Statler BI: financial planning software for hotels
From scattered spreadsheets to financial insight
Hotels used separate data sources and Excel files for budgets, forecasts and financial reporting. This made it difficult to build a complete picture and share information.
Statler wanted to bring that work together in one online product. GlobalOrange developed Statler BI: a responsive SaaS application in which hotels could create and manage budgets, forecasts and reports.
The solution combined a configurable setup for each hotel with a technical foundation that could accommodate additional usage.
Challenge
Bring fragmented financial data together and make it accessible to hotel organisations.
Approach
User-centred design, configurable SaaS software and a scalable service architecture.
Delivered
One online environment for budgets, forecasts and financial reporting, configurable for each hotel.
The workflow shapes the design
Financial planning in a hotel involves many data sources. The challenge was to keep that complexity from becoming a burden on the user.
We examined workflows and translated them into an interface for creating, sharing and managing financial information. This turned Statler’s domain expertise into a practical software product.
Available online, configured for each hotel
Statler BI was developed as a SaaS product. Users could log in through a browser without installing the application locally.
Each hotel could have its own structure. This configurability helped the software fit different organisations.
The service architecture allowed additional instances to be added as usage increased.
“GlobalOrange developed Statler BI as a cloud-based SaaS platform. The software runs as a service, so users can get up and running quickly. Hotel owners do not need to invest in software or hardware. They can log in to the Statler hotel budget planner online, anytime, anywhere, from any device.”
From domain expertise to a digital product
Understanding financial processes
Budgets, forecasts and reporting provided the starting point for the product and its user experience.
Product ownership with the client
The client acted as product owner. Close contact helped the team align priorities and improvements.
Improving incrementally
Agile development and Lean Startup helped focus attention on useful features and value for users.
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