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Industry-specific BI and reporting solution aims to drive down costs and increase time-to-value for professional services firms using Microsoft Dynamics AX

 Seattle, WA – April 6, 2015

sa.global, the leading global provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions and services for project-driven businesses, today announced that they have officially released their ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) solution for Microsoft Dynamics AX. ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) is an industry-specific business intelligence and reporting solution designed to meet the unique needs of project-based services organizations. ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) is available immediately on a global basis, and will be available exclusively through sa.global’s worldwide offices.

ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) builds on sa.global’s core ProjAX (now known as projects360) industry solution for Microsoft Dynamics AX, which extends the Dynamics AX Service Industries solution to offer best-in-class ERP capabilities for professional services firms across key vertical markets that the organization serves, including Architecture & Engineering firms, IT & Management Consulting firms, Advertising & Marketing Agencies, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs).

ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) provides an out-of-the box, industry-tailored BI and reporting solution that incorporates standard performance measures and dimensions used by most professional services firms to analyze the performance of their business. Examples include the ability to analyze budget vs. actual costs and revenue, target vs. actual utilization, and key project performance measures such as project gross profit and earned value. These measures can analyzed along a number of dimensions including line of business or practice, customer, project, employee, and various time-related dimensions, among others.

“We’re very excited to announce the release of our ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) solution”, explains Oli Gunnarsson, US CEO for sa.global. “We’ve listened to our clients in terms of the most pressing metrics they need to successfully manage their business, and we have delivered a cost-effective and integrated solution that will drive immediate value into their organization. Furthermore, ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) extends sa.global’s competitive advantage in the Microsoft Dynamics AX channel and reinforces our position as one of Microsoft’s true go-to providers of Dynamics AX ERP solutions in the Service Industries.”

ProjAX-BI (now known as projects360 BI) leverages the standard Microsoft technology stack, including the Microsoft SQL Server database and BI tools (SSAS, SSRS), Microsoft SharePoint, Excel and PowerBI. By leveraging these familiar technologies, organizations can not only leverage their existing Microsoft investments to contain costs, but also drive down their long term total cost of ownership.

sa.global is the leading global provider of Microsoft’s Dynamics™ AX ERP solutions and services to professional services organizations and other project-based businesses. Established in 1990, sa.global has grown to become the largest specialist Microsoft Dynamics AX consultancy in the world, with over 500 employees on 6 continents worldwide. sa.global provides a complete set of Microsoft Dynamics AX evaluation, implementation, and support services. For more information, please click here.