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Business
Growth Today
is an e-Newsletter on improving financial and project management and business intelligence. |
Unlock the Door to Greater Profitability through Business Portals
New doors are opening. No company operates in a vacuum. Most businesses are part of a dynamic community of customers, partners, suppliers and employees. And increasingly the boundary between "us" and "them" is dissolving. The information they need to improve their business is sitting on your system.
And vice versa.
Business portals provide quick access to the data, applications and services that people need to do their work – via an ordinary Web browser. This means that for a fraction of the price of other technologies, you can extend the business benefits of your ERP solution to anyone on the planet.
Download white paper on how business portals add value; includes specific examples.... |
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The white paper reveals how business portals can bring these benefits:
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Decrease requests to accounting, and from IT departments and customers. |
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Decrease costs through Web-based "self-service". |
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Reduce training required for managers and employees. |
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Gain Strategic Business Value from Your IT Investment
At a recent executive event hosted by Microsoft and Synergy Business Solutions, two Microsoft executives shared their vision of how smart IT investments can deliver your company strategic business value.Their recommendations would help a company address the following current trends with these software roles:
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ROLE OF SOFTWARE |
| One World Business |
Simplify how people work together |
| Always On & Connected |
Find information and improve business insight |
| Transparent Organization |
Protect and manage information |
| Cost Pressure |
Reduce IT and other costs |
Download presentation handout and see which products can amplify the impact of your people...
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This presentation includes the Five Questions that Define Business Intelligence:
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What happened? |
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What is happening? |
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What will happen? |
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What do I want to happen? |
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Why? |
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Know the Hierarchy of Business Values and Make Smarter Business Decisions
Abraham Maslow proposed a theory of psychology in which he contended that as humans satisfy basic needs, they in turn seek to meet higher needs in a hierarchal system. In the same way, a theory of business psychology would suggest a set of business needs or values a company will seek to gain. Only after meeting "basic" business needs or benefits, such as the operational/tactical values of software, e.g. ease of use, functionality, efficiency, would a company begin searching for more strategic benefits such as cost reduction, ROI, and competitive advantage. Yet, as an organization sees the possibility of "higher" strategic business value, they can begin to make IT decisions that will deliver this value and go beyond meeting their "basic" software needs.
See a proposed hierarchy of business values...
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Companies gain tactical benefits when their software delivers new functionality, single data entry, and improved efficiency. Yet, the right software implementation can also bring strategic benefits, such as reduced costs, boosted productivity and morale, improved customer satisfaction, and more market share.
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