Solution Overview

Burntsand Business Intelligence Solutions

The right information to the right people at the right time...
in the right context!
Modern business is moving at a faster rate with the
development of better and faster ways to collect,
store and retrieve data. This business information,
when presented in an easily, distributed,
understandable and timely manner, can have a very
tangible and lasting overall effect on revenues.
Organizations that strive to gain competitive
business advantages by using the company's data to
derive specific, detailed information, are able to
prevent or identify negative impacts on revenue
such as non-profitable product lines or activities,
and better adapt to changing business conditions.
Burntsand can partner with it's clients to deliver
complete information management solutions
resulting in dynamic, profitable and secure
operation of these new strategic business
implementations.
Information is Power...
Is yours Available?
Burntsand is a leading innovator in helping clients make
appropriate organizational knowledge available to employees
to initiate positive action. Organizational knowledge is the
key to business, whether it resides in corporate databases,
employee minds, or documents. Our data warehousing
solutions permit our clients to execute customer
segmentation, and profitability analysis; supply chain
management, one to one customer marketing, retention, and
churn financial analysis; customer acquisition and
merchandising and inventory analysis.
Burntsand's clients, generally industry leaders across Canada
and the United States, are serious about gaining a
competitive advantage in today's evolving marketplace.
Burntsand relies on it's unique core values, proven UpFront!
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Delivery Process, and a Data Warehousing Methodology to
ensure the Warehouse returns the value intended.
We Specialize in Data Warehouses
Burntsand's Data Warehousing Division's sole interest and
direction is specializing in developing and implementing
Enterprise Data Warehouses, with over four years of working
with many of the largest North American companies to deliver
tools that provide rapid access to strategic information.
We believe our specialty in Warehousing and our experience
working on a variety of projects, from relatively small Data
Marts to massive Enterprise Warehouses, uniquely position us
as an authority in all aspects of Data Warehouse projects.
Our experience is that our client's return on investment is
between 12 to 18 months, depending on how the data is
used. In most cases, this time period has been shortened
significantly.
Burntsand provides a wide range of project services, including:
Project StartUp and Investigation
Business Value Discovery
Feasibility Analysis
Systems Analysis
Requirements Determination
Software and Hardware Acquisition & Assessments
Recommendations
Back End
Data Modeling
Design and Implementation of data transformation, extraction,
loading (ETL) and Routines
Warehouse and Tuning
Front End
Design and implement report
Follow Up & Maintenance
Knowledge Transfer
Comprehensive Documentation
Warehouse Administration
Software and Vendor Independent
Burntsand is not biased by agreements with any of our Software
or Hardware partners. A Burntsand Needs Analysis is targeted
and customized to fit the needs of the client. Also, when
determining client needs, consideration into a reasonable and
mutually acceptable time frame to design and implement the BI
solution is taken into account - to ensure the client's data
warehouse does not outgrow the recommended infrastructure
and tools prematurely.
Our Clients are among the
Elite Canadian and US Businesses
We have developed BI Solutions for clients spanning a wide
range of industries from Film and Entertainment to Oil and
Gas.
Below is a sample of our past and present clients:
Warner Brothers BC Rail
Universal Studios Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Eddie Bauer Future Shop Ltd.
Dairyworld Foods Sony Pictures Entertainment
BC Gas Trimark Investments
Overwaitea First Canadian Title
Bergen Brunswig Corporation Imperial Smelting
Wisconsin Tissue Fidelity Investments
Data Warehousing Methodology
Burntsand has established a comprehensive Data Warehouse
methodology that encompasses all activities for building and
deploying a Data Warehouse. Burntsand's methodology helps
ensure that Data Warehouse projects are completed on time on
budget and that they deliver the business value expected. This
methodology has been applied to projects of all sizes and has
been proven successful in delivering value in the Data
Warehouse.
Our People are our Advantage
The Business Intellignece Team come from a variety of
BI technology and business backgrounds. Our People are
trained and certified in such tools as MicroStrategy, Oracle,
Business Objects, and Informatica to name a few. We feel
that through this kind of training, our developers have the
exposure to a broad variety of tools to better prepare them
for working with these and related technologies.
Burntsand Core Values
Our unique set of core values is the foundation for each of
our client projects. They are critical to our success and
include:
*Focus on our Client's ROI
- by helping clients realize a high return on investment
*Open and Innovative Solutions
- we deliver innovative WEB based or WEB enabled client-
server business solutions that are scalable, flexible and
expandable
*People and Behavior Focus
- we help Users adjust to new processes or technologies
through involvement and knowledge transfer
*Guaranteed on time, on budget delivery
- we will optionally deliver our projects under a fixed
time/fixed price model, which reduces the risk for the client
*Fast Deployment - our proven UpFront!
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Delivery
Processes enables the implementation of business solutions
in unprecedented time frames.
Burntsand has developed strong and lasting partnerships
with a select list of industry leaders, including: MicroStrategy
Inc., Informatica Corporation, Business Objects, Pivotal
Software Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., and Open Text
Corporation to name a few.
ABOUT BURNTSAND
Burntsand is a business consulting, software development,
and systems integration company specializing in the
design and delivery of Internet -enabled enterprise
solutions. Burntsand's success results from the ability to
deploy secure, high-return solutions for clients in the areas
of Commerce, Relationship Management, Content
Management, Business Intelligence, and Enterprise
Application Integration. Burntsand's services combines
business analysis, information architecture, and design
services with the core technical expertise to integrate
back-end and legacy systems with state-of-the art
technologies and platforms. Headquartered in Toronto,
Burntsand operates from nine North American locations.
The company trades on the Toronto stock exchange (TSE)
under the symbol BRT. For more information and to locate
other North American operations, please visit Burntsand's
website @ www.burntsand.com
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Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9
Tel: (604) 608-6400
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