I read an interesting blog today that reminded me of an early OSMO® ad in which our favourite character steps out of a forest with his binoculars, with the headline, “Can’t See the Wood for the Trees?”

The blog by Matt Podowitz in CIO Update starts: “Unlike many other core business functions, IT touches most every department within the company in a significant way. As a result, most CIOs have a big picture view of company operations (and challenges) that is as broad as the CEO’s. However, since most CIOs are involved in significant business process improvement initiatives and large-scale information systems deployments, they often also have a solid understanding of how things work in and between most departments.”

“This combined breadth and depth of perspective gives CIOs insights into where the greatest potential performance gains are to be had; both within a given department and in the processes that flow across multiple departments of the company. This unique CIO perspective is too important to go unleveraged, and it makes the CIO an ideal leader for performance improvement initiatives or, at the least, a valuable member of the project committee.”

This is the ideal time for the CIO to focus on the things that really matter – dramatically reducing time, operational costs, and exposure to risk and potentially fraud.

OSMO® provides Asset Based Lenders with real-time visibility of customer financial information. Helping you make an intelligent, accurate assessment of the performance of specific assets. Enabling you to spot areas of critical concern through clear exception reports and enhanced reporting on borrowing.

By taking real time sales ledger, purchase ledger and debtor contact details to complete invoice narrative detail, we enable you to view the past, present and future with unprecedented accuracy and clarity. You really can see the wood for the trees!