Getting the numbers right

Failure to be accountable can cost a company dearly and the penalty is not always a matter of money. It can damage a business reputation or affect customer and supplier relationships.

The problem for most organisations is that regulations change and the scope of data that needs to be captured seems to grow every year.

This is where an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution can help. Jiwa is an integrated software suite that eases compliance by:

• Capturing data and decisions to create audit trails of activity
• Providing ad hoc and customisable reports on any aspect of the business
• Highlighting business risks and variations from expected parameters
• Introducing workflows that ensure every step of a process is completed and approved or authorised as necessary
• Introducing another layer of data security to protect critical or confidential information
• Offering full track-and-trace functionality, enabling any ingredient, input or item to be located readily

Jiwa provides the tools that will help you minimise risk and ensure good corporate governance without slowing your business down.

Managing mergers, acquisitions and growth

No matter how it happens, growth brings new business challenges and, like any changes, these need to be managed.

Robust, extensible and flexible business systems such as Jiwa can help you to take control of your business growth, maximising opportunities without taking your eye off existing activity.

Jiwa enables businesses to:

• Integrate acquisitions quickly by integrating new applications and legacy systems, rapidly providing a single view of the organisation
• Forecast and plan for the future
• Analyse the impact of strategies including mergers and acquisitions
• Understand capacity potential and possible growth constraints
• Adapt to changes in demand or market trends rapidly
• Harness multiple communications and sales channels including phone, fax, email and web
• Develop better customer relationships by being more responsive to individual customer needs

With Jiwa you’ll have a solid foundation upon which to plan for, prepare and act on growth opportunities.

Keeping people and processes productive

Finding the right people is only part of the problem. You then need to equip them with the right tools so that they can perform their duties to the best of their ability. They need processes that support and guide them, and communications tools to create connections and encourage collaboration with customers, suppliers and fellow employees.

The best results come from systems that draw together people, processes and information from across the business.

The Jiwa integrated solution facilitates business connections, communication and collaboration through:

• Easy sharing of information across multiple systems, removing the need for duplicate data entry
• Automation of tasks, reducing the potential for manual errors
• Workflows to guide and connect staff as they work through everyday processes
• Targeted, relevant information through tailored role-based system views
• Easy-to-use, intuitive interface that minimises training requirements
• Integration with familiar office technologies such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Fast access to information and easy reporting

Jiwa also makes it easy for: field reps to access customer data while out on the road; for executives to view performance metrics from anywhere in the world; and to share production or project data with partners up and down the supply chain.