‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!’ - Benjamin Franklin Valuable outputs are directly linked to carefully planned inputs. How much time have you spent to plan the inputs you need to capture so that you can get rich outputs? How often do you revisit these insights to update their relevance? Planning […]
A business is made up of transactions. If the transactions are rich in information you can extract great BI out of it which will enable you to make more informed decisions when managing your business. Creating rich inputs is the starting point of quality and valuable BI reports. To create rich transactions it is important […]
There sits tremendous intelligence in any business. Whether it is the product designs, marketing strategy, customer database or historical accounting trends, great value can be extracted from all these sources. Tapping into this intelligence is key to enable management to understand their business and to make informed decisions. In the past it was like pulling […]
Entrepreneurs are creative thinkers. Their minds are constantly busy solving problems for their customers and team. Admin tasks however, can way down heavy on them decreasing their time to think creatively. Tasks like, implementing systems, submitting returns, generating spreadsheets, complying to regulations, collating and extracting info form their accounting system, reporting, creating templates, quoting, etc.. […]
In a world of incremental data increases it is becoming more and more difficult to have key-decision making information at hand using manual / traditional reporting methods. However making quality decisions without accurate and updated information is unhealthy for your business which can have dyer consequences. Combining human power and technology helps me in this […]
Quoting is one of the most important aspects of business. Without it you have no hope of future business. But it is also one of the most time consuming activities that do not bring in any money to your business today. Balancing quoting with income generating activities is not so easy. My team and I […]
I have always loved auditing, but data volumes have dramatically grown over the last 2 decades. So to get a grip on transaction data to maintain a high quality audit has required me to sharpen my tools. Using BI to audit has been a lifesaver. Pre-populated BI reduces processing, spreadsheet formula and data preparation time […]
Directors, CEO's and business owners need to make crucial decisions on a regular basis. The smaller the business the more regular these decisions will occur. A startup for instance will perhaps need to make multiple crucial decisions on a daily basis whilst a more established corporate business will have less of it as it has […]
"Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. Their needs and wants impact every aspect of your business, from product development to content marketing to sales to customer service." - John Rampton What do you have in place to make sure you are able to service them quickly and professionally? Make quoting easy, fun and […]
Just like the driver of a car, making key decisions is difficult without key decision-making information at hand. A driver for instance needs to have clear visibility of the road, a working dashboard and mechanism to steer the vehicle (i.e. steering wheel, gears etc...). Without it he/she cannot drive. In business having clear visibility of […]
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