THE AAMPS ADVANTAGE
There is no doubt there is a massive amount of information available through most
computer systems. The problem is utilizing it in a cost effective manner and doing so
consistently without complication.
 AAMPS applications are not designed to compete with your ERP.
 AAMPS applications are designed to complement it.
 Cognos Business Intelligence and Planning Solutions by AAMPS is a “Working Life
Style” solution.
 AAMPS makes information easier to access, manipulate, utilize and it gives you and
your team back time when you need it most.
 By developing and using Cognos TM1 applications it allows you and your organisation
to respond significantly quicker to information problems time after time.
 Cognos TM1 represents a “working lifestyle change”. By investing in Cognos TM1 you
can make a significant difference to the “Organisations Health”.
APPLICATION & ADVISORY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE SERVICES
ADVISORY
SERVICES
HOW DOES AAMPS HELP YOU
AAMPS COGNOS TM1 APPLICATIONS
The AAMPS Cognos TM1 application is a “Ready to Go” integrated solution for your information
systems featuring
1. Executive Dashboards
2. Sales Drill through reporting
3. GL Reporting
4. Planning – Budgeting and Forecasting
5. Spend Analysis
 AAMPS isn’t just about providing a software application as there are many out there.
 What sets us above the others is AAMPS can also assist you and your organisation in the
following areas
1. Creating insight across your organisation
2. Identify your business and information needs
3. Unlock undiscovered value through Spend Analysis
4. Integrate your existing systems into a logical and manageable process
5. Provide commercial know how behind the numbers
6. Create a culture of positive change through better information
“If you can measure it you can manage it”
HOW DOES AAMPS HELP YOU
AAMPS ADVISORY SERVICES
 AAMPS not only provides Business Intelligence and Planning Applications but also a cost effective
Commercial Advisory Service which will assist in understanding your business needs and Key Drivers
towards success.
 AAMPS is not just about providing a software application it’s about providing the commercial know
how behind the applications.
 Early diagnosis is always the best approach. If you do not know you have a problem then it’s difficult
to fix until it’s too late.
 During and after implementation we are able to provide a range of commercial services as follows:
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Business Reporting
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Budgeting and Rolling Forecasts
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Capital Planning
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KPI Reporting
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Profit Improvements Opportunities
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Product Pricing
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Scenario Planning
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Spend Analysis
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Monitoring Profitability and Cash Forecasts
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Change Management
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Debt and Creditor Management and Reporting
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Commercial Legal and Company Secretarial Advice
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Development of Media Strategies, Planning and Cost Effective Programs.
AAMPS – Application & Advisory Management Performance Services
“The Power behind your information”
Advisory services
Application Management
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Provide a cost effective approach to managing
information
Implementation of standard AAMPS applications
Using ‘State of the Art” Cognos TM1 Software
• Executive Reporting
• Sales Reporting
• Forecasting and Budgeting
• GL Reporting
• Production and Procurement Planning
Provide a “Top to Tail” approach to Information
Management
Development of specific Company Applications &
Reports.
Drive change thru streamlined reports against current
Forecasts, Budgets and Prior Year information
• Executive Dashboards
• Sales Reporting
• GL reporting – P & L and Balance Sheets
• Production planning
• Procurement/Supplier planning
• Salaries and Wages – Direct and Indirect
Provide onsite training and offsite online support
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Understand your Business needs
Understand your information needs
Understand Management Key Drivers
Assist in Developing a Realistic and Cohesive Strategic
Plan
Development of Marketing Plans
Assist in Developing Monthly Forecasting and Interim
Budget processes.
Assist in the improvement of Working Capital Cash
Management thru the development and analysis of
• Cash Forecasting
• Procurement and Supplier planning
• Debtors and Creditors
• Capital planning
Commercial Legal and Company Secretarial Advice
IT Support, Hardware Solutions and Help Desk
Development of PIP – Profit Improvement Programs
Distribution and Procurement Review
Development of Media Strategies, Planning and Cost
Effective Programs.
AAMPS can reach anywhere in Company
Cognos TM1
Application
Executive Dashboards
What if Scenarios
Volume
EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD
Dropdown
Mth
YTD
Select a month or the current month
Sales $
GM $
GM %
Sales $
GM $
Dropdown
The default is the current month
Total Company
Select 1 or the other the default is Sales $
Major Customer Performance - Chart
Act
$2,500
$625
Fcst
$2,100
$557
Bud
$2,700
$729
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$2,400
16%
-8%
4%
$672
11%
-17%
-8%
Major Customer Performance
$900
28.0%
$800
$750
$700
Act
$1,500
$375
Fcst
$1,260
$334
Bud
$1,620
$437
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
Act
$500
$125
Fcst
$420
$111
Bud
$540
$146
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
Act
$500
$125
Fcst
$420
$111
Bud
$540
$146
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$1,440
16%
-8%
4%
$403
11%
-17%
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28.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$480
16%
-8%
4%
$134
11%
-17%
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$500
Act
$500
$500
Fcst
Bud
$400
LY
$300
$200
28.0%
$125
$100
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$480
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$134
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Major Brand Performance - Chart
Major Brand Performance
Sales By Channel $
Brand 5
250
Grocery
$125
Brand 4
$500
Food Service
Industrial
500
Other
250
Click to Review in Graph Format Customer
within each Channel
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Bud
Brand 3
$625
Fcst
Act
Brand 2
1500
$500
Brand 1
$750
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
Sales Reporting “Drill Down”
Company
Customers
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Sales reporting
General Ledger
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Inventory
HR - Payroll
Integrated Planning Modules
Budget, Forecasting and
Production
GL
Customers
Brands
GM$
$625
$600
Sales $ or GM $
State/Region
NSW
Sales $
GM $
GM %
VIC
Sales $
GM $
GM %
QLD
Sales $
GM $
GM %
Mainframe
Sales $
Brands
Products
Sales
Sales
Outers
GM$
Pricing
Expenses
COGS
EBIT
Production
planning
Balance
Sheet
Cash Flow
Sales
Pricing
NPD Customer
Growth
General Ledger “Drill Down”
Profitability
Analysis
Company
Customer
Company
Balance Sheet
Brand
Summary
and Detail
P&L
Cash Forecast
The Benefits of Systems Integration
EXECUTIVE DASHBOARD
Dropdown
Mth
YTD
Select a month or the current month
Sales $
GM $
GM %
Sales $
GM $
Dropdown
The default is the current month
Total Company
Select 1 or the other the default is Sales $
Major Customer Performance - Chart
Act
$2,500
$625
Fcst
$2,100
$557
Bud
$2,700
$729
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$2,400
16%
-8%
4%
$672
11%
-17%
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$800
$750
$700
Act
$1,500
$375
Fcst
$1,260
$334
Bud
$1,620
$437
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
Act
$500
$125
Fcst
$420
$111
Bud
$540
$146
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
Act
$500
$125
Fcst
$420
$111
Bud
$540
$146
25.0%
26.5%
27.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$1,440
16%
-8%
4%
$403
11%
-17%
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28.0%
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$480
16%
-8%
4%
$134
11%
-17%
-8%
$625
$600
$500
Sales $ or GM $
State/Region
NSW
Sales $
GM $
GM %
VIC
Sales $
GM $
GM %
QLD
Sales $
GM $
GM %
Budget, Forecasting and
Production
Sales $
Major Customer Performance
$900
28.0%
Act
$500
$500
Fcst
Bud
$400
LY
$300
$200
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Major Brand Performance - Chart
Major Brand Performance
Sales By Channel $
Brand 5
250
Grocery
$125
Brand 4
$500
Food Service
Industrial
500
Other
250
Bud
Brand 3
$625
Click to Review in Graph Format Customer
within each Channel
Sales
Fcst
Outers
GM$
Pricing Expenses
COGS EBIT
Production
planning
Cash
Flow
GM$
$750
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
Profitability
Analysis
Company
Customer
Volume
Products
$500
Brand 1
Customers
Brands/
Act
Brand 2
1500
LY
Sales $
GL
Sales
$125
$100
LY
% to Fcst % to Bud % to LY
$480
16%
-8%
4%
$134
11%
-17%
-8%
Company
$1,000
Company
Balance Sheet
Brand
Summary
and Detail
P&L
Cash
Forecast
Integrating all information to create Sales, Production Plans, Procurement, Overheads , Capital and Cash Forecasts
Major Customer Forecasting
Coles
Brand # 1
Product #1
Actual Volume
Curr Fcst Volume
Last Fcst Volume
Budget Volume
Last Yr Volume
Stock on Hand
Safety Stock
Actual Sales $
Curr Fcst Sales $
Last Fcst Sales $
Budget Sales $
Last Yr Sales $
Mar
100
Apr
120
110
115
110
115
110
112
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57
May
100
85
90
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95
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Overheads
Capital Plans
Nov
110
110
115
96
90
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100
100
85
80
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100
95
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110
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105
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$11,000 $13,200 $11,000
$12,100 $9,900 $9,350
$12,100 $12,650 $9,350 $12,100 $10,450 $8,800
$12,650 $12,100 $9,900 $12,650 $11,000 $9,350
$12,100 $12,320 $10,890 $10,560 $11,000 $10,450
Total Company –
Volume, Sales and GM$
 Division
 Customers
 Brand
 Product
$7,150 $11,000 $12,100
$7,700 $10,450 $12,100
$8,250 $9,900 $11,550
$5,500 $9,570 $11,330
Total Company –
Volume, Sales and GM$
 Division
 Total Company
 Brands
 Products
Integrated
Pricing
Volume
NPD
Cost Changes
Production Plan
Volume
 Production Facility
 Inventory SOH
 Scheduling
 Product
Payroll System
 Headcount
 Labour Costs $
 Departments
 Direct $/Hour
 Indirect $
Inventory System
 Bill of Materials
 Recipes
 Suppliers
 Standard Costs
 Purchase Orders
Paul Christesen
Commercial and Application Director
A CFO/Commercial Manager for over 35 years, involved in
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Over 30 years of
Commercial, Strategic,
Operational and Change
Management Experience
A proven commercial
acumen, specialising in
delivering strategic growth
and bottom line
performance.
Working with and supporting
CEO’s and Executives in
developing commercial
solutions by streamlining
systems information and
creating a Work life Balance
Financial Control and commercial and business development
Strategic planning, (Sales $, GM$, EBIT and Cash)
Budgets – Sales to Balance Sheet
Forecasting,
Working Capital Management, Cash – Inventory – Debtors.
Identifying Business Needs (Profit Improvement Programs)
Identifying Change
Managing the Change Process
Developing and enhancing business systems
• A successful commercial career ranging from Commercial Manager
to CFO in a range of industries within Australia and Overseas.
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Big Sister Foods $50M
Unistraw International $25M
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries $2.2Billion
Church and Dwight (Australia) $38M
Goodman Fielder International $3Billion
Qantas Flight Catering
Tyco Healthcare Australia (Covidien) $250M
Specialist Areas of
Expertise:
 Change Management
 Cognos TM1
 Forecasting
 Strategic Planning
 System Development
 Identification of Profit
Improvement Programs
Industry Experience:
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Pharmaceutical
Service
Healthcare
Wholesale
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
• During my career I have experienced a range of commercial
computer systems, some good some not so good. The common
Location: Sydney
problem is they lack a process of integration. Unfortunately, this
Paul@aamps.com.au
always leads to frustration across organisations hence the need to
www.aamps.com.au
develop something which is cost and time effective.
Mobile: 0401 700913
Qualifications:
• MBA - Marketing and Organisational Behaviour – University of New England
• FCPA - Australian Association of Certified Practicing Accountants
• B Bus. (Accounting & Economics,) University of Western Sydney
• TAE Dip IV - Training and Assessment
John Anthony
Technical Director
• Successful implementation and integration of actual data with Cognos
TM1 Business Intelligence and Planning applications across a range of
Mid-size organisations
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Executive dashboard development and design
Sales Reporting
Sales forecasting and budgeting
General Ledger
Inventory and
Production planning
Specialist Areas of
Expertise:
 Cognos TM1
 IBM Certified
Solution Expert
 SQL Integration
 Oracle 8 DBA
• Build large scale enhancements to Inventory, Sales and Purchase s for
large TM1 installations at Dick Smith and Hunter Douglas
Over 20 years in Technical
Support and Development
Specialist experience in the
implementation of Business
Intelligence, performance
management and data
warehousing projects
across Australian and
International organisations.
Industry Experience:
• Design and build large scale applications for local and overseas
companies such as Covidien Australia , Covidien Singapore, Hitachi
Australia, Shriro Australia and Big Sister Foods. These large scale
applications provided a reliable and highly efficient process for
transforming and managing information.
• Successfully implemented Cognos applications covering a variety of
commercial solutions Church and Dwight, Tyco Healthcare Australia and
NZ, Unilever Australasia which involved
Qualifications:
• Graduate Dip IT – UTS Sydney
• Diploma of Computer Programming
• Degree - Bachelor of Science - UNSW
• Profitability Analyses
• Working Capital Reduction
• Improved Operational Efficiency
• Stock reduction
• Improved Cash Visibility
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Pharmaceutical
Retail
Healthcare
Wholesale
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Location: Sydney
John@aamps.com.au
www.aamps.com.au
Mobile: 0414 266 670