Portals
If your top salespeople, warehouse managers, or
systems administrator left today, how vulnerable would that
leave you? Could you easily access information about key
customers, fast- or slow-moving inventory, or map your hardware
and software applications? If you answered ‘no’ or are unsure,
consider how portals can help you keep information flowing
throughout your organization to employees, partners, or
customers. Equally important, portals will help you gain
strategic insights into the current health of your organization.
Keep documents and information accessible
Information silos such as standalone spreadsheets or Word
documents stored on someone’s desktop can seriously impede
productivity, or bring work to a halt if one of your key
managers or staff is off the job. Business portal is an
easily-deployed, cost-effective solution. Built on Microsoft
Windows SharePoint Services, business portal makes it easy to
create a single intranet location where people from multiple
teams can post information easily, using just a URL. They can
create a shared-documents library, for example, that controls
all of their project-related documents. Your IT department can
assign team members role-based access allowing them to check
files out, make modifications or add comments, and check files
back in with tight version control. They no longer need to use
e-mail for routing documents back and forth, helping them work
more efficiently.
Always know where business matters stand
ng advantage of key performance indicators (KPIs) available
within business portal, your managers can measure their
performance against business goals, using the data they already
have within your Microsoft Dynamics business management
solutions. The KPIs can serve as an early business warning when
something is headed down the wrong path, such as a rise in late
deliveries. Or you can help CEO-level managers make more
informed decisions about long-term expansion goals or new
product lines. Business portal also offers easy-to-read views of
business measurements such as profitability, debt-to-equity,
gross margin, and more.
Kick-start innovation
Surviving and thriving in today’s highly competitive business
environment requires initiative and innovation, not just from
top decision makers but from people on your frontline as well.
When business information is allowed to flow freely, it
encourages people to work at their highest performance level.
Business portal helps ensure that people have access to
information that helps them work more efficiently, collaborate
with team members, and share their insights, without barriers. |
