Ipswich, IP3 9FH,
United Kingdom
Aramar Solutions
Aramar Solutions, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. Aramar Solutions collaboration with software players such as IBM empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
| Reseller and SI | Vendor | Application | Category | Market |
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| Aramar Solutions | IBM | IBM Cognos TM1 | EPM | EPM |
| Aramar Solutions | IBM | IBM Cognos Analytics | Analytics and BI | Analytics and BI |
| Aramar Solutions | IBM | IBM Planning Analytics | EPM | EPM |
| Aramar Solutions | IBM | IBM Cognos Controller | EPM | EPM |
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Apollo Fire Detectors | Manufacturing | 381 | $166M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Planning Analytics | EPM | 2019 |
In 2019, Apollo Fire Detectors implemented IBM Planning Analytics in a project delivered with Aramar Solutions, targeting core financial reporting and analytics within the EPM category. The deployment focused on replacing spreadsheet-based consolidation and a PowerPivot model with server-side TM1 cube structures and Cognos BI visualization layers to support group and company level reporting.
The implementation delivered TM1 cubes for statutory and management reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow models, and a sales by product and customer analytics model. IBM Planning Analytics cubes were authored to centralize account structures, company hierarchies and time periods, enabling immediate visibility of consolidated figures as soon as source data was loaded, and Cognos BI tools were configured to consume the cubes and publish mobile-ready dashboards.
Data integration was executed against multiple ERP systems, with data imported from Microsoft Dynamics AX for European entities and from MAS and U8 for US and China operations respectively, enabling instant group-level consolidation across heterogeneous ERPs. Project work explicitly addressed extraction and relationship mapping challenges from AX, Aramar Solutions providing specialist modelling support to capture business rules and build the cube structures.
Governance changes included centralizing master data for accounts, companies and time periods in the TM1 model to reduce manual spreadsheet maintenance and enforce consistency across consolidations. Outcomes stated by the team included instant group consolidation, faster financial reporting through TM1 cubes, visual analytics across multiple ERPs, mobile-friendly dashboards and a flexible consultancy engagement with Aramar that required limited external days, while establishing a foundation for future forecasting and expanded analytics.
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Apollo Fire Detectors | Manufacturing | 381 | $166M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Cognos TM1 | EPM | 2019 |
In 2019, Apollo Fire Detectors implemented IBM Cognos TM1 to centralize financial reporting and group consolidation as part of an EPM initiative, with IBM Business Partner Aramar Solutions managing the engagement. The deployment used IBM Cognos Express packaging alongside TM1 cubes to replace spreadsheet-based schedules and to deliver consistent consolidated reporting across the company group.
The implementation configured TM1 cubes to hold the ledgers and dimensions that had previously lived in spreadsheets, supporting production of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow schedules for individual companies and for the Global Apollo Group. IBM Cognos TM1 was configured to present account structures, company hierarchies and time periods as shared dimensions, enabling instant roll-up and immediate visibility of data changes across consolidated reports.
Data integration was implemented from the customer ERP landscape, with source feeds coming from Microsoft Dynamics AX for European businesses and MAS and U8 for US and China operations. Consolidation workflows operate at the company level first and then at the group level, with automated TM1 cube loads making the consolidation immediate once source values are imported, supporting finance teams across the organization.
Governance was tightened by centralizing account and company structures and time period definitions inside IBM Cognos TM1, reducing manual maintenance of multiple spreadsheets and lowering reconciliation risk. The project narrative emphasizes reduced effort and faster visibility as outcomes, with maintenance and control improved because structural changes are applied once in TM1 rather than across many files.
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Apollo Fire Detectors | Manufacturing | 381 | $166M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Cognos Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2019 |
In 2019, Apollo Fire Detectors implemented IBM Cognos Analytics with IBM Business Partner Aramar Solutions to resolve manual financial reporting and consolidation challenges. The engagement targeted the finance organization and group consolidation processes, replacing spreadsheet based schedules with a centralized Analytics and BI solution that uses TM1 cubes to hold the core financial data models.
The implementation configured TM1 cubes to host the company level ledgers and group level models used to produce Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cashflow statements. IBM Cognos Analytics was configured to expose those cubes for reporting and instant rollup, with account, company and time period structures maintained centrally so changes propagate once across the environment.
Data integration was implemented to import transactional and ledger data from the companys multiple ERP systems, with Microsoft Dynamics AX used across European entities and MAS and U8 feeding US and China entities. Consolidation occurs as soon as source values are loaded, enabling immediate visibility of impacts at individual company and Global Apollo Group levels and supporting the monthly schedules provided to the parent company.
Governance was formalized around a single source of truth for chart of accounts, company hierarchies and period definitions, reducing spreadsheet maintenance and the manual reconciliation effort. Maintenance and control are now centralized through the TM1 models and IBM Cognos Analytics reporting layer, which the finance team cites as reducing time and operational risk associated with their previous spreadsheet based consolidation process.
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Healthcare | 1600 | $240M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Planning Analytics | EPM | 2021 |
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Transportation | 250 | $40M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Planning Analytics | EPM | 2022 |
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Utilities | 270 | $179M | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM Planning Analytics | EPM | 2016 |
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