Case Study: Harlequin achieves faster, clearer financial reporting with insightsoftware's GL Wand

Publishing Company Leverages Unique Features of GL Wand to Improve Reporting

Harlequin, a publishing company using Oracle E-Business Suite, faced poor, hard-to-maintain financial reports that left the business without a clear view of its complex finances. Kirk Marshall, Director of Overseas Finance, paused further Oracle rollouts until a better reporting solution was found and selected GL Wand from insightsoftware for its Excel front end to live Oracle data.

insightsoftware’s GL Wand was implemented to produce attractive, readable month- and year-end and management reports with powerful drill-down capability. The solution cut inquiry time—saving about 10–15 minutes each time staff investigated a number—and drove adoption across international offices, growing to 25 users (North America plus Japan, Germany, and Spain), with reporting becoming a key win from Oracle.

Harlequin

Kirk Marshall

Director of Overseas Finance