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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Financial Reporting can be a tedious and time consuming process for a financial manager. It generally takes a few days to create Month end excel reports and to simply make sure numbers balance. Excel now has additional tools (Power Query and Power Pivot) which […]

“Bad or Dirty Data refers to information that can be erroneous, misleading, and without general formatting. Unfortunately, no industry, organization, or department is immune to it.”   Bad Data is unavoidable and like a virus to businesses; however, similar to a virus, once it is ‘cured’ the organisation is usually stronger and far less likely […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] ‘Big data’ has become a buzzword at conferences and littered across headlines of countless technology blogs; but are we all on the same page as to what it actually is? Some find the term ambiguous and distance themselves from it, possibly because of the uncertainty of what […]

Graphs are incredible tools for data visualisation, and form part of the fundamental process of comparing data to target goals in order to reveal what is actually going on in your business. Numbers in a table are one thing, but it often only really gives you a single fact at a specific point in time. […]

We have witnessed, time and time again, how the automation of manual processes completely revolutionises the way businesses do their monthly reporting. Our solutions have helped Financial Managers get up to three days back, simply by way of automation. However, we still get a considerable amount of push-back when we send out our feelers to […]

Can month-end reporting really only take you 15 seconds? The answer is yes, and it’s even easier with e-magination Infosolutions as your partner. If you are dubious about our 15 second claim, we don’t blame you. Over the years we have met a lot of Financial Managers and business owners that have been trying for […]

Time and accuracy are without a doubt the most important factors to Financial Managers. They go hand in hand, where one is stretched the other is put under pressure. Time is precious and there often isn’t enough of it or it is woefully wasted on checking and double checking such as validating existing reports or […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.e-magination.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/maxresdefault.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] We watched as over the years Microsoft steadily climbed the ladder, producing innovation after innovation every year. As expected, they have reached incredible heights. They have now been positioned, for the […]

Graphs and visual representations are not new to us, however they have changed the way we consume big data irrevocably. Let’s start at one of the earliest instances where, in the form of a map, visualisation helped to make sense of a devastating event that defied human understanding, the London cholera outbreaks of 1854. Wrong […]

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.e-magination.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fintech-555×383.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The finance industry has proven itself to be innovative and pioneering; seen as one of the most disruptive industries for business. There are 5 FinTech topics that stand out as trends we feel CFOs need to […]