Posts Tagged ‘kpi online’

Nepotism Gone Bad

A friend of mine started a very successful business as the exclusive distributor of a special baking ingredient from Europe that he sold to bakeries and manufacturers of snack foods.

He was able to buy a beautiful house and send his kids to private school. However, his business was a sneeze away from going bankrupt. He hired too many brothers, sisters and friends, and put them in key positions. There was no accountability.  Read more... (527 words, 1 image, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

How Are Sports and The Corporate World Related?

Ever since my son was 9 years old he diligently collected statistics on players in every major league sport: football players, baseball players, basketball players, and even players from Major League Soccer in the U.S.

By the time he was 11 he was accurately predicting who would be in the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball championships.

We’re crazy about our sports statistics, and can quote them as easily as English majors can quote Shakespeare.  Read more... (402 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Tracy Fabian, pre-sales engineer

Company Financial Health: Not Just Revenue And Expenses

In today’s economy, it is imperative that organizations track the financial status and health of their company.  It is not enough to only track cash or revenue coming into the company; you also need to track what is leaving the company.  Just as important, if you are an organization with inventory, you need to be able to tell quickly how much money you have tied up in inventory and what products are moving the quickest vs. what products are sitting on the shelves.  Read more... (436 words, 2 images, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

By Tracy Fabian, pre-sales engineer

Business Intelligence for Small and Medium Enterprises

In today’s marketplace, small and medium organizations are looking to deploy Business Intelligence (BI) applications in the most cost effective manner.  Software as a Service (Saas) provides a more cost effective solution than most BI fully licensed applications.

But before you implement any old BI SaaS application, make sure it’s comprehensive. It should allow you to monitor, analyze and act on your data.

All of these attributes should be available in one application.  Read more... (434 words, 3 images, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)