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Business KPIs: 5 important characteristics to be effective

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To remain competitive, business managers need to track how company-wide goals are regularly progressing. Setting business key performance indicators (KPIs) is one of the easiest ways to do this. Unfortunately, many people get their business KPIs wrong, by measuring too much or not what’s helpful or copying the metrics others are using. But for KPIs to be effective, it’s essential that managers consider..

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Five ways to increase profit margins in distribution

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March 4, 2021

Tracking profit margins is a full-time activity in distribution. Out-of-date reporting systems with little to no visibility beyond sales data can result in your business..

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How information gives companies a competitive advantage

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March 3, 2021

The pandemic of 2020 created a record number of new companies. A rise in entrepreneurship accompanies every downturn in economic history. Technology is making it easier for..

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Five ways to increase profit margins in distribution

2 MIN

January 1, 1970

Tracking profit margins is a full-time activity in distribution. Out-of-date reporting systems with little to no visibility beyond sales data can result in your business..

Read more

wholesale distribution sales strategy management & performance data analytics

latest posts

How information gives companies a competitive advantage

2 MIN

January 1, 1970

The pandemic of 2020 created a record number of new companies. A rise in entrepreneurship accompanies every downturn in economic history. Technology is making it easier for..

Read more

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Collaborative solutions for companywide budget consolidation

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January 1, 1970

If you ask businesspeople who get involved in the traditional budgeting process to describe the experience, we doubt many would say ‘collaborative’.

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Business intelligence vs. spreadsheets: What does your business need?

4 MIN

November 25, 2020

As businesses grow and become more digital, so too does the amount of data available to track and analyze.

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Homeware supplier, Caprice makes better inventory management choices with Phocas

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November 16, 2020

Caprice homewares uses Phocas business intelligence (BI) software to make better inventory management..

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Data analytics benefits you don’t get with Excel alone

2 MIN

July 26, 2019

Many businesses use Excel for good reason. Excel is a best of breed tool for spreadsheets and can be great..

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Are you Excel-reliant? Four reasons to add BI

2 MIN

May 17, 2019

Many businesses use spreadsheets for a variety of needs. They're a great way to organize information, and..

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These executive eBooks will help you achieve business success

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February 22, 2018

For more than 15 years, Phocas has helped companies like yours to succeed in a competitive and dynamic..

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Spreadmarts: The Spreadsheet Debate

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September 29, 2016

The term spreadmarts was coined by Wayne Eckerson in 2002. Spreadmarts refers to the partial sets of data..

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[eBook]: Microsoft Excel vs business intelligence: friend or foe?

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July 7, 2016

Spreadsheets are great business tools. There, we said it. And we mean it. We value spreadsheets in our..

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Phocas ranks top in world's largest business intelligence software review

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October 19, 2015

We are excited to announce that we have been ranked top in 8 categories and a leader in 15 categories in..

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Big ROI Gains for Giftware Company, Splosh Australia

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March 24, 2015

Starting in the garage of their suburban Brisbane (Australia) home back in the 1990’s, Splosh now operates..

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Excel and the Art of Confusion

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March 10, 2015

In this guest blog, we're proud to welcome Mike Holtzer of www.mikeholtzer.com. Mike is a highly talented..

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Ditch the Excel Spreadsheets: Go with Phocas

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September 2, 2014

Spreadsheets are great – in their place. Office life would be hard to imagine without them. But trying to..

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