Beating recession requires increasing efficiency and keeping up-to-date with the key factors driving your business.
There is no end to pressures that distract us from this all important focus, and when we yield to them we always pay the price – be it through missed opportunities, higher costs or ultimately, facing closure.
Business managers need to pay attention to the old 80:20 rule:
- 80% of your profits come from 20% of your customers
- 80% of your complaints come from 20% of your customers
- 80% of your profits come from 20% of the time you spend
- 80% of your sales come from 20% of your products
Focus in the mind of the business manager is the first step to getting things right, the above rule-of-thumb will be true for most enterprises.
XL Reports gives you control of your data
The SME sector, in particular, is under pressure
These days SME’s need to respond quickly to the demands placed on them, there are no bailouts or ‘white knight’ banks coming to save them from their mistakes. In fact the opposite is true, pressure on SME’s from banks is increasing, credit facilities are tightening, credit agencies are chasing for settlements. Pressure exists and at the other end too, customers, many of whom are themselves in difficulties, are slower to pay accounts and are forcing down margins all the time.
One spin off of the economic downturn is that we are all forced to look at what we are doing much more keenly, there is little room for frills. But how do we do this?
Users of Pegasus Opera have the advantage
All of the Pegasus Opera range of products, including the legacy ‘Opera for Windows’ system (now called Opera 1), the existing flagship Opera II, and now Opera 3, are built on a logically designed database and can tell you valuable things about a business.
Pegasus Opera users have been searching for better ways to manage the data in their systems, and there are many solutions available. Opera users have invested in custom development to have reporting systems created that match their needs – every Pegasus Business Partner will have this experience.
The advantage to Pegasus users is this logical design of their database, however, many users have been unable to make a reality of this open design to improve their business information flow.
It is possible to actually Manage your Opera data!
Our main theme in this article is that spending isn’t necessarily the best solution to any problem, users should look to getting more from their existing systems. Upgrades do provide new functionality and are often needed for technical reasons, however, they don’t necessarily provide the best solution to managing your data and monitoring business performance.
‘XL Reports for Pegasus Opera’ v2.17 is available
Users of any release of Pegasus Opera, including the old Opera 1, the current Opera II, and now Opera 3, can manage their data using the two main XL Reports modules – taking data out of Opera, working on it, and bring it back in again (Data Manager). There is no other product offering the range of functionality, ease of use or better value that this product – we highly recommend it.
As a recession beater and as a boost for this holiday period ONE Systems are pleased to announce that it is offering these modules at a massive 30% discount on RRP for the software. The module prices are the same as the Pegasus per-module price, i.e. it depends on the concurrent user-count of your system.
This offer is valid for orders received up to the end of August 2011, discount does not apply to license fees.
If you would like to discuss your needs with a long standing ‘Pegasus Expert’ please call our office and we will be happy to assist you.
