Answers for WHY retailers should invest in Business Intelligence (BI) ...

Business Intelligence (BI) solutions can cover a multitude of areas within the organisation.  At Professional Advantage we are particularly interested in helping retailers better manage their Inventory, Purchasing, sales and financials through BI.  Below are 21 business reasons that...

Sydney CFO event challenges traditionally held mindsets

Professional Advantage recently hosted an event for finance professionals in which over 60 attendees gathered at the Mint in Sydney to hear from keynote speaker Aubrey Joachim, past Global President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK. Titled ‘The Visionary CFO...

Building the case for a membership system – using Microsoft CRM

What is membership and what does it mean to the organisations that have members?  Here we look at the case for using systems based on Customer Relationship Management (CRM), to help organisations manage their members. It’s not a far-cry to think of members as a special kind of...

Social Business Intelligence

Nowadays many companies relay on social media not only for marketing purposes but also to generate and test new ideas, products and services. Collaboration has become a mission critical for organisations. It is not just a nice to have capability any more. In order to successfully launch a...

Death to Robot Barbie

Our “Art of War – Strategic Battle Plans for Successful SharePoint ROI” seminars last Thursday in Sydney and Friday in Melbourne struck a common chord in all the attendees. Companies of all shapes and sizes seem to be faced with very similar problems – having decided to implement...