MindStream's Enterprise Data Management Solutions
Disparate systems create data quality concerns across the enterprise. Applications with proprietary databases, legacy systems, cloud and hosted applications, and your own Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) don't always talk well together. Erroring data streams, mismatched metadata, duplicate data, re-keying data - all create problems for your data management. MindStream Analytics can help.
TAKING YOUR DATA TO A NEW LEVEL FOR GREATER BUSINESS VALUE
We believe in connected data and technology advancements have made it easy to collect and store data, but organizations are struggling with how to keep pace with it and leverage it for business value. With all of this data, created and stored in a multitude of systems, the challenge becomes bringing it all together. How do you unite it, in a central location, where it can be cleaned, formatted, validated, reorganized, summarized, and supplemented with data from other sources and then leveraged by other tools for reporting, analysis and decision-making? If you thought it was challenging before, how will you handle big data now?
The MindStream team are experts in advising, architecting and implementing data management solutions . Whether you're faced with dirty data, trying to make sense of unorganized data, or looking to uncover opportunities to leverage big data we can help you unlock the true value of your enterprise data. We've got answers and options.
Our implementation services include:
- Enterprise Data Management (Data Warehousing, Operational Data Stores, Data Marts)
- Big Data and Data Science (Data Hubs/Lakes)
- Data Integration (Profiling, Quality Management, Data Movement)
- Master and Reference Data Managemen
Master Data Management
Master data management provides processes for collecting, aggregating, matching, consolidating, quality-assuring, persisting and distributing enterprise level data and metadata throughout an organization to ensure consistency and control in the ongoing maintenance and application use of this information. A good master data policy and system can improve maintenance, minimize rework, and improve your reporting and analysis.
Good master data management practice is a combination of business process and using a software tool that can removing duplicate, standardize data, and incorporate rules to eliminate incorrect data from entering the system in order to create an authoritative source of master data. MindStream doesn't just implement software - we incorporate business best practices to make sure your Master data are the universal library of products, accounts, employees and customers that your enterprise uses. We identify root cause problems for redundant data being entered by identifying and empowering that authoritative source - without bogging down your business in the process.
This is a great area to see ROI and productivity gains for your business. Let MindStream's Master Data experts streamline your information architecture.
Data Collection, Mapping, and Integration (Formerly known as ETL)
Data Quality is crucial to your organizations ability to make informed decisions. When you're combining data from different sources to provide a unified view of the collected data, you open yourselves to errors and kickouts, duplicate data, and mismatched records. You can also expose issues with version control and update frequency as your business uses more disparate systems. MindStream Analytics has many software tools and best practices to help your company improve your data quality and streamline your business process. We carefully map your data streams, identifying priority and master data - reducing cascading effects of data shared by multiple systems. We can also automate your data feeds for lights out integrations.
Because MindStream has global customers with 24/7/365 operations, our experience allows us to offer solutions that have immediate impact on your data quality.
Data Governance
Gain Control of your Data!
Master Data and Data Integration rely on a process of controls and standards to maintain data definition and integrity. Data governence employs quality monitoring and stewardship to maintain these standards. MindStream Analytics can help ensure that your data assets are formally managed throughout the enterprise. Our best practices employ processes and procedures help you ensure that your data can be trusted and that there is transparency and accountability in your data model. If you want to gain control of your data, contact MindStream Analytics today.
Our Company
MindStream Analytics is a leading consulting firm focused on helping clients improve business understanding and decision making. With years of experience in the analytics and Business Performance Management area, MindStream offers services ranging from software selection and implementation to best practices for financial planning.
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Oracle
Oracle has the most comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that enable organizations to make better decisions, reduce cost
Case Studies
Accumen
Thanks to the intervention of MindStream Analytics, Accumen's Finance department can now model their business with a new, more organized structure that isn't conventionally available in NetSuite.
Acme Brick
Acme Brick turned to MindStream Analytics for help implementing OneStream to replace their outdated TM1 solution.
Alterra
Alterra sought the expertise of MindStream to address the challenges they faced in their Capital Planning process.
ATCO Group
Energy conglomerate ATCO operates worldwide in utilities, power generation, and related services.
Avalon
Working with MindStream Analytics, Avalon Healthcare Solutions adopts NetSuite Planning and Budgeting to accelerate budgeting and forecasting processes.
Bayer Health Care
Bayer Healthcare implemented Hyperion Planning and Workforce Planning in 10 weeks to dramatically streamline their Income Statement budget and Workforce Planning process..
BluEarth
MindStream Analytics' partnership with BluEarth Renewables epitomizes the power of technology and collaboration.
Celgene
An Oracle Hyperion Planning Upgrade provides multi-national organization Hyperion Application optimization and stabilization.
Cleaver Brooks
OneStream XF was chosen as the platform that would transform Cleaver-Brooks' Finance processes.
CoorsTek
The collaboration between CoorsTek and MindStream resulted in significant improvements in CoorsTek's financial consolidation and reporting processes.
Elite Body Sculpture
MindStream Analytics' collaboration with Elite Body Sculpture encapsulates the transformative potential of targeted tech solutions in streamlining administrative processes.
Enlyte
Enlyte, a merger of Mitchell, Genex, and Coventry, faced challenges with disparate financial solutions and the need for combined reporting.
Flanders
MindStream Analytics collaborated with Flanders to implement OneStream Consolidation and Reporting solution.
Foley Products
Foley Products was facing a significant challenge with its Excel-based actual management reporting system.
Harte Hanks
The collaboration between MindStream Analytics and Harte Hanks culminated in a highly customized, user-friendly NetSuite implementation.
Interface
Interface used a complex, manual, excel-based FP&A process for monthly review, and the summary data was loaded in OneStream.
Kymera International
Thanks to Mindstream Analytics' assistance, Kymera was able to load all of their data into OneStream and validate it successfully.
MacLean Fogg
MacLean-Fogg partnered with MindStream, a leading implementor specializing in modernizing and optimizing enterprise systems.
MEPPI
MindStream's expertise and experience were sought to conduct a vendor selection initiative focusing on MEPPI's F2023 planning process.
OUAI
MindStream Analytics and OUAI's collaboration showcases the transformative power of strategic technological intervention.
Plaskolite
By migrating to OneStream, Plaskolite has achieved a material reduction in consolidation time and overall Financial Close cycle, eliminated the hours spent compiling and verifying data in Excel, streamlined its Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting model and delivered flexible and timely reporting that enables more strategic analysis of their financial data.
Redwire
Understanding the nuances of Redwire's challenges, MindStream Analytics devised a holistic approach to overcome them. The implementation of NetSuite was just the beginning.
Simon
Simon's existing corporate Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) production application was consolidating at a rate of seven hours, a performance issue causing great headache to corporate Accounting.
Source Code
The successful transition to OneStream revolutionized Source Code's financial reporting.
Subway
Subway collaborated with MindStream Analytics for the NetSuite Analytics Warehouse implementation.
UPenn
MindStream Consulting and AppCare team members are proud be working side by side with UPenn university in accomplishing this implementation and along with continuing our AppCare services after go-live.
USG
USG was an Oracle Hyperion customer realizing that it needed more specialized support for its various Oracle Hyperion applications.
Vantiv
Dividing a hyperion planning application, expanding the hyperion footprint to forecast on the business? Customer categories.
Versant Health
Versant Health engaged MindStream to help resolve the challenges they were experiencing with their consolidation, close, and financial reporting processes.
Virginia Spaceport Authority
The MindStream team implemented the Standard + Workforce NetSuite Planning & Budgeting.
WeWork
MindStream Analytics determined that the best solution was to implement Oracle Essbase Cloud as part of the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) platform-as-a-service
WindStream
Innovative use of essbase to streamline and connect hyperion financial management for enhanced financial analysis.
XY Planning
MindStream Analytics, well-versed in addressing such challenges, presented a comprehensive Netsuite solution for XY Planning.