Azdan’s planning and budgeting solution can reduce Budgeting and reporting cycles for your organization by more than 60%.

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MEET YOUR
STRATEGIC
PLAN GOALS

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DEEP EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
EXPERIENCE IN THE REGION
Modern day education is aided with a variety of technology facilities. Diverse knowledge
is being spread among many students. There is much to learn and more to assimilate in
the modern world. Internet provides abysmal knowledge. There is no end to it. New
inventions and discoveries have revealed the unknown world to us more variedly.
Educational Organizations are changing based on student’s modern behavior: Modern
Students are now the majority seeking to balance their higher education goals with
ongoing work and other responsibilities. Educational organizations need greater
accountability and deeper insight into the progress and outcomes of the students they
serve. And all of this at a time when IT and infrastructure capital costs are rising on
campus. New Innovative solutions are needed to meet the new face of Higher Education.
Azdan Business Analytics delivers proven, comprehensive business management
capabilities built to handle change and complexity in the Educational Organizations. Not
Only Azdan is the leading partner in executing your business strategy but also can take
your financial services organization beyond traditional accounting software by
streamlining operations across your entire educational organization and providing the
real-time visibility you need to make better, faster decisions.
Azdan Business Analytics enables Educational Organizations to meet their unique needs
with a single, powerful application and proactively balance risk and opportunity across
business processes. No only combining robust financial management with built-in
business intelligence to drive smarter, quicker decision-making, but also equipping your
organization with planning, budgeting and forecasting tools to ensure financial stability
and growth.
“We selected Azdan to implement Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management Cloud for its deep planning
functionality, flexibility, and fit to the educational
sector. The beauty of the system is that it is
configurable and easy to use by both financial and non-
financial staff, simplifying user adoption and delivering
100% of the expected results.”
Sherif Mousa
Director of Finance - Abu Dhabi University

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AZDAN REDUCES ADU’S BUDGETING
AND REPORTING CYCLES BY 60%
ADU follows five-year strategic plans with the goal of providing quality education and
applied research that drive economic and social development in the region. However,
until recently, ADU had no integrated system for budget analysis and execution, relying
exclusively on Excel sheets. In 2014 it began looking for an Enterprise Performance
Management (EPM) solution to improve the core process of planning and forecasting.
They were seeking to improve budget execution, which was lacking data integrity and
analytical tools, so that budget consumption can be matched constantly with the
university’s financial forecasts.
ADU selected Oracle Partner Azdan Business Analytics for implementation, based on
methodology, cost, and proven experience with installing Oracle EPM Cloud solutions in
the Middle East. Azdan trained the university’s users and implemented the solution after
reviewing the as-is processes and understanding the needs of all concerned in the areas
of budgeting, planning, and reporting. The solution went live on time and within budget.
“It is not easy to support the
operational and financial
planning process. Azdan
changed our assumptions on
the spot with Oracle PBCS.
We see the implications on
our 5 year forecasts within a
matter of minutes.”
ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY
Sherif Mousa,
Director of Finance

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HUMAN CAPITAL MODEL
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE MODEL
FINANCIAL MODEL
BUDGET EXECUTION MODEL
OPERATING EXPENSES MODEL
SCHOLARSHIP MODELS
REVENUE MODELS
REPORTING WITH CONFIDEDNCE
Abu Dhabi University (ADU) was established in 2003 to provide undergraduate and
postgraduate programs in a wide range of studies. ADU follows five-year strategic plans
with the goal of providing quality education and applied research that drive economic
and social development in the region. The mission is to produce high quality career-
oriented graduates aligned with regional and global needs through excellence in
teaching, operational excellence, and financial growth.
However, until recently, ADU had no integrated system for budget analysis and
execution, relying exclusively on Excel sheets. In 2014 it began looking for an Enterprise
Performance Management (EPM) solution to improve the core process of planning and
forecasting. The requirement was to implement an end-to-end system capable of
handling higher education budgeting focused on revenue, human capital, scholarship,
operating expenses, capital expenditure, and budget execution.
Abu Dhabi University Meets the Goals of Its Five-Year Strategic Plan with Sophisticated
Forecasting Accuracy and Optimized Budget Execution. ADU selected Oracle Partner
Azdan Business Analytics for implementation, based on methodology, cost, and proven
experience with installing Oracle EPM Cloud solutions in the Middle East. Azdan trained
the university’s users and implemented the solution after reviewing the as-is processes
and understanding the needs of all concerned in the areas of budgeting, planning, and
reporting. The solution went live on time and within budget.

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PLANNING & BUDGETING CHALLENGES
FACED BY ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY
• Improve budget execution, which was lacking data integrity and analytical tools, so
that budget consumption can be matched constantly with the university’s financial
forecasts.
• Make it easier to align budgeting and planning with ADU’s five-year strategic goals of
operational excellence, financial growth, and excellence in teaching.
• Eliminate time-consuming, error-prone spreadsheets where a missing formula or a
mistaken data assumption could require days to re-run budget calculations.
• Develop reporting and analysis that integrates with the university’s operational
systems for variance analysis, narrative reporting, and budget report generation.
• Integrate budgeting and forecasting with enterprise resource planning processes
financials, procurement, human capital management, and student information system.
• Traditional budgeting does not adequately link financial investments to results or
outcomes, limiting the ability for in-depth analysis and understanding of the real ROI
for ADU’s given line of business or initiative.

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AZDAN REDUCES ADU’S BUDGETING &
REPORTING CYCLE BY MORE THAN 60%
• Reduced time and effort in annual budgeting cycle by more than 60% using Oracle
Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service across the university’s seven forecasting
modules—revenue, human capital, scholarships, operating expenses, capital
expenditure, financials, and budget execution.
• Satisfied management and stakeholder expectations by reducing time required to
produce monthly and quarterly reporting by more than 60% with Oracle Enterprise
Performance Reporting Cloud Service.
• Increased forecasting efficiency by automating and centralizing budgeting and
planning workflows and security models, and improved accuracy and reliability by
migrating from disconnected spreadsheets to Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud
Service.
• Gained the ability to match budget consumption continuously with financial forecasts,
avoid budget overruns, and better monitor the university’s financial health.
• Streamlined internal and external reporting processes, combining data plus narrative
in a single, secure, and collaborative environment so that financial and non-financial
staff can produce meaningful reports.
• Strengthened decision-making capabilities with sophisticated modelling and predictive
analytical capabilities, such as what-if scenarios based on the university’s key business
drivers.
• Increased mid- and long-term forecasting accuracy by rolling the university’s
forecasting horizon forward with the passage of time, enabled by Oracle Planning and
Budgeting Cloud Service’s easy-to-use rolling forecast wizard.
• Increased financial data security and integrity, and integrated the solution seamlessly
with ADU’s financials, procurement, human capital management, and student
information system based on Oracle’s PeopleSoft Suite.
• Reduced infrastructure complexity using the Oracle Cloud, substantially decreasing
capital expenditure and maintenance costs as compared to the legacy solution.

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WHY AZDAN IS THE BEST SOLUTION
PROVIDER FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGs?
One Unified Solution. You can get the benefit of a totally unified solution, with seamless
upgrades and without many of the integration challenges. Our Specialization brings more
insight to our clients and become an integral part of their business. We have deep
experience in all Oracle products from strategy to execution in all vertical industries.
Robust Delivery Team. Azdan uses a proven methodology based on best practices
collected from our vast experience in deploying business solutions for our clients. To
successfully propose, design and deliver solutions on your behalf. They work with your
team hand in hand in time-efficient ways to develop solutions and deliver outcomes
rapidly.
Industry Specialty. Azdan recognize and understand the diversity of vertical market
such as Omnichannel commerce, Hardware, Internet/Software, Media, Manufacturing,
Fintech, Consumer mobile, logistics,…etc. Azdan fully understand your industry; its
trends, terminologies, regulatory and compliance challenges, business challenges and
other key attributes of the vertical environment.

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DEEP IN-COUNTRY EXPERIENNCE
Localization. Our people are blend mix of business and technology Arab consultants.
They understand the culture of the manufacturing in the Arab countries. They have
several years of implementation and training experience on/offsite. Only Azdan has the
native perspective of your country, it has a deeply ingrained understanding of your
unique culture.
Customization. Azdan consultants use advanced customization tools to tailor NetSuite
to your individual business needs. These customization features allow you to easily
adapt NetSuite to meet your company's business process. They can control the
information that is accessed and entered by each user of your NetSuite accounts.
Support Model. Azdan support team offers your organization a choice of support
offerings to match your business needs, from critical to low severity incidents. Each
provides specific service levels and capabilities. Our Team has an efficient support
model flexible to perform on-site and off-site support. The support team is able to
address your NetSuite questions and issues rapidly to keep your business running
smoothly.

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AZDAN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Office No. 2403
Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
info@azdan.net
www.azdan.net
AREEN HADDADIN
Business Development Manager
areen.haddadin@azdan.net
+9715 26999 622
BISHOY SAMI
Managing Consultant
bishoy.sami@azdan.net
+9715 67159 627
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