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Xero Consolidation back into Xero – how we helped Quantum Advisory reduce manual reporting effort by 50%

Xero Consolidation back into Xero – how we helped Quantum Advisory reduce manual reporting effort by 50%

by Kevin Wiegand

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Feb 22, 2019

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Xero

Quantum Advisory is a Sydney based advisory team who help business owners supercharge their companies, become more profitable and plan for the future. That’s taken directly off the website and whilst I know they are excellent advisors, accountants an

Helping ManageBac consolidate Xero entities to GoogleSheets

Helping ManageBac consolidate Xero entities to GoogleSheets

by Kevin Wiegand

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Nov 5, 2018

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Google Sheets

ManageBac helps over 2500 leading international schools to implement and manage the IB curriculum. Theo King is the CEO of ManageBac and asked us to help consolidate their Xero entities which run in multiple countries. Datasight’s multi-currency co

Helping Dalby General use data automation to prevent margin loss and drive purchase forecasting through data. A DEAR Systems story.

Helping Dalby General use data automation to prevent margin loss and drive purchase forecasting through data. A DEAR Systems story.

by Kevin Wiegand

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Oct 11, 2018

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Case Study

Dalby General Steel is a family business that has been around for decades and is now run by Nolan Keen and is a one-stop shop for steel needs, building materials, and rural supplies in the Dalby region. Nolan has over 9k products in his business. He

Data Drive your XPM Practice – Part 1. Visibility drives behaviour

Data Drive your XPM Practice – Part 1. Visibility drives behaviour

by Kevin Wiegand

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Sep 16, 2018

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Opinion piece

Keeping an eye on the prize – visibility drives behaviour Write down your goals. Measure it to manage it. If you don’t believe these statements, scroll right on by, you are NFI. What’s even more important than having your goals written down, and even

Forget which Business Intelligence tool to use, focus on the outcomes with 5 questions

Forget which Business Intelligence tool to use, focus on the outcomes with 5 questions

by Kevin Wiegand

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Aug 29, 2018

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Opinion piece

Here is an actual conversation (condensed) where a client was pretty insistent on using PowerBI without fully understanding what it is but more importantly that another set of solutions would provide far more value and help his business far more effe

What divides a room? Timesheets! Here’s a KPI to identify valuable staff and contribute to a healthy EBIT regardless of your timesheet stance

What divides a room? Timesheets! Here’s a KPI to identify valuable staff and contribute to a healthy EBIT regardless of your timesheet stance

by Kevin Wiegand

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Mar 14, 2018

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Uncategorised

If you are a service based firm, especially with part of your revenue being fixed price/value based, then welcome to my post about Realisation%. In order to help focus a staff member’s performance, there is one major question we can be asking; “Of th

Helping Quantum Advisory visualise profitability, focus staff efforts and shine a light on performance

Helping Quantum Advisory visualise profitability, focus staff efforts and shine a light on performance

by Kevin Wiegand

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Feb 26, 2018

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Ask Nicely

Quantum Advisory (Quantum) is an advisory team who help business owners supercharge their companies, become more profitable and plan for the future. They have grown substantially in the last two years and have a distributed team of advisory, accounti

Helping Waypoint eliminate manual reporting. Xero and Accelo in real-time dashboards. Hello, reporting nirvana!

Helping Waypoint eliminate manual reporting. Xero and Accelo in real-time dashboards. Hello, reporting nirvana!

by Kevin Wiegand

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Nov 4, 2017

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Accelo

Waypoint is a cloud integrator with operations in three countries. They have a fantastic reputation and are equally fantastic at what they do. Needless to say, we are ecstatic to have them onboard as a client! The reason Waypoint initially engaged us

Are you spending too much or too little on Marketing? Let Xero data tell you the answer.

Are you spending too much or too little on Marketing? Let Xero data tell you the answer.

by Kevin Wiegand

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Jul 4, 2017

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Opinion piece

Important note; only Xero data was used in the making of this story Understanding, measuring and optimising metrics within a business, enables empowered decision making, which is critical for business success and sustainable growth. The customer ac

CakeAccounting uses DataSights to get closer to the numbers

CakeAccounting uses DataSights to get closer to the numbers

by Kevin Wiegand

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May 5, 2017

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PowerBI

When DataSights met James Howlin, director of Cake Accounting, he was looking for a Xero Reporting solution to have more visibility over his client’s numbers, to provide more timely and proactive advice. As a subscriber over the years using a number

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