Case Study: Detroit Public Schools Community District achieves monthly reporting in one hour (vs. days) with insightsoftware's GL Wand

Major Public Education System Cuts Days from Its Monthly Reporting Cycle with GL Wand

Detroit Public Schools Community District was spending two to three days each month assembling financial statements with nVision, a process that required multiple manual steps and specialized skills. To streamline reporting, the district adopted insightsoftware’s Excel add‑in, GL Wand, under the guidance of Arthur Jackson, Deputy Executive Director of Finance.

insightsoftware implemented GL Wand by building Excel‑based report templates that require only a period update and a click to run, cutting report run time to about five minutes; the monthly reporting package now takes roughly one hour instead of two to three days. The GL Wand solution also sped special audits by enabling drill‑down to voucher‑level, real‑time PeopleSoft data and delivering results in easy‑to‑view spreadsheets.

Detroit Public Schools Community District

Arthur Jackson

Deputy Executive Director of Finance