In our ever more regulated and controlled business environment, it is easy to get ourselves in a position where we “can’t see the forest for the trees.” We are all so concerned about achieving certain metrics, passing audits, surviving inspections, filling out applications, completing permits, holding meeting and the many things that can, at times,
For service companies, obtaining regular, concise, timely and meaningful data from the field is often the difference between success and failure. Details of customer engagements, well documented and available to the central office are necessary for invoicing, understanding your business, managing people and assets, and gaining insight into field service activities. While long the standard,
There is a daunting task in today’s economy of creating a value proposition for your product or service in a commoditized market, no matter if you lead the sales division of a large company or run a start-up. In other words, what separates you from your competition? First off, you need to ask yourself:
You wake up in the morning, open your eyes and hear a strange rushing sound coming from the bathroom. When stepping out of bed, your feet go squish on the carpet. OH NO! Big leaks are easy to detect and demand immediate attention. If your business was not recording and therefore not billing or collecting
There is a never-ending challenge that exists for many small and midsize oil & gas companies to maintain compliance with increasingly complicated QHS&E reporting requirements that exist today. The need for transparency between field assets and management is imperative as a direct correlation exists there to maintain customers and develop new Tier 2 customers. Real-time
How often do we wish that a software product was customizable or otherwise could be adjusted to meet your business processes, rather than having to tweak your processes to fit the software? It happens every day – companies have to make due with solutions that don’t fit their processes. Companies routinely try to shove round
Diversification- it’s more than just an old, old wooden ship. If there’s anything I’ve learned after my 20 years of involvement start-up companies, including my own, it’s diversification. Diversification is one of those business terms that sounds sophisticated when you say it but still sounds like common sense, doesn’t it? Problem is, common sense isn’t
As we approach 2016, it is much to my surprise that employee time tracking on remote assets, vessels and locations is a costly burden to many companies. In the past month, at least a dozen firms have expressed the challenges they consistently face with payroll roll inconsistencies. Management is alerted when there is an underpayment
One of the hottest areas of business technology continues to be business intelligence. Business intelligence is the use of data collected from business processes that support a broad range of operational and strategic business decisions. Standard operating decisions may include product positioning or pricing, while strategic business decisions include priorities, goals and direction. Most companies