BIO™ for Microsoft Dynamics™ SL is an easy-to-use analytics solution that provides all people in an organization with unique and relevant insight into business drivers. Through an interactive, self-service tool, BIO (Business Intelligence Optimization) for Microsoft Dynamics SL provides personalized, role-based score cards for everyone in an organization.

BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL is built on the power of Microsoft Dynamics SL and SQL Server™, and able to use Microsoft^® Office Business Scorecard Manager, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Business Portal and more. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL empowers all business users to build, manage and utilize scorecards and reports through familiar tools. This powerful solution keeps teams focused on the health and success of their business every day.

Key Benefits

The most important resource in a company is the intellect of its people. A key to business success is unlocking the potential of this resource. Too often, key information and knowledge are hidden away in different departments and systems across an organization. Deciphering information from these systems makes integrated planning and accurate decision-making very difficult. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL unlocks information to help people discover the “one truth” for their business, so they can be more effective.

BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL is designed to enhance business performance management through tools that deliver the following:

Connected People

Because it is built on Microsoft Dynamics SL and SQL Server, the solution is easy for an IT department to adopt and keep people connected. This tool connects people to one simple solution — one truth — by providing them with information to manage projects, resource availability and commitments, and monitor inventory movement, sales order fulfillment, project status and risks. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL is built to provide a relevant view of performance for people, to keep the team connected.

Insightful Analysis

BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL enables confident decision-making so people can create action from a common perspective — a single version — of the truth about their business. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL supports the need to monitor business activities from start to finish, dealing with budgets, timelines, department and employee productivity, and a project’s effect on the company. People can analyze rising and falling star performance of customers, inventory, project managers and more. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL provides insight to help companies measure and improve operational efficiency.

Empowered People

Familiar and useful, these tools empower people. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL fits into a Microsoft Dynamics SL customer’s existing Microsoft IT strategy. People can get interactive reports in tools already familiar to them, such as Microsoft Office products or Internet Explorer. It makes it easy for people to access the data, presenting them with the right information, at the right time, and in the right format. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL empowers people to improve their efforts to recruit, retain, and satisfy both employees and customers.

High Return on Investment

Business can fuel productivity for high return with the command and control that helps create growth. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL offers insight into relevant metrics such as profitability and project margin percentages by department, item margins, and financial analysis and controls. Companies can achieve the compliance control they need by tracking these metrics against budgets, quotas and goals. BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL is designed to help people spend less time and money on gathering data — enabling companies to achieve higher returns on investments.

Availability

BIO for Microsoft Dynamics SL will be generally available to customers in June 2006.

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