Aquitaine Regional Council adopts new Business Intelligence solution
combining Bull, Oracle and Business Objects offerings
to manage its activities
Regional Council opts for cross-functional decision support solution - defined by Bull - based on Oracle Warehouse Builder, Oracle OLAP and Business Objects technologies.
Paris,
October
5, 2005 -
The Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine (regional council of the French region of Aquitaine) is charged with contributing to the area's economic and social development. This requires that they monitor the relevance and effective execution of the actions in which they are involved very precisely, against the backdrop of overall political priorities.
"It is clear that we have to take account of the way regional funding is used, and we need to be capable of evaluating the relevance of our choices. Bull proposed an integrated decision-support solution based on Oracle business intelligence and Business Objects' technologies," explains Jean-Luc Mercadié, General Manager of Services for the region. "Thanks to this system, we will be able to track the way that funds are being used to the finest level of detail, especially according to the main political concerns and by area."
From partial, financially-focused reporting to a cross-functional decision-support system
The previous reporting system was based on a number of different operational systems limited only to recording financial matters, and was unable to take into account the full range of information needed to effectively evaluate the activities being supported in the region.
The Regional Council therefore decided that it wanted to build a decision-support system linking all its information systems, which was also tailored to the needs of users with various job profiles, enabling different departments to carry out their own specific analysis.
"This cross-functional approach means we have access to returns that go well beyond just the financial dimension. The Oracle Business Intelligence and Business Objects solutions were judged as the most scaleable and easiest to use providing a single tool to access all the data, even if it is relational or multi-dimensional" confirms Jean-Luc Mercadié.
Bull integrates Oracle-Business Objects decision-support solution
Bull has been responsible for the integration and implementation of this business intelligence project, which is based around a datawarehouse architecture with a relational section and an Oracle OLAP cube, running under Oracle 9i and populated using Oracle Warehouse Builder.
Business Objects was chosen for its internet based data restitution tool, which enables simultaneous interrogation in a client-server environment or via the Internet of relational data and Oracle 9i, as well as multi-dimensional analysis directly from the Oracle OLAP cube.
"Bull brought its full added value as an integrator to this project. Its multi-disciplinary approach enabled the development of a solution that brings together the most innovative skills and solutions, and meets our needs to greatest effect" explains Jean-Luc Mercadié.
Business Intelligence supporting the management of the Region: rapid response and precision
The decision support solution that has been implemented will enable the 600 users from the Aquitaine Regional Council to access in excess of 65 'control panels', in order to analyze around 100 different indicators.
Rapid response: The Regional Council will be able to provide all the information relating to internal management, political or financial commitments, to elected representatives within a matter of minutes, in relation to the Region's chosen activity indicators.
The solution will enable targeted requests to be created as part of search for information, and to track subsequent development. It will be possible for budget information to be consolidated according to different management or geographic groupings, for example, to answer questions such as what grants have been given to a particular category of organizations over the year.
Business intelligence tools - incorporating both quantitative and qualitative indicators - will gradually be made available to all the Council's operational and support functions. They will be especially useful when it comes to analyzing grants given to businesses, and the number of jobs created over a given period. All in all, it will result in a real evaluation of public policies.
About the Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine
The Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine (Aquitaine Regional Council) is charged with managing skills identified in the Regional Law in respect of the political priorities established by its elected representatives. The Regional Council is mainly involved in economic development and employment; education, training and supporting young people; regional planning and development; transport infrastructure; and culture. The 85 Regional Councillors are directly elected. The Council's funding comes essentially from central government, and local direct and indirect taxation. In 2005, its budget was €972 million.
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