iLearn launches exclusive international Business Intelligence using Excel course in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Sept. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- iLearn, a leading national specialist provider of ONSITE instructor-led and ONLINE eLearning training methodologies, now offers internationally respected Business Analytical and Reporting courses using Microsoft Excel as a tool to empower decision makers with the knowledge and insight to grow their businesses.

The Company has exclusive license to provide two courses from the Institute of Business Analytics in Singapore, namely the Visual Analytics: Business Intelligence Dashboards and infamous i3BAR (Business Analytics and Reporting), which are both designed to help organisations make sense of their proliferating data.

The content is delivered in a 5-day classroom instructor-led training intervention that incorporates hands-on exercises for learners.

i3BAR, or the “integrated, interactive and intelligent, Business Analytics & Reporting” course is a revolutionary approach to Business Intelligence.

The methodologies and concept underlying this know-how is to transform the way the world creates reports and are encapsulated in this course.  The three-day i3BAR hands-on course is designed to help finance professionals achieve greater speed and efficiency in preparing reports, budgets and projections.

The second course, Visual Analytics: Business Intelligence Dashboards, provides participants with a solid understanding of visual perception and human cognition—what works, what doesn’t, and why…

This course provides a special focus on the data visualization function as it relates to developing IT solutions, given that such an understanding is essential for project success. Participants will learn how a visual business analytical model will influence the decision making process of the organisation.

Richard Rayne, Managing Director at iLearn, is very pleased to be in the position to offer these courses in South Africa and believes there is a massive gap in the market for such a high-level, yet simple concept. Both these courses will offer our clients a competitive advantage on enhanced data management with relevant visuals.

“We believe these courses will enrich the local market with skills and insight on a level that, until now, has not been available. In developing markets, Business Intelligence, Business Analysis, reporting and relevant toolsets is considered game-changing infrastructure and knowledge. Our objective is to place our clients at the forefront of knowledge transfer through exposure to the latest global best practices and tuition without the need for enterprise level BI systems,” Rayne adds.

Rahim Chan from Hulamin Limited attended the first course in Durban in August and said the course was well presented and challenged his entrenched way of working with large volumes of data, namely pivot tables, slicers and macros. “The problem with this combination is that file sizes are large and not easily distributed by email. The course offered a very viable alternative that essentially did not use pivot tables, slicers or macros. The result is a solution that requires less processing time and hence responds quicker to changes in the model and file sizes are relatively smaller for easy distribution by email.”

Chan recommends the course for anyone who regularly analyses data. “You will also learn key data management functions, form control tools and will pick up one or two Excel tips,” he adds.

Elaine Chang, founder of The Institute of Business Analytics in Singapore is encouraged by their partnership with iLearn in South Africa. “We see the market potential in South Africa and the rest of Africa and have the confidence in iLearn to take this specialised offering to market with great success.”

The first pilot course was successfully run in Durban during August, with attendance from enterprise clients such as Mahle Behr, Wave Paper, Multichoice, Hulamin and Hesto.

The next round of courses will be run in November 2014 in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. For further course information and booking please contact Moira Smith – moiras@ilearn.co.za.