Phocas is a data discovery platform with powerful analytical capability. It is compatible with mobile devices using which users can access and work on the file through mobile. Also, it supports integration with third-party applications and allows users to build interactive dashboards. It has a data warehousing feature that provides a central repository to store all the collected data that can be used for later analysis. In addition, it supports multiple export options in order to upload reports. The visualization feature in this software can be used to make stunning visual summaries of the business data.
| Support | Business Hours Online | Customer Type | Large Enterprises Medium Business Small Business |
| API | NA | Location / Phone Number | Coventry, United Kingdom / +44 1865-364 103 |
| Deployment | SaaS/Web/Cloud | Category | Business Intelligence Software |
Disclaimer: The pricing details were last updated on 11/04/2018 from the vendor website and may be different from actual. Please confirm with the vendor website before purchasing.
Phocas is Business Intelligence Software. Phocas offers the following functionalities:
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No, Phocas does not provide API.
I like Phocas's ability to take mass amounts of data, and shrink it down to a small usable form. You can filter it almost any way you can think of, filters on top of filters is the key here, to fully customizing your data and how it is presented to you. The report function is also amazing, you can custom build reports, or use many of the reports that are already there to quickly glance at whatever data sets you need to, whether for progress reports, data reports, or comparing. The other great function it has is the ability to take the data off the website and put them on a variety of other platforms, like excel or word or what have you. Overall Phocas is a very useful tool to extract data from a source that does not make it easy to view that kind of data, or it is impossible to view that kind of data from it, and it puts it out there however you'd like to view it.
Sometimes there is a lag when trying to look at data, but this may just be due to the size of data that I am looking at. I also wish there were a "undo" button to quickly undo a filter or a move instead of having to manually do it and risk messing up your filters.
Play around with it to fully see what it can do. It has endless capabilities to tailor the data to you.
I'm easily able to look at reports when there are vendor price increases and see which items have gone up and how much they went up by. I'm also able to look and see if there are errors in the pricing load, as it shows me items that went up by a crazy amount or all of a sudden have a $0 cost that are obviously incorrect. This is useful to catch errors before my customers do.
This tool makes it easy to transfer and look at data at a glance. It's best feature, in my opinion, is it's ability to sort and display the data in any way you want. It gives you more options than you'll ever really need. It's also got so many great reports that it can run, to automatically compare and compose data in an easily view able and understandable way. I learn more about Phocas and what it can do each time I use it.
The one small thing I dislike about phocas, and this could solely just be my computer, my internet or the amount of data I'm looking at, but sometimes it seems pretty slow to pull up certain data sets or display certain things. But this is not an all the time thing, again, I think this might just be when I am looking at large amounts of data.
We are able to run into stock cost comparison reports, so when I load new costs, I'm able to look back and see what they used to be, to tell exactly what items changed, and see how much they went up. This is by far the most handy tool, and it saves me SO SO much time and effort.
I really like the ease of use of Phocas. Once you get the hang of it, you can slice and dice your data or create calculations for your data.
Visuals/charts are limited. Have to export data into excel to manipulate and create better graphics.
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Gaps in customer spending and where we aren’t penetrating. Identifying lost business.
Phocas allows users to get to their data and get results fast. No more trying to explain to the I.T. staff what they want and then getting something different and going through the process several times before finally getting what they want. Self service is what it is all about.
As the manger of the I.T. department I am always looking for ways to improve our products and services to our users. So far, Phocas can given us results. Can't complain about that.
The best way to determine the value of PHOCAS is to 'Try it .... You'll Like it" .... sounds corny but is the truth.
Fast access to information .... when our Salespeople want it and need it. No longer having to wait to explain it to an I.T. person and wait. ... Need information on a customer. Got It. Need information on product availability. Got It. Need Results. Got It.
Phocas allows users to get to their data and get results fast. No more trying to explain to the I.T. staff what they want and then getting something different and going through the process several times before finally getting what they want. Self service is what it is all about.
As the manger of the I.T. department I am always looking for ways to improve our products and services to our users. So far, Phocas can given us results. Can't complain about that.
The best way to determine the value of PHOCAS is to 'Try it .... You'll Like it" .... sounds corny but is the truth.
Fast access to information .... when our Salespeople want it and need it. No longer having to wait to explain it to an I.T. person and wait. ... Need information on a customer. Got It. Need information on product availability. Got It. Need Results. Got It.
What are the best aspects of this product?
One of the things I really like about Phocas is the instant report I get, also, whenever I have trouble using the app, the support team is always here to help. The dashboards show the amount of the entered orders and returns we did. In addition, with dashboard we can easily examine the branch and the employee. I really enjoy using the Phocas because shows how many changes the sales team made on prices.
What aspects are problematic or could work better?
In my opinion they need to work on their chart portion. I have trouble in creating charts, and unfortunately you cannot print them.
What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?
You get reports within seconds. What I used to do in ERP with putting the reports for hours now I only need few minutes with Phocas. I present Phocas to the owners of our company and using the app is a great relief for me and my IT department. My goal is to present Phocas to our sales teams and to increase our profit.
Are you a current user of this product?
Yes
What are the best aspects of this product?
One of the first thing I experienced with Phocas is that I can collect information very easily and fast and most important I can check products and customers altoghether. But, according to my experience with Phocas one of the best things is that you can spot any problem or issue within your company and you can work on it, as we always do.
What aspects are problematic or could work better?
Something that I don't like is the price for the small companies and customers.
What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?
Product and customer management. Thanks to Phocas we have increased the margins on specific customers and we increased the profit as well, by simply following the information about the customers and the products they consume.
Are you a current user of this product?
Yes
What are the best aspects of this product?
With Phocas you can easily create and save reports, you can create dashboards, users, etc. Admins can make changes to different users, on the other hand, they are allowed to reset their passwords whenever they need. You can send data to different sources. You have access to different levels from a line level, in between and to the high level. Phocas gives you an ability to select and give responsibility to different users.
What aspects are problematic or could work better?
I believe they need to make the dashboards more clear, also you need to have an appropriate training and knowledge of the product if you want to make any changes by yourself. I would advise the team of Phocas to build advanced features for long term users.
What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?
With numerous informations Phocas create dashboard to help you with decisions much faster. Show information about the customers and/or products that decrease in sales. Give you an appropriate security parameters to deliver data. Produces information within a tight deadline.
Are you a current user of this product?
Yes
What are the best aspects of this product?
One of the things I really like about Phocas is the instant report I get, also, whenever I have trouble using the app, the support team is always here to help. The dashboards show the amount of the entered orders and returns we did. In addition, with dashboard we can easily examine the branch and the employee. I really enjoy using the Phocas because shows how many changes the sales team made on prices.
What aspects are problematic or could work better?
In my opinion they need to work on their chart portion. I have trouble in creating charts, and unfortunately you cannot print them.
What specific problems in your company were solved by this product?
You get reports within seconds. What I used to do in ERP with putting the reports for hours now I only need few minutes with Phocas. I present Phocas to the owners of our company and using the app is a great relief for me and my IT department. My goal is to present Phocas to our sales teams and to increase our profit.
Are you a current user of this product?
Yes
