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Disrupt or be Disrupted: Why Business Solutions Must Match Evolving Business Needs


Sponsored by Nuage

Many companies and their Enterprise Systems are being disrupted by the pace of change in the digital world. This 2015 study looks at companies taking steps to be the disruptors.

Many companies are getting caught off guard by the pace of change and the increasing demands common in a world running on a real-time digital foundation.  SL Associates interviewed dozens of companies across six industry sectors to find out what they are doing to stay at the forefront.

Old operational methods and tools—be they Excel spreadsheets for managing financial reporting, planning and budgeting, or aging and non-integrated applications for other core business operations—can drag down a company’s efficiency and its long-term prospects.

As it turns out, even widely disparate companies have many similar operational challenges and needs:

  • Financial Management: All companies need to manage their finances in ways that ensure accuracy, speed and efficiency, and help their Finance Leaders be strategic.
  • Business Visibility: They need complete visibility into the full range of their operations, both in real time to seize opportunities or counter threats, and over time to identify positive and negative trends.
  • IT Management: They need IT operations—either internally or cloudbased—that are flexible, always available and closely aligned with business requirements.
Beyond these and other common traits, virtually all organizations also share one overarching requirement: the need to measure—and to improve—the effectiveness of their core operations. A significant portion of companies haven’t even identified the key performance indicators

To address the issue of KPI visibility and operational effectiveness, growing numbers of companies across all industry sectors are turning to integrated business solutions suites. These multifunction suites replace discrete, and often dated, applications and systems, and provide a common platform and consistent, shared data on which to run—and measure—their core operations

Click below to download SL Associates’ April 2015 Research Study:

 “Cloud-Based Business Solutions Suite Delivers Key Performance Improvements”

For more information, contact: Lou Balla 202-320-8975 [email protected]  www.nuagecg.com