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Presented by: Ariel Vernazza and Adrian LeBlanc. Vanguard Software Corporation. www.vanguardsw.com. Decision Support Systems Software. Vanguard Software Corporation . Started in 1995 Used by thousands of companies in over 60 countries
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Presented by:Ariel Vernazza and Adrian LeBlanc Vanguard Software Corporation www.vanguardsw.com Decision Support Systems Software
Vanguard Software Corporation • Started in 1995 • Used by thousands of companies in over 60 countries • Includes tools and techniques for enterprise knowledge-capture, Web-based collaborative modeling, and strategic decision-making
Vanguard System Configurations and requirements • Systems range from single-user / stand-alone applications to enterprise-wide / client-server deployments. • System Requirements: • Single User: Windows 2000, XP, or Vista • Multi User: Windows 2000 or newer (Windows 2003 recommended) • Web-based users have accessibility with any Web browser
Description • Vanguard System provides an extremely powerful, flexible, scalable and extensible decision-support platform for any project scale or scope. • Vanguard is a comprehensive business solution for improving the quality, reliability, and speed of management decisions. • It does this by helping businesses: • Collaborate • Analyze • Automate • Improve
Collaborate • Frees businesses from having to rely on the analysis of a single planner • Directly involves key individuals in a collaborative planning process • Based on principles of knowledge capture • Combines the knowledge captured by many individuals to create a collective intelligence
Analyze • Allows managers to test business alternatives in a virtual world where mistakes are inexpensive • Helps managers anticipate future risks and opportunities • Combines all of the most powerful and essential quantitative methods in management
Automate • Improves the speed, reliability, and quality of routine decisions • Learns the process so that it can be repeated. • You get business automation via an easy-to-use Web interface without the need for an expensive IT development.
Improve • Knowledge-based collaboration • Simulations at 1,500 times the speed of spreadsheets • Advanced Expert Systems technology • Improves the analysis on which decisions are made • Encourages collaboration and the application of stat of the art techniques • Simplifies the modeling process and encouraging reuse of prior work • Improves management team decisions rather then simply analyzing operational data
Vanguard System Configurations • Businesses can combine different system components and add-ins to meet specific needs and constraints. Add-insSystem Components Forecasting Vanguard Server Forecast Engine Vanguard Studio Decision Tree Analysis Load-Balancing Gateway Monte Carlo Simulation Email Gateway Optimization Web Services Interface Web Development Grid Computing Hosted Grid Service
Vanguard Systems two main components include: • Vanguard Studio: a graphical modeling environment that may be used to construct quantitative decision-support tools. • Vanguard Server: Once a model is constructed using Vanguard Studio, it is published to Vanguard Server, which functions as a library server, an application server, and a licensing server.
Benefits / Features • Collaboration • Roll up / Drill down • Go beyond data • Instant Web reports • Real-time results • Open and transparent • Easy integration • Scalable • Complete visibility • Fully quantified impacts • Very fast simulations
Benefits / FeaturesContinued • What-if and Sensitivity Analysis • Multiple timeframes • Multiple currencies • Reusable model library • Wizard-style guides • Easy-to-use templates • Version control • Tight security • Quality control • Automate routine analysis
For more info: • Visit www.vanguardsw.com • For demos • In depth information • illustrations