Making the best out of purchasing April 19, 2007
Posted by Esa Tihilä in : Procurement
Purchase Management, Procurement, Sourcing - whatever you like to call it - seems to have become a more and more an important subject in enterprise life recently. I run our businesses in Europe and the Americas, and active implementations are numerous compared to previous years. At marketing events there are lot of participants as well.
But [...]
I have a few extra hours… April 4, 2007
Posted by Esa Tihilä in : eBusiness
My weeks are filled with meetings and discussions with customers, partners and colleagues. I often feel there aren’t enough hours in the day!
This week something positive happened - I got a few extra hours. Thanks to a new application for handling purchase requisitions, invoice reviews and approvals with a mobile device.
You may think ‘okay he [...]
Base your business review on facts, not feelings April 2, 2007
Posted by Esa Tihilä in : eBusiness
When we see Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) it often fuels a good conversation!
We are having our quarterly business review at the moment, where we walk through all operations from various points of views. We review key financials, marketing, sales, services functions and development of customer and employee satisfaction.
For example in sales we look at size, [...]