At Xcel we understand the kind of Business Intelligence challenges facing our customers, such as lack of an enterprise-wide BI strategy, multiple "reporting" projects within the enterprise, lack of standards, poorly designed business processes, gaps in data capture, and so on. Many enterprises also need BI solutions for compliance to federal laws or simply to serve customers better, faster, and cheaper.

Xcel's solutions help you stay focused on your organizational vision and build a Business Intelligence architecture that supports it. This supporting BI architecture enables corporate stakeholders to easily view, distribute, and act on key performance indicators (KPIs) without impairing the decision-making process with too much data.

Xcel provides solutions with leading BI tools Cognos and Business Objects. Depending upon the specific need we offer customized and integrated Business Intelligence solutions.

Some of the benefits that clients enjoy from Xcel's BI solutions include:
Operational Efficiency
Performance Management
Predictive Analysis
Return on Investment (ROI)

Xcel leverages advanced technologies, sophisticated approaches to data architecture, and innovative business concepts, including organizational development and change management, to:
Develop a BI strategy with tangible business and technical objectives
Select the right blend of business and technology experts for your project using a risk-based staffing approach
Optimize the balance between existing infrastructure investments and the promise of new technology
Deliver the solution in phases to minimize risk and create early business value

Xcel assists clients in the aggregation, management and reporting of enterprise data that enables them to make informed and timely business decisions via BI packages.
Alignment of BI strategy with business objectives
Match current technology to BI solution
BI package integration
Custom reporting
Custom builds/modifications
Enterprise Performance Management
Establishment of application procedures/security
Support
Mentor and training

Our BI solutions will enable you to explore and interact with your data directly, and ensure that it is prepared in a format suitable for analysis. Our solutions will help you use your data assets to make better business decisions. These solutions also enable you to consolidate and analyze data and build strategies that may lead to competitive advantages.

We can also help you effectively disseminate and consolidate data from multiple sources into strategic analytic applications. Our preference is to work side by side with a you and your staff to assess business process needs, and then help design a strategy and plan to best manage these information challenges. We also offer practical advice on how to integrate business practices with quality improvement tools and techniques.

Whether you need Project Management, Data Architecture or Data Modeling, Report Development, or any Business Performance issue, we're here to help!