Role based reports on the desk without time consuming training

Think for a moment about why information is so important. These are just a few examples - and broadly based ones at that - which underline how important information is to every aspect of a company.

• Information allows people to become aware of trends - some may be positive, others negative.
• It allows people to spot openings - sales opportunities would be a good example.
• It then helps them to take advantage of additional sales opportunities after the initial purchase has been made.
• But it helps other departments, too. The finance department, for instance, could well acquire the advance intelligence they need to control late payments.
• And it goes on. Senior management would have the facts they need to make strategic decisions that much faster.
• Further down the line, new products can be launched that much faster if you have used information to prepare the ground properly.
• Regional staff and dealers can be benchmarked against top performers in every type of activity they carry out.
• Training needs can be highlighted as well - long before they become a problem.
• Information can also show where and when you need to recruit - or transfer people from overmanned divisions to ones short of manpower.
• Tracking delivery and maintenance performance also becomes easier - not just improving efficiency, but also pleasing customers.
• The same applies to analysing quality control performance.
• You may wish to compare cost centres. If so, how do you acquire the information?
• Similarly, you may wish to compare suppliers. Again, what parameters will you use?

The fact is that even this lengthy list is only a fraction of the things that a complex, modern organisation needs information on.

There are also the monitoring of internal staff; the testing of price/profitability ratios; the bottom line effectiveness of different sales channels; and keeping an eye on security risks.

Infoflow takes diverse information and applies it to roles

The information needed to do any of these tasks will rarely come from one data source - and it will be better understood - and more effectively applied - if it is passed on to the people whose job it is to use it on a daily basis.

That means that information should be carefully selected from all of the systems you have, divided up according to the role of the person - and delivered at the time and in the way the role demands.

This is what Infoflow does.

Even if someone takes on someone else's role on a temporary basis, they can receive the information their new responsibilities demand - but only for a limited period.

And the great thing about the manner in which Infoflow does this is that everything remains under your control - and therefore absolutely secure. No one should ever learn anything that they are not entitled to know.

• The amount of information they receive is limited by their need to know.
• It is never, though, limited by which system it originates from.
• Nor is it limited by the user's ability to operate the search tools.