In modern day management, corporates increasingly use "data" as composite expressions to "effectively manage" business. "Data" also serves as a means to provide information and/or knowledge. Hence the data management term encompasses not only data management but also information and knowledge management. Key business decisions are based on data analysis and this analysis provides historic,current and predictive views of business operations.Capturing this data and the correct data is one of the primary needs to effectively manage and measure business performance and decisions.
 

Taking into consideration the need for data management,Anshu Systems has developed a data management tool "Enso". This tool provides a holistic view of day to day operations processes,captures relevant data and provides metrics to benchmark performances. " Enso" also takes into account the interrelationships that exist between different functional groups in the organization.
Enso means enlightenment,strength,elegance,the universe and the void and is an "expression of the moment". Enso is also continuous improvement one of the platforms that we at ANSHU are so passionate about.

Enso - The ANSHU data management tool is an integrated approach towards building an enterprise information system that will manage all aspects of sales,operations, integration, resource optimization, project management, financials and process compliance.
Enso was developed with the intent of:

• Providing an integrated platform to manage sales,operations and collaboration between dispersed teams across all LOB's in an organization.
• Effective project management - to prevents operational delays and cost overruns that affect profitability.
• Critical information for business decisions, that would otherwise have to be collated from disparate sources.
• Optimize time and efforts of human resources.
• Improving customer satisfaction, by giving customers a real-time visibility into their projects.
• Facilitates quality process compliance and institutionalization.

The ANSHU data management tool provides the following advantages :

• Proactive information leading to Better compliance to project schedules.
• Improved collaboration between teams and functions within the organization.
• Improved customer satisfaction, resulting from improved visibility on projects that can be provided to customers.
• Ability to take decisions based on real data captured at the point of its generation. This data would be available in real-time, and in formats that are suited to an individuals requirements.
• Reduced administrative overheads, as critical resources spend less time in data collation activities.
• Availability of time sheet data for all resources, enabling billing. Organization specific timesheets designed to provide data for both Time & Material, as well as Milestone based billing.
• Optimization of human resources efforts and skills, leading to topline benefits.
• Improved resolution of bugs and issues, as these can be tracked from their point of capture, assignment to responsible persons and upto their resolution.
• Ability to track metrics required for process management.
• Ability to manage knowledge assets, including reusable components and knowledge articles.
• Better management of help / support requests and computation of Service Level Agreements.
• Ability to manage business based on DATA collected real time.

Enso has been developed to include the following modules

1. Enquiry 2. Project Management and Resource Management Module 3. Finance 4.Admin 5. HR 6. IT 7.Self Service and 8.Reports

Custom based soultions are also available to suit the needs of the industry.

The importance of data management is unquestionable.Data management as an essential business requirement has emerged as a priority for many organizations. The objective is confidence and trust in data as the glue that holds business strategy together.