Recommended technology
Below is a list of technology types we think can help you with the problems your business is facing
Customer Relationship Management system
- By offering a platform which collects all the information about your customers and sales processes in one place and in a standard format, CRM systems can make your forecasting more accurate
- A CRM can also capture and track activity metrics, such as the number of sales calls which have been made, helping you to understand the drivers of performance and make better projections
- CRM systems can also offer dashboards which can show you analysis of your sales funnel, helping to drive a deeper level of understanding
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Enterprise Resource Planning systems
- By allowing you to collect data across your operations in a single place in a standard format, and supporting this with dashboards and analysis, an ERP system can help you make your forecasting more accurate
- Due to its scope, an ERP can increase predictability across many of the key elements of your operations, such as inventory levels, throughput and and supply chain, allowing you to better predict capacity and output
- Over time, this kind of monitoring can significantly increase your ability to accurately forecast, as you come to better understand the dynamics of your business and the impact of actions you can take
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Digital accounting software
- Digital accounting software allows you to gather all your financial data in one place in a standard format, often coupled with dashboards and analysis. This can offer you a snapshot of your financial situation and performance, helping improve forecasting
- Over time, this kind of monitoring can significantly increase your ability to accurately forecast, as you come to better understand the dynamics of your business and the impact of actions you can take
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Project management software
- By providing a single central point where all the information on your organisation's project portfolio can be found, project management software gives you an overview which can enable better forecasting
- This perspective can help you understand throughout, likely capacity and utilisation, and understand and predict potential bottlenecks in processes
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Human Resources software
- HR software allows you to collect all data about your employees in one place, in a standard format, making it easy to forecast accurately
- This can give you a good overview of your staffing situation and, particularly when linked to sales and activity data, help you understand likely upcoming needs before the become urgent, for example if a number of short term contracts are coming to an end.
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Supply chain management software
- Through data harvested with supply chain management software, more accurate figures and goals can be set for your supply chain in a reduced amount of time, meaning that more time can be spent on efforts elsewhere in the business
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