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Getting to Know Fusion Transportation Intelligence(FTI) Business Issues in the Current Economy Fusion Transportation Intelligence as a solution Features in Fusion Transportation Intelligence Increased Analytical Capabilities Prebuilt Shipped Solutions Real World Scenario Integration With OTM A Few Glances at Fusion Transportation Intelligence Common Errors and Troubleshooting
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Introduction Information is the most crucial weapons in todays competitive world. Data flowing from transactional systems amounts to huge volumes after years in business. This data if organized into an arrangement can be used to create an intelligence system which could prove useful in making important business decisions. Fusion Transportation Intelligence (FTI) is one such system that provides important information useful in the following scenarios: Monitor Overall Business
Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses Adhoc Querying
Forecasting Capabilities
Target Setting for future Forecasting future predictions based on historical data Tune business processes
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Managing business metrics Monitoring and analyzing business activities on a periodic basis Reporting an effective mechanism to provide answers to difficult business problems Translation of corporate strategy into relevant measurable business goals Alerts generated by the system triggered by business events
Ability for each user to define their own reports and create their dashboards; that provides vital information according to their profiles and very subjective needs. Storage of these reports in personal placeholders and if needed be shared with others by granting access privleges with the help of administrator.
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Industry Specific Dashboards Over 60 Prebuilt KPIs post OTM 6.0 Increased Adhoc Querying Capability Interactive Alerts User Defined Customizable Dashboard (My Dashboard) KPI Target Setting Stoplights for Performance Indicators Splash Screen-FTI Dashboard Can be used instead of OTM wheel Dashboard Preference-User Defined Dashboard Preference Actionable BI- Historical Analysis available at Decision Points Process Management- ETL Jobs from OTM UI Data Management- Data Load Status in FTI in Dashboard Analysis At Week Level Lower Level Of Granularity Refnums Modeling in FTI Ranking of Refnums 3 Refnums per Object flow into FTI
OTM Performance Tuning DRAFTv1.ppt
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Target Definitions
Definition of Targets- Targets are defined as levels at which the organizations wish to operate on various parameters crucial to them. Targets compare themselves to actual figures or aggregate of numbers in order to derive at logical conclusions about business and its health. Categorization Of Targets
Forecast A KPI can be defined by the help of Complex statistical formulae to depict the values that would be instrumental in measuring the actuals against the forecasted values Industry Benchmark-Industry benchmark are classified as the values set for the KPI that are used across the industry to measure an essential business parameter. Target- Targets that are defined keeping in mind the very specific nature of clients business are categorized as Targets.
Target Derivations
Fixed- A fixed value for a KPI is defined that is expected to remain the same for a considerable length of time Moving Average-The values is calculated on the basis of taking an average of the previous months to arrive at the value of the current month. User Entered -User Entered values are provided to insert overrides . These values are custom defined by the client and could be used to insert targets for special cases or exceptions.
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Total Shipments
Total Cost
Total Cube
Order Profit
Total Weight
Total Distance
Percent Times Claims Filed On Shipments Average # Of Hours Outside Pickup Time Average # Of Hours Outside Delivery Time Percent Accessorial Charges To Freight
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OTM Integration The following properties need to defined in the glog.properties to enable FTI integration with OTM. 1. Change aa_webserver property to point to OBIEE server For example: aa_webserver=otm-fti.oracle.com:8081 2. Change ALLOW_ADVANCED_ANALYTICS property to true. ALLOW_ADVANCED_ANALYTICS=true
Additionally,OTM_WEB_SERVER property needs to be defined in Report_Common_Properties.csv to get to Transactional OTM from FTI. OTM_WEB_SERVER=http://otm60test_abc.com
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The following screen shot displays the Total Shipments on a weekly basis from the current week till the last 53 weeks. Just a once glance at this chart would be enough for the user to find out the time frames during which the number of shipments tends to increase or decrease and plan accordingly for these anomalies in future to minimize spending.
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The following screenshot displays the breakup for Total Volume figure available at the Summary Level screen. This screen shot gives a mode wise breakdown for all the shipments that contributed in aggregation to the final Total Volume .FTI also retains the same units of Measures as defined in OTM.
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APPENDIX
KPI -Key Performance Indicators ROD - Replicated Online Database ETL - Extraction Transformation Loading OBIEE - Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Metadata -Repository of OBIEE Actionable BI -A (marketing) term for making KPIs more relevant to operational users. The KPIs should support operational users in making the right decisions. This can be done by showing relevant KPIs in the context of each decision point Metrics -Metrics measure the performance in key areas of the business and compare the current results to planned values. The metrics in the scorecards can be thought of as Information Sweet Spots that are necessary to analyze the business
Dashboard -A dashboard is a collection of performance metrics designed to reflect the strategic goals of a unit or
level in an organization. In OTM Analytics, dashboards contain multiple tabs to organize metrics. The metrics are shown as a combination of charts, graphs, tables, cross-tabs and status indicators. CG Consumer Goods LSP- Logistics Service Provider
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Could not connect to the BI instance. BI Server service is not running. [nQSError: 17001] Oracle Error code: 12154, message: ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve service name at OCI call OCILogon.
[nQSError: 17014] Could not connect to Oracle database .The BI Presentation server service is not running.
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