April 12, 2007
Juris Business Intelligence Suite for Law Firms
Last week on April 6, 2007 Juris, Inc. announced release of Juris Active Information—a suite of management reporting, business intelligence and decision support tools for the law firm. Active Information will help law firms move from a rearview mirror management reporting process using only printed static reports to a real-time information distribution and analysis model. With Active Information, law firm leaders will have the information and tools to make decisions that can change the outcome and increase partner income.”
The Active Information Suite consists of three components—Reporting, Business Intelligence, and Budgeting and Forecasting. The first module, Reporting, is currently available. Business Intelligence and Budgeting & Forecasting are scheduled for release in July 2007 and October 2007, respectively.
Active Information’s Reporting component revolutionizes how law firms develop, distribute, and use information for decision making. Each individual in the firm can decide exactly what information they want, how they want to see it, and when they want to receive it. With Juris Active Information, management reporting will no longer be limited to traditional reports of simply columns and rows. Firms will now be able to incorporate dashboards, images, charts, and graphs into their reporting models. Moreover, management information will have utility beyond simply reading a report. Active Information content can be used to navigate or drill down to detailed information underlying the management report. Content can be manipulated and extracted into other applications such as Microsoft® Excel to allow for quick and easy analysis.
According to Stephen Collins, Juris CEO, “Backward looking traditional reports leave an information gap. You know where you have been, but it’s too late to do anything about it. Juris Active Information will close that gap. It moves the Event Horizon for law firm leaders—providing actionable targeted information in time to change the outcome.” Collins continued, “A key element of making information useful for decision making is ensuring the right people get the right information in a format that facilitates their decision making process. With Active Information, each decision maker can receive important information in a format unique to their needs and it’s all distributed automatically.”
The Business Intelligence module includes a custom dashboard designer, business metrics library and metrics designer plus a link to Juris® Insight(SM) for incorporating continuous peer group benchmarks into the firm’s reporting systems. It also includes a separate data warehouse for enhanced reporting performance and customization. The Budgeting and Forecasting application adds the capability for complex budgets with multiple forecasts that are incorporated into the tracking and reporting stream of the law firm.
Morepartnerincome.com is sponsored by Juris, Inc. For information about Juris® products and services for increasing law firm performance and partner income contact Juris, Inc. National Sales Center at 877-377-3740, e-mail info@juris.com or visit www.juris.com.
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