We’ve all heard success stories about enterprise software – 30% increase in profits, products to market five times faster, project management overhead cut in half – but how, exactly, do those companies accomplish that? Here are three of the most important elements.
Sorting out flaws in organizational structure and processes:
In some companies it’s not always clear sometimes who is who’s boss. Some (usually stressed to the max) employees are getting orders from everyone and their brother. Approval hierarchies also tend to be unclear. Instead of having one person approve what you do and then send it on the next person up the line, everyone’s jumping in with their two cents worth all at the same time.
You may not realize how much confusion this sort of thing generates, and how much work doesn’t get done because of it, but it will be more than clear when you implement the task management and workflow solutions features of your enterprise software. You will see, for example, that some people have more to do than one person could possibly handle. They are trying to comply with so many viewpoints and orders at the same time, it’s almost impossible to complete something. Implementing an enterprise software solution can help bring that to light, and sort it out.
Giving executives the chance to see what’s really going on:
Have you ever felt powerless as an executive? You know there’s something wrong, but you just can’t get to the bottom of it. Largely, you’re depending on middle management for information. But acting on their information just isn’t resolving the problems.
Enterprise software can help you find out what’s really going on. You can look at what each person is doing on a daily basis, you can see what orders are being given and whether or not those orders align with company policy and strategy, and you can find bottlenecks and unresolved problems that are keeping people from getting their job done efficiently and effectively.
Middle management is necessary, no doubt about it. But every company has an assembly line, no matter how white collar the activity, and the people on the floor generally know their job better and have a better handle on the problems and solutions related to their job than the guys above them. Enterprise software offers executives the opportunity to easily monitor what’s going on right down to the bottom of the organization – and they can use that information to make things more efficient, get things done faster, and create a smooth-running, frictionless organization.
Finding a deadline is at risk before it’s too late to do something about it:
Billions of dollars are lost every year because deadlines aren’t met. Executives don’t usually have all the gory details on every single thing that has to be done in order to complete a project. By the time they find out a project is behind, it’s often too late to do something about it.
Enterprise software changes all that. The project and task management tools and workflow solutions feature show an executive exactly what’s going on in the minutest detail. The possibility of not meeting a deadline can be seen so far in advance that a resolution can actually be implemented in time to turn it around. You can see exactly what’s going on, and do something about it.
Ever wondered how people using enterprise software increase their profit margin so dramatically? Meeting deadlines is a big factor.
Enterprise software with features and functionality like project management tools, task management and work flow solutions can help bring about what you may think of now as miracles. Time to check it out.
Samer El Bizri is a successful businessman and CEO of the Zeconomy, Inc based in New York which provides help in supply chain management and enterprise software services. The company’s business-to-business online payment services are automated and secured, enabling businesses to trade liquidity for price discounts far beyond their direct customers and suppliers without increasing credit risk.
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