Business Issues Addressed
Key Business Issues Addressed by Opportunity Analyzer
1. Business managers have a gut feeling about how the company can become more profitable, but find it difficult to quantify.
Opportunity Analyzer optimizes business processes by turning strategic business objectives into detailed, quantified operational targets.
2. There are hundreds of opportunities to improve company performance, but which four or five are likely to be the most profitable?
Lawson has developed a process driven profitability (PDP) calculation that enables opportunities to be ranked by business value. The higher the PDP rating, the higher the financial return over a given time scale.
3. How can improvement initiatives be created that are in line with the company’s strategic objectives?
Opportunity Analyzer has a top-down approach that encompasses a high level of detail, as well as allocates costs to individual activities. As a result, Opportunity Analyzer demonstrates how each improved process activity contributes to the overall strategic objectives.
4. The CFO has financial budgeting tools but none that target non-financial metrics such as lead times, delivery performance and costs per order line.
Opportunity Analyzer focuses both on financial and, in particular, operational metrics that increase a company’s competitive edge in areas such as shorter lead times, improved delivery performance and lower costs per order line.
5. How can business processes be benchmarked so that the company uses best practice?
The business process templates are synchronized with the Supply Chain Council’s SCOR model, which has become the international standard. These are linked with KPIs and best practices that have been benchmarked for key industries.
6. How can the company ensure it focuses its IT efforts solely on the issues that really drive profitability?
Opportunity Analyzer is an efficient communications tool and bridges the gap between the IT department and business managers.
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