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1. Mark with a cross your current score in the performance rating column

N/A
not applicable to our business
1
our poor performance is hurting our competitiveness
2
we need to improve our lacklustre performance
3
we are performing as well as most competitors
4
we perform this better than all our competitors


2. Mark with a tick where you would like to be

3. Identify which have the largest gap between where you are and where you want to be and mark with a star the issue for action column.

We suggest you pick no more than one or two issues for action per business activity.

 
Performance rating
Issue for action
Your business solution might include:
N/A
1
2
3
4
Are your information resources, such as stock availability and pricing, available to customers and staff outside working hours?             e-mail, mobile communications, Internet, Web site, CD-ROM
How quickly do you respond to sales enquiries?             e-mail, Internet, EDI, networks, video conferencing
How easy do you and our colleagues find it to provide customers with standard documents (such as quotations) when working away from the office?             networks, mobile communications, group calendaring, e-mail, Intranet, desktop publishing
Can you and your colleagues c-ordinate diaries, receive instructions and submit reports promptly while visiting clients?             networks, mobile communications, group calendaring, e-mail, Intranet
Can you 'close the sale' and 'move the money' on-line to cut transaction time and cost?             Internet, EDI
N/A = not applicable 1 = poor 2 = need to improve 3 = OK 4 = excellent


 
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