BAASS Insights Technology Blog

As Chief Financial Officer (CFO), it is your responsibility to ensure the financial health and stability of your business organization. This requires a lot of time and energy spent searching for and analyzing business data, compiling information into tables and charts, and presenting facts to the rest of the C-level suite.

“By changing nothing, nothing changes.” – Tony Robbins

In business, change is often a notion that comes with reluctance. The old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies to many of us as each fiscal cycle passes. Sometimes, an opportunity for improvement is among us and as technology becomes a more integral part of business, we must look to the future and challenge tradition with innovation.

For those of you brave enough to delve into the Crystal report-writing world, here is a helpful tip for reports that have many lines of details.  Don’t you find them hard to read sometimes? 

Wouldn’t it be nice if, like in the newer versions of Sage ERP, the lines alternated colour – white, grey, white, grey...?  It’s easy.

A prominent aspect of business involves networking events. You likely spent some time trying to perfect your handshake for your first networking event. You had to be mindful of having not too tight of a grip, but not too light of one either, all while maintaining eye contact. On top of all this, you spent hours trying to come up with the perfect conversation starter.

You’ve planned for months to purchase and implement your new customer relationship management (CRM) system. Now that the system is in place and your customer records have been imported, it’s time to get the most benefit from it.

The new buzzword in business intelligence is collaborative analytics. This is the method by which many people, rather than one single person in a company, can review, analyze, and compare data from business operations. Companies which use collaborative analytics follow the old adage “two heads are better than one” but extend the concept to many people; allowing many minds to examine business data to find solutions.

Do you still use spreadsheets to track and account for your fixed assets? Did you know that relying on spreadsheets for fixed asset accounting can actually do more harm than good to your business?

As BAASS Connect 2019 approaches, you may be wondering about how you can get your hands on some tickets to the event! Here are all your possible ways you can purchase your tickets in one central location. Take a look at 7 ways you can register for BAASS Connect: