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    Analytic Solver

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AFrontline Systems Analytic Solver is an Excel add-on for performing data mining, and predictive analytics from within Microsoft Excel.N/A

    Solver

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASolver is a cloud-based extended financial planning and analysis solution (xFP&A) that increases access to actionable insights beyond the finance department to accelerate intelligent decisions.N/A
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    Analytic SolverSolver
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    Analytic SolverSolver
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    SAS Enterprise Guide
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Analytic SolverSolver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Analytic SolverSolver
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Frontline Systems
    Based on my limited experience and use, and therefore limited global knowledge of the software, I would recommend it especially if the data that will be used as inputs to the model has previously worked on a spreadsheet such as Excel. I would also recommend it to analyze problems of medium and small size. Given the experience I have had when I have used it with large problems, there have been noticeable decreases in the speed of response (which are not associated with the size of the system of equations involved in the calculation). Excellent for processing linear programming models.
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    Solver
    We have multiple departments where they use different sources and application to reports. Solver provided us with this solution in forms of Web portal reporting, which can be accessed across the Whole company, which reduces the number of reports significantly and uniformity. One reporting application through a single source. Our budgeting process is unique last year we had many account executives shuffled, which made very complex for us to reassign accounts and budget for their sales. with complex Budgeting templates, it was not easy anyway. We had to rework our template through 4 revisions
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    Pros
    Frontline Systems
    • Easy to use and learn.
    • Strong optimization platform for business and supply chain problems which can be modeled in Excel
    • It can handle multiple objectives and more than 8000 decision variables in a problem.
    • Lots of tutorial and examples are available to solve the problem
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    Solver
    • Ability to combine different information into one report.
    • Report building is similar to excel, which makes for easier use.
    • Current information is always pulled.
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    Cons
    Frontline Systems
    • On the few occasions when I have used it to deal with problems of optimization of relatively large parameters (with a large number of restrictions and decision variables), the program has been slower, not substantially but slower, than programs such as the WinQsb, even when the latter runs on 32-bit machines and not 64. That has caught my attention, even though it is not a real problem for the uses I give to the program.
    • Given my partial function as a university professor, it has been much more effective and practical to use other software, due to the limited options that the educational license associated with the software has.
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    Solver
    • Real-time data for reporting is not available when you get it from the warehouse.
    • Not compatible with Google Chrome.
    • Lack of version and source control for reports on the Web portal.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Frontline Systems
    We believe in building the models in Excel. A limitation with Excel is that Excel Solver can not take more than 200 decision variables with multiple constraints. It is cheap in terms of license and maintenance fees against other softwares which are available in the market.
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    Solver
    Since more employees other than accounting employees will be using BI360, it is more user friendly than other report builders.
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    Return on Investment
    Frontline Systems
    • - It has allowed finding ways to optimize (minimizing costs or times) the field processes involved in various projects.
    • It has even allowed, in specific cases where it was used for that purpose, to optimize the allocation of resources (people) to work in different jobs that present weekly variations of the activity that these people must perform.
    • It has allowed the sensitivity analysis of projects to changes in the decision variables related to them, which, and in very dynamic and changing environments, resulted in substantial decreases in money losses.
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    Solver
    • BI360 has made getting information to management much easier.
    • BI360 makes compiling information to make reports much easier.
    • Since BI360 is capable of so many reports, our company uses it for more than financial purposes.
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