Construction Company Gets Strategic with the Use of Spreadsheet Server

Challenge

The business challenges that led C.A. Hull Company to evaluate and ultimately select insightsoftware’s Spreadsheet Server:

• Experienced the following pain points prior to implementing Spreadsheet Server:
  • Lacking access to real-time information
  • It took too much time to make simple format changes and add new GL accounts.

• Evaluated the following reporting tools before choosing Spreadsheet Server:
  • A Business Intelligence (BI) solution
  • A reporting tool packaged with ERP
• Supplemental reporting tools used with Spreadsheet Server:
  • A data warehouse solution
• Selected Spreadsheet Server over the competition because of the following:
  • Flexibility to connect to multiple systems and outside General Ledger
  • Employees and support
  • Excel-based Interface
  • Quick implementation time

Uses Spreadsheet Sever for Financial / General Ledger reporting and the following modules:

• Bidding analysis

Solution

C.A. Hull Company achieved the following results with insightsoftware:

• Benefits received from Spreadsheet Server:
  • Faster, streamlined report creation
  • Improved data accuracy
  • Faster access to live data to make strategic decisions
• Reporting processes streamlined with Spreadsheet Server:
  • Data extraction from an ERP or relational database
  • Month-end close and management/board reporting packages
  • Reporting outside the general ledger, inventory, manufacturing, sales, purchasing, projects, etc.
• Actions or business insights gained using Spreadsheet Server:
  • Increased their ability to complete tactical and complex analysis