Operational Testimonials

Challenge:

Retailer Freedom Furniture needed better information in which to plan their merchandise. Source systems such a MS Access could not provide the information at the right time in a flexible manner for end users who were constantly waiting for queries. The Excel-based systems were becoming cumbersome.

Solution:

With the help of a Cubewise consultant, Freedom built a fast and flexible Merchandise Planning application off Applix TM1 technology. The system is run by the Planning Department and therefore can be tweaked and maintained whenever changes are necessary.

Quote:

"What impressed us about Cubewise is that they listen to clients and develop applications to meet clients′ specific needs. In speaking to other current Cubewise clients, this was reinforced time and again."

Jeffrey McMillan - Inventory & Administration Manager

Challenge:

Lack of integration of Sales, Inventory and Planning information in user-driven models for Planning and Analysis

Solution:

Customised Merchandise Planning built in TM1 by Best & Less and Cubewise

Quote:

"Best & Less used TM1 and Cubewise as TM1 experts for the successful implementation of Merchandise Planning, Financial Reporting, Financial Budgeting, Order Analysis, and Sales Analysis."

Iain MacDonald - Financial Director

Challenge:

Manual processing of demand forecasts and only tenuous links of these forecasts to the process of ordering inventory from manufacturing in the U.S.

Solution:

Fully integrated and automated Demand Forecasting, Inventory Management, and stock ordering using TM1 and Cubewise.

Quote:

"TM1 has allowed our people to spend less time preparing data and more time analyzing and leveraging it to add value to the business."

Regan Sale – Customer Service & IT Manager

www.co2australia.com.au

Challenge:

CO2 needed a system by which they could monitor, track and forecast its Inventory of Carbon Credits – its most precious asset.

Solution:

Integrated TM1 Inventory Modeling, Forecasting and Financial Reporting.

Quote:

"TM1 is the only tool with the flexibility and scalability to make it very easy for a non–technical business user to do all of the specialised business Modelling and Reporting necessary in our newly emerging market and industry."

Challenge:

Building up complicated Defence Project Costing Bids for the Australian Government.

Solution:

Cubewise expertise in cost modeling and TM1 technology now allows RLM to easily centralize and reuse project bidding models for similar processes. Further, it allows for easy top-down scenarios to be tested and saved for variance analysis and complete.

Quote:

"TM1 is easily the most flexible tool for business modeling I have ever seen, and I have seen many systems. It is unbelievable just how quickly we are able to adjust our models and the ease and depth of reporting functionality is second-to-none. Cubewise are the foremost experts in TM1 in Australia and their expertise is of enormous value to our business."

Damian Broadbent – CFO