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The Hidden Costs of Outdated Reporting

The Hidden Costs of Outdated Reporting software

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Your outdated and inefficient reporting program is costing you big time–but you can’t always see the costs, which include lost productivity, messy output, and the wasted expense of training. You can’t see them because they aren't clear until after you switch. So let’s make these hidden costs a little more visible via Slideshare.

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The Hidden Costs of Outdated Reporting Software

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Lengthy template creationLost productivity

Messy outputForfeited sales

Wasted trainingAnd so on...

Your outdated and inefficient reporting program is costing you big time–but you can’t always see the costs.

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You can’t see them because they aren’t clear until after you switch.

So let’s make these hidden costs a little more visible.

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Template design can be a huge time suck because of endless back and forth between IT and management.

Aspect Security spent “an order of magnitude” longer on report design before they switched reporting software.

Cost #1: Protracted Template Design

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You *can* get the exact final format you require – but you probably don’t.

Inflexible report layout cost South Sound 911 lots of time trying to meet police record mandates.

Cost #3: Messy Output

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Is your sales team embarrassed to show the reporting component of your product?

If so, you’re losing out on the benefits of wowing potential customers during demonstrations.

Cost #4: Competitive Loss

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Companies spend thousands of dollars training employees to use clunky, outdated reporting systems.

Cost #5: Wasted Training Time

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The “free” open source software solution can be costly. How? Ask yourself: • Do they charge for

support?• Do you have free

access to detailed documentation?

• Are their developers on top of fixing bugs?

Probably not, and those are all hidden costs.

Cost #6: The Cost of “Free”

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All these hidden costs are sapping your company’s revenue stream.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Hidden Costs are a Drain

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There are better software reporting systems. Let’s use Windward as an example.

Explore Your Options

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Windward’s unique design and production solutions help you create custom reports faster with Microsoft® Office® as your design tool and a Java or .NET engine that connects directly to your data sources.

The Windward Solution

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Windward eliminates hidden costs to give you:

• Quick and intuitive template design• On-demand report generation• Flexible report output• Impressive sales demo capabilities• Free, detailed training and

documentation• Easy integration and regular

updates

Windward Eliminates Hidden Costs

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Deliver the reports and documents your organization deserves. 

Visit go.windward.net/prodtour4.html and watch the Windward product tour!

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