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Guides & Articles on Business Intelligence
Bonding Services for Small Business
How to give your customers peace of mind, for little cost
By John Fuller
Getting bonded gives your business an edge over the competition. A bond, or surety bond, is a three-party guarantee insuring that a product or service is made or delivered, and that specific rules are followed. Although most surety companies are also insurance companies, getting bonded is more comparable to getting bank credit than to buying insurance. Most contractors are bonded,...
Making Better Decisions
How to make smart, timely decisions to benefit your business
By LaRita Heet
In today's world, a small business without good decision-makers is like a computer with dial-up internet access: lagging behind the competition and soon to be obsolete. Think good decision-making skills cannot be taught? Think again! Here are the three steps to making great decisions: Consider choices to determine whether they fit your short- and long-term business goals. Iden...
Small Business Executive Dashboards
Dashboards offer at-a-glance information about your company's performance
By Chris Caggiano
When you peer at your car's dashboard, you can quickly assess how the vehicle is functioning and receive alerts when something's gone awry. Small business dashboards offer something similar to business owners: a consolidated view of key information about the business, including alerts when trouble looms. Dashboards are essentially one-screen, customizable computer snapsho...
Competitive Intelligence (CI)
Find business intelligence about a competitor or run a background check on a potential client
By Jason Agard
If you don't fully understand what's happening in your competitive marketplace, it's difficult to make good strategic decisions for your business. Or, if you are simply getting your butt kicked by the competition, it may be time to find out why and what you can do about it. Accurate competitive intelligence can be an invaluable asset. Here are some things you should kno...
Collaboration Software
Getting everyone on the same page
By Michael Mckinney
Finding the collaboration suite that will best mobilize your business is a tricky affair. Each one seems to have its advantages and pitfalls. I have spent the better part of the last 9 years evaluating various solutions for my clients. Over that period of time I have recommended a wide variety of services and developed a methodology for matching a companies needs with the strengths...
Business Performance Management
Use corporate performance management and business performance consultants to outperform your competition.
By Greg Brown
There comes a moment in the life of every growing small business when the traditional performance review -- management interviewing staff, then printing up reports -- falls far short. Keeping on top of the human factor, which employees need which opportunities and challenges, how and when to move or remove talent, is critical to reaching the next stage. Corporate performance manage...
Business Performance Management Software
Tracking performance with business improvement software can be good for your company's health
By Jeanne Dininni
The viability of your organization depends on many factors, and one of them may just be your choice of whether or not to use business performance management software. The collection of business management processes you systematically use to plan, implement and review your company's long- and short-term business activities is critical to its success. If all these areas of your b...
Business Analytics Software
Leverage your business analytics with business intelligence solutions
By Sharon Cullars
To give your company a competitive edge, you need to use your business intelligence effectively, and a good way to do that is through business analytics software. Business intelligence software has built-in best practices that facilitate intuitive decisions and actions based on gathered corporate data. Centralize your data to illustrate customer profiles, market research and segmen...
Executive Scorecard
Track accountability with an executive scorecard
By Linda C. Ray
Executive scorecard information can bring your shareholders and markets the information they need to hold your executives accountable, while providing measurable guidelines to aid the top brass in their decision-making processes. Find executive scorecard software from a number of various companies that will provide continued updating and training in the use of the dashboards. An ex...
Using Business Dashboards
Save resources by using business dashboards
By Linda C. Ray
Executive dashboard software programs can help you manage your all your business projects and records with little effort. You can use dashboard software to integrate your business management techniques with others who are working on the same projects. Maximize your time with a business dashboard that has become easier to use and allows you to manage all aspects of your business mor...
Business Dashboards News and Trends
Keep abreast of business dashboards news and trends
By Linda C. Ray
Executive dashboard software is becoming more sophisticated all the time. As new research into new levels of executive management continues to be explored, business intelligence dashboard programs are being developed to streamline the processes. Business dashboard software can easily be integrated into your current operations with the right kind of systems. You’ll find many o...
Business Performance Management Basics
Learn more about business performance management basics
By Carol Francois
Pay attention to the key points in business performance management basics. This entire field of study came from a business driven request to determine how to improve the performance of a business, regardless of industry. There are key concepts and practices found in successful business that are applicable to all firms, large and small.Invest the time to expand your knowledge of thi...
Decision Support Systems (DSS) Key Terms
Finding decision support systems (DSS) key terms and concepts online for various business models
By J. Stoltzfus
Decision support systems are now a major part of focused goals planning in many industries. A DSS system generally includes computerized tools that "interact" with top level management to help chart a course for a business. DSS takes in "raw data" and uses algorithm processing and other technological methods to "parse" that data into projections for be...
Training for Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Some options in getting training for decision support systems (DSS) online
By J. Stoltzfus
Many managers and business leaders might be thinking about setting up training programs, software systems and resources for getting Decision Support Systems into the mix at their companies. DSS is all about wedding the natural intelligence of humans to new technology that assists in pin-pointing quantities, projecting for the future, and generally helping out with decision mak...
Business Bonding Insurance Basics
Tips on gaining a better understanding on business bonding insurance basics
By Apryl Beverly
Learning about business bonding insurance basics can help you protect your company’s reputation. Business bonding insurance provides protection for employers in the event of loss of property or money due to employee wrongdoing. In short, business bonding guarantees that a customer will receive his or her goods or services regardless of the acts of the company’s empl...
Business Bonding Insurance News and Trends
Tips on staying abreast of business bonding insurance news and trends
By Apryl Beverly
Staying abreast of ever-changing business bonding insurance news and trends could help you protect your company from employee wrongdoing. The ups and downs of the bond insurance industry could affect business owners who look to these companies to provide protection in the event of loss of property or money due to employee wrongdoing such as forgery, larceny, theft and embezzlem...
Business Performance Management Key Terms
The terminology of business performance management
By Geraldine McGowan
Business Performance Improvement, also known as BPI, is a strategy for assessing business performance using technology that can measure and manage performance against strategic goals. As with any theory, business performance management uses terms not commonly used in everyday language.In applying or understanding theory, it helps to be acquainted with Business Performance Managemen...
Business Management Software Education and Training
Learn how to use your business management software solutions
By Shannon Tani
Business management software is an essential part of any business, yet small business owners may not know how to use it to its full potential. Business management software education and training will help you to decide which software is right for your business.No matter which business process management software you choose to use, training can help you to make the most of it. Some ...
Business Dashboards Key Terms
Important terms you'll encounter as you investigate business dashboard programs
By Ann Starr
If you want a quick and easy way to monitor how your business is doing, then a business dashboard may be just the tool you're looking for. There are lots of software programs on the market that can help you with this aspect of running your business, so you don't have to invest the resources to develop your own. By purchasing the software, you won’t have to “re-i...
Decision Support Systems ( DSS ) Applications and Uses
Learn some specific uses for DSS in business
By J. Stoltzfus
As one of a variety of new tools coming out of modern computing and data modeling, DSS is getting a lot of attention from many businesses as a way to promote better projections, management and analysis within a company or business. DSS comes in many forms, and the term basically refers to a computer-aided system that helps managers and planners make decisions. DSS combines the powe...
Business Bonding Insurance Key Terms
Business bonding insurance terms you need to know
By Ann Starr
Business bonding insurance helps owners protect their assets from employee wrongdoing, as well as any catastrophic events that might arise from construction projects that the company may embark on. There are numerous types of bonds available on the market today and when the bonding insurance industry is struggling, the government can intervene to protect the business owners. Gettin...
Business Performance Management Education and Training
Engage employees in a well-structured corporate performance management training program
By Michele Vrouvas
You can design a company program that will train your employees in business performance improvement solutions. Many HR professionals today believe there is simply no other way to significantly drive business results. They refer to it as the “human factor.” Performance management refers to a company’s ability to know how to challenge its employees, develop their po...
Business Management Software Key Terms
Terms you will run across as you explore business management software
By Ann Starr
Business management software is the most efficient way to gather and store all the information that is needed to run a large business. The software that is selected should be scalable, is able to grow as the business grows and flexible so that different packages can be added later on when more functionality is needed. Before purchasing software, key decision makers will need to mak...
