It's like an evil catch twenty two aimed directly at your business's bottom line.
All that time it takes for document generation costs you money; but, alas, those reports are absolutely necessary in order for the business to actually make any money.
The question is, are there solutions out there that will give you the quality reports you need while not sucking a ton of money out of your bottom line? The answer is a resounding yes, and any business owner worth his or her salt will start their research on the many solutions immediately, if not sooner.
For those of you who are not immediately convinced of the importance of innovative document generation solutions, I've got three ways it can directly benefit your business's bottom line.
Efficiency is King of any business.
Is efficiency that important? Ask any business owner or CEO and they will answer with a resounding yes.
They will also let you know, unfortunately, that no one has come close yet.
Without wasting resources and man hours, document solutions are the best way to boost the efficiency of your business and allowing your employees to spend more time on other items besides generating reports.
And, because all employees and actually create and alter the reports on the spot, the business gets the reports exactly when they need them without having to wait hours or days for programmers to do the 'behind the scenes' coding work.
Ah, efficiency! But don't think that just because you are cutting your reporting time in half that you have to settle for lackluster quality.
Most document generation solutions will work directly with your basic Microsoft Office packages to generate very high quality reports in programs that all of your employees are already familiar with.
Your audience is looking for clarity and detail, and with the solutions out there, these reports give them what they need.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that better reports lead better presentations, which usually leads to an increase in business for you.
Finally, these types of solutions can give you the flexibility to provide all of the different types of reports you need for the different departments, partners, and investors that have a stake in the business, whether it needs to be formatted in DOCX, XLSX, PDF, XML, HTML, or whatever else it might be.
The bottom line is that one report can give each different audience exactly what they need.