Export Credit Agency Streamlines Report Creation with Atlas

Challenge

The business challenges that led Export Development Canada to evaluate and ultimately select Atlas:

• Rekeying data from Microsoft Dynamics into spreadsheets
• Heavy reliance on IT to create or edit reports
• Creating reports in a timely manner

Used Atlas for reporting beyond Financials/GL in the following areas:

• Reports for top management
• Sales/Marketing
• Job costing

Chose Atlas over the following tools:

• An Excel Add-in
• Other Excel-based reporting software

Solution

Export Development Canada achieved the following results with Atlas:

• The removal of disparate static Excel sheets
• Streamlined report creation
• Improved data accuracy

Streamlined the following processes by using Atlas:

• Preparing Audit and Tax schedules
• Budgeting / Forecasting processes

Gained the ability to do the following by using Atlas:

• Centralize reporting practices
• Gain Data Validation capability

Freed up 100-200 hours in one year throughout their organization by using Atlas for reporting..

Freed up 200-300 hours in one year throughout their organization by using the data migration / upload functionality within Atlas.