Akili Blog Site http://www.akili.com/blog Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Akili Receives Partner Award from SAP at SAPPHIRENOW http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/22/2255/ http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/22/2255/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:36:48 +0000 sapakili http://www.akili.com/blog/?p=2255 Akili received an SAP Partner Award for our three Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS) offerings and re-qualified our RDS for SAP Mobile Apps & Infrastructure at SAPPHIRENOW.

 

L to R: Bernd Herold(SAP), Rebekah Naramore(Akili), Harish Lakshminarasimhan(Akili), Su Huber(SAP)

]]> http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/22/2255/feed/ 0 Mobility Delivers Value for the Oil & Gas Industry http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/09/mobility-delivers-value-for-the-oil-gas-industry-2/ http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/09/mobility-delivers-value-for-the-oil-gas-industry-2/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:35:06 +0000 sapakili http://www.akili.com/blog/?p=2249 Check out Akili’s Mobile BI webcast replay to find out how Akili’s Mobile BI Oil & Gas Dashboard gives your Finance team:

  • Visibility to trends in key metrics
  • Accurate planning of production
  • Expense tracking in real time
  • Market scenario simulation to predict effects on your bottom line

Key Topics Discussed:

  • Growth Trends in Mobility for Sales, Operations, Finance and Field Services
  • How Mobile BI Drives Value in Oil & Gas
  • Demo of Akili’s Exclusive Oil & Gas Dashboard for Finance
  • How to Become Mobile-Ready
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If you are attending SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW, make sure to attend Akili’s Mobility speaking session to learn how Akili can help your business Compete like never before.

Thursday, May 16 @4:15PM ET – ASUG Session 5105
Presenter:

Harish Lakshminarasimhan
Mobility Practice Leader
Akili

Akili speaks to their successful implementations of Afaria, SAP’s Mobile device management suite, Sybase Unwired Platform and Syclo, to develop and deploy enterprise applications to the entire workforce - from the CEO to the field level workers - at a Fortune 500 Energy company.

The discussion will include how the implementation has enabled the client to achieve their strategic vision of digitizing all data, and enabling of the workforce to stay connected 24*7 to the enterprise.

The client’s mobility journey included Akili setting up a Mobility Center of Excellence and guiding them along in the process by helping with Project planning, architecture design, project execution and implementation and a comprehensive support strategy.

Key Learning Points:

  1. Learn the ease of creating a  mobile workflow approval solution currently used by the client’s managers, and how this can be achieved using out of the box tools from SAP using Sybase Unwired
  2. Hear how the client installed and configured a Self-Service Portal for employees to register corporate devices themselves with a rich user experience and to save costs by self-service registration and management process for mobile devices
  3. Understand how a Fortune 500 company with over 22500 employees has spread the technology across a global landscape with a diverse user base with ease and comfort
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If you are attending SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW, make sure to attend EZCORP and Akili’s Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) speaking session to learn how Akili can help your business Compete like never before.

Tuesday, May 14 @ 4PM ET – SAPPHIRE Session 7667

Presenters:

Kelly Kauffman
Director Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis
EZCORP

Josh Fadley
Solution Architect
 Akili

EZCORP, Inc. speaks to their successful implementation of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), used to develop rolling forecasts, guidance for ”the street” and cohesive strategic plans across distinct operating units around the globe.

EZCorp will discuss how the implementation has enabled them to utilize automated processes that effectively leverage strategic data in order to drive their forward look. EZCorp will spend focused time reviewing how the automation of comparable store analyses has enabled them to properly “bucket” data for historical comparison, as well as for use in driving the planning process. 

EZCorp will also share how this was made possible with partners like Akili, who have assisted with the development of various analytical processes, as well as provided guidance through project planning, architectural design, project execution, and a comprehensive support strategy.

Key Learning Points:

  1. Learn how EZCORP created a rolling, scalable, and driver-based forecasting solution utilizing SAP BPC that provides improved efficiency, quality, and integration, which has led to both empowered employees and continuous, event-driven and fact-based decision-making at the executive level.
  2. Hear how EZCORP created and utilizes comparable store analyses as a key focus in forecasting and reporting in a retail environment.
  3. Understand how EZCORP and its affiliates, with over 2,300+ locations in 18 countries, has effectively distributed the technology across a global landscape with a diverse user base.
]]> http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/05/06/improve-decision-making-with-business-planning-and-consolidation/feed/ 0 Akili to speak at SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/04/30/akili-to-speak-at-saps-sapphire-now/ http://www.akili.com/blog/2013/04/30/akili-to-speak-at-saps-sapphire-now/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:41:35 +0000 sapakili http://www.akili.com/blog/?p=2221 If you are attending SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW, make sure to attend Akili’s speaking sessions to learn how Akili can help your business Compete like never before.

Tuesday, May 14 @ 4PM ET – Improve Decision Making with Business Planning and ConsolidationSAPPHIRE Session 7667
Presenters: Kelly Kauffman, EZCORP; Josh Fadley, Akili

 

Thursday, May 16 @4:15PM ET – Mobilizing the Enterprise using SAP Afaria, Syclo and Unwired Platform
ASUG Session 5105
Presenter: Harish Lakshminarasimhan, Akili Inc.

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Equipping your workforce with mobile devices enables:

  • Accessibility
  • Speed to Market / Competitive Edge
  • Demand Management / Self Service
  • Ease of Use / Errors & Omissions

Key Topics Discussed:

  • Growth Trends in Mobility for Sales, Operations, Finance and Field Services
  • How Mobile BI Drives Value in Oil & Gas
  • Demo of Akili’s Exclusive Oil & Gas Dashboard for Finance
  • How to Become Mobile-Ready

Webcast Attendees can take advantage of Akili’s Exclusive Mobile BI Readiness Assessment Offering!

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