility into performance and
pipelines.
Monitor B2B campaigns and audience that
drive revenue.
Gain visibility across your campaigns, leads
and revenue.
Metric Highlights
Over 100 pre-built marketing analytics
(dashboards, reports, calculations)
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements
Chief Marketing Officer
Marketing Manager
4 role based
dashboards 60pre-built charts
and reports 35
calculations
and KPIs
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12. Finance
Benefits for Finance
Our goal is to provide a set of financial dash-
boards, reports and metrics that provide a BI
platform for measuring your financial perfor-
mance, liquidity and activities.
Metrics that create alignment across all
finance teams and individuals.
Easily accessible and shareable to all.
Very specific and granular views allow
you to drill down from summary level to
transactions.
Actionable information, providing insights on
where and how to improve business results.
Metric Highlights
Over 100 pre-built financial analytics (dash-
boards, reports, calculations).
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements.
Chief Financial Officer
Financial Controller
Accounts Receivable
4 role based
dashboards 50pre-built charts
and reports 100+
calculations
and KPIs
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14. Supply Chain
Benefits for Supply Chain
We know your pain points, and we help you ask
the right questions to find the right answers.
No one knows Dynamics supply chain analysis
better than ZAP.
ZAP provides pre-built dashboards and metrics
for procurement, inventory management, order
fulfillment and customer delivery performance
that provides integrated visibility across your
whole supply chain.
Complete supply chain visibility provided by
ZAPs single Dynamics AX analytical model.
Align your procurement, stock control,
planning, distribution and customer service
teams across all your regions.
Break down functional silos and remove
subjectivity from crucial supply chain
decision-making.
Deliver best in class customer delivery
service levels while efficiently managing
stock levels.
Provide early warning signals to your
planning and procurement teams.
Metric Highlights
Over 200 pre-built supply chain analytics
(dashboards, reports, calculations)
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements
Vice President of Sales
Inventory Manager
Procurement Manager
10 role based
dashboards 100 pre-built charts
and reports 110
calculations
and KPIs
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16. Manufacturing
Benefits for Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies of all types (equip-
ment, process manufacturers, high-tech pro-
viders) face extremely complex production and
supply chain management challenges. In order
to meet the needs of a changing, globalized
world and ensure companies can meet demand
for their goods while reducing operating costs,
they need timely and accurate information
thatll help answer strategic questions.
Metrics that deliver an integrated view
across manufacturing planning, execution,
quality and costs.
Track costs, quantities and amounts
of usage.
Cross functional analysis capabilities
across supply chain, procurement and
finance analytics.
Metric Highlights
Over 50 pre-built manufacturing analytics
(dashboards, reports, calculations).
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements.
Production Manager
Production Line Manager
Production Order Fulfillment
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3 role based
dashboards 20 pre-built charts
and reports 40
calculations
and KPIs
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18. Retail
Benefits for Retail
ZAP provides a series of retail dashboards,
reports and metrics that enable you to mea-
sure your retail promotions and merchandising,
point of sale, store operations and customer
loyalty.
Metrics that create alignment across all retail
head offices, regional and in-store teams.
Easily accessible and shareable to all,
from corporate users to brick and mortar
managers.
Understand your customers buying patterns
and plan more effective promotions.
Optimize your in-store systems, back office
processes and staffing requirements.
Improve product assortment and supply
chain decisions all while targeting your
existing customers through optimized
loyalty campaigns.
A ZAP Industry solution that works hand in
hand with our foundation Trusted Analytics
framework.
Metric Highlights
Over 100 pre-built retail analytics
(dashboards, reports, calculations)
In-built business rules that can be easily
modified to suit your specific requirements
Regional Manager
Store Manager
Customer Analysis
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6 role based
dashboards 70 pre-built charts
and reports 50
calculations
and KPIs
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Vice President of Sales
From this dashboard, a Vice President can effectively monitor his or her sales divisions across all operations in a single view. With ZAP cur-
rency conversion and support for reporting currencies, multinational companies/organizations can quickly get a consolidated view in their
currency of choice. Our trusted analytics allow the VP to analyze trends and make informed decisions on strategies knowing the information
is accurate and up to date.
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Sales Manager
Having the right information in a timely manner is key to managing your sales force. With the cell slicing you
can see with a single click what your top customer is buying, sale volume over time and many other scenarios.
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Sales Representative
The Sales Representative dashboard gives your sales personnel the ability to track their progress accurately. This dashboard allows the
salesperson to identify key opportunities and see if demand generation has been effective in increasing sales. This dashboard also gives the
user important insights into the overall revenue stream and allows them to focus on the key areas.
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Chief Marketing Officer
Having a global overview of the business is critical to a Chief Marketing Officer. Measuring and monitoring campaign effectiveness,
and campaign ROI, ensures marketing campaigns are effective and under tight cost control. This allows a business to make the best
possible decisions to invest in those channels and industries that generate the most leads and returns.
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Marketing Manager
A Marketing Manager can track a specific campaign, from lead generation through to revenue won. Follow leads that get converted into
opportunities and eventually into revenue. At a more detailed level, campaign duration, percentage of qualified leads, campaign activities
and responses can be analyzed. Now you can identify gaps within and campaign and improve upon them.
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Chief Financial Officer
The Chief Financial Officer dashboard provides quick access to business metrics that are key to monitoring profitability and liquidity.
Using a number of industry standard ratios, users can quickly gain insight into company performance. Users can see the details behind the
analytics and how theyre being calculated using the drill functionality.
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Financial Controller
The cornerstone of any business is good timely financial reporting. This dashboard utilizes the traditional income statement and supplements
it with trend analysis and reporting on key margins. The dashboard allows Financial Controllers to view the business profitability and growth
trends at a glance. ZAP also allows the user to drill through on the number to reveal the detail.
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Accounts Receivable
The accounts receivable dashboard is a vital tool in assisting managers to improve their companys cash flow and increasing collection
effectiveness. Key industry metrics combined with other information on the dashboard will help managers improve the Order to Cash cycle
time. The managers can quickly ascertain collection trends and which customers are problematic. The dashboard allows the users to see a
customers interaction with your entities, so there wont be anymore consolidation of multiple aged trail balances.
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Vice President of Sales
This dashboard helps the VP of Sales monitor customer satisfaction in terms of deliveries and answers the following questions:
Am I delivering on-time? Do my customers receive full deliveries? The VP of Sales can also pay particular attention to the delivery
performance on the Top 10 customers of the company.
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Inventory Manager
Good stock control is critical to business success and profitability. The Inventory Manager dashboard provides managers with the key infor-
mation needed to manage their inventory. Using best practice industry metrics built into ZAPs out of box analytics, inventory managers can
quickly identify inventory turns, valuation and days of supply all within a single dashboard.
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Procurement Manager
The procurement manager dashboard gives users powerful insight into procurement operations. The dashboard shows the information
needed to manage the procure-to-pay process and maintain robust supply chain. At a glance users can see the key vendors and related
metrics that will assist in maintaining a good relationship with those vendors. With the spend analysis metrics users can see the top items
been procured.
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Production Manager
The Production Manager dashboard provides the much needed high level manufacturing overview, with ability to combine company production
operations and the ability to drill down to the work center detail. Efficiency metrics give valuable feedback on performance and output quality.
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Production Line Manager
The Production Line Manager dashboard can quickly gain insight to production fulfilment, efficiency and costs.
The dashboard can assist in scheduling and production capacity planning. ZAP drill-down functionality allows users
to see the detail behind the analytics and quickly find any issues.
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Production Order Fulfillment
This dashboard lets you explore the production order performance across on-time, quality and actual fulfilment.
The data can be analysed across product items, location and company.
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Regional Manager
Retail Regional managers can view a consolidated picture of their regional performance across key revenue, profitability
and stock metrics. They can quickly identify their best and worst performing stores and take immediate action.
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Store Manager
Store Managers are aligned to their Regional Manager through an integrated set of metrics and can drill down into specific product category,
staffing and customer detail information. Important time of day analysis is readily available and identifying important low stock situations is
just a click away.
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Customer Analysis
Understanding what your customer buying patterns are critical so that you can provide correct staffing levels,
product ranges, in-store promotions and overall service levels.