These days, an ERP system is a necessity—not a luxury. You need a system that helps you operate and manage your business. But what else do you need it to do? Former Gartner analyst Lee Wylie introduced Enterprise Resource Planning to the world in 1990. Over its 21 year history, ERP software has undergone a significant...
Published: Jul 09, 2014
Sage (UK) Limited today announces the results of its ‘Office Life’ survey, which reveals that almost a third (28 per cent) of employees have deliberately withheld company information from their colleagues. The figure is in stark contrast to the 86 per cent of people who believe that keeping information from...
Published: Nov 05, 2014
Organisations are striving to deliver consistent experiences but very few feel they are there yet.
A mere 8% of respondents were able to boast that all their data and marketing systems were integrated.
Only 40% of marketers in the study were able to track the customer journey across channels.
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Published: Jan 11, 2016
Today’s employers are often using multiple tools to manage their employees, and often dozens of other tools across the business. When it comes to prioritizing where investments should be made, it can be difficult to know where to start. But for many organizations, workforce management is the place to begin.
Published: May 11, 2014
Accounting and other business systems are packed with useful, and often critical, business information which can be turned to competitive advantage if analysed properly and quickly. A new generation of low-cost business intelligence tools is now becoming available to help midsized organisations do just this.
Published: May 01, 2007
Sage (UK) Limited today announces the results of its ‘Office Life’ survey, which reveals that 88 per cent of people think that their company risks losing customers if information is not shared across departments. Eighty-two per cent of respondents also commented that not having the right information has a negative...
Published: Oct 01, 2014
The first generation content management system (CMS) essentially supported your website as a digital brochure. As digital technology started to become a bit more interesting, the second generation CMS added functionality to keep pace with video, interactive multimedia and, eventually, the social media revolution, along...
Published: Jan 14, 2016
In a constantly changing regulatory environment, employers must remain vigilant about new legislation and standards. The ability to understand the latest changes and their impact is essential to minimizing risk, but new laws are only one facet of effective labor compliance. Longstanding regulations are subject to change,...
Published: Dec 12, 2012
Making your workforce mobile is about making them customer centric 24/7. A mobile salesforce and workforce can respond more urgently to business opportunities, recover from problems faster and address customer problems more quickly. But organisations face a particular challenge. While teleworking and remote-access are...
Published: Jun 01, 2012
CRM has long been seen as a must-have sales tool. However, much of the value of traditional CRM accrues to managers, not the reps that use them daily.
Learn how CRM designed for the individual benefits the entire sales organization from increased data quality to more predictable revenue pipelines.
Published: Jan 28, 2016
Savvy leaders realize the importance of developing their internal bench strength today to competitively address the organizational demands of tomorrow. In reality, identifying and adopting the ideal components needed to support an integrated performance and learning management process is complex and time-consuming. For...
Published: Jun 08, 2011
Xactly was founded with one mission in mind: to help companies inspire performance. Building a sales team and compensating them properly requires careful planning, and in order to ensure that you provide the right incentives that help your company achieve growth and success, you need to think strategically about the design...
Published: Jan 08, 2016
Small and medium-sized companies face significant challenges in implementing company-wide or enterprisewide solutions. These challenges arise from the scarcity of resources − money, time and people and expertise. And yet the business imperative to implement truly effective systems is even greater, since the technology...
Published: Jun 01, 2007