Are Visa and MasterCard Overpriced Dinosaurs?
The past few years have witnessed a revolution in retail payment processing. New options in payment processing have emerged from a landscape consisting almost entirely of credit cards, debit cards and store branded cards. Also during this time period, amounts charged for merchant processing of charge cards have continued to rise, which has been a […]
Three Missed Opportunities for Maximizing ERP Value
ERP’s value can no longer be tied to just standardizing business processes or centralizing data. Many companies only realize a fraction of the business value from their initial ERP implementation. Usually due to the magnitude of an ERP implementation project, companies implement phase 1 (the minimum requirements), and rarely go back to enhance the solution. […]
Pipeline or Pipedream?
Are your sales forecasts vanishing into thin air at the end of the quarter? If yes, it makes it difficult to run your business from a revenue and cash flow perspective. Typically there are two main causes for vanishing forecasts. They are: 1. Not having a solid sales process in place with tangible, measurable activities […]
What’s So Important about Discovery & Requirements Gathering?
The Top Five Benefits of Discovery & Requirements Gathering Develops an understanding of client’s goals and values Defines project scope and governance model Identifies opportunities for process improvement Illustrates current gaps (internal and external) Generates cross-organizational dialogue towards an improved business model Getting Started… You’ll want to minimize the risk involved with a project of […]
PCI Compliance – The Acronym that Doesn’t Get Much Respect
Acronyms are often thrown around the office like softballs. But when you hear the words “PCI Compliance” you probably will want to pay attention – especially if you want to stay in business. What you don’t know can hurt you PCI Compliance or Payment Card Industry Compliance is a set of unified rules and guidelines […]
Does Your Retail Implementation Have the ROI it Should?
It’s budgeting time and you are evaluating capital expenditures for next year. One project that has been put off for several years is a new, better integrated retail system. This is sometimes a hard sell with the operations and financial segments of the company. Retail systems touch almost every part of the company and can […]
Key to Growth; Tracking Activities
One of the biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs and business leaders make is failure to track key activities and results. You probably struggle with balancing the reality of running your business day to day while building business value. Setting annual targets once a year and not tracking how your organization is performing on a regular basis […]
