If business performance management (BPM) jargon confuses you—key performance indicators, data mining, online analytical processing, and so on—you’re not alone. But you should be aware that BPM offers your organization some powerful business benefits, such as the ability to track performance, identify trends, and plan intelligently for the future.

Business Performance Management Basics: An Overview of Business Performance Management and Its Benefits to the Organization will help you understand the jargon, as well as give you an overview of how BPM can help you get the most from your people while running a more efficient business.

Business intelligence (BI) is closely related to BPM, using similar tools and offering similar business benefits. Business Intelligence: Driving Better Business Performance for Companies with Changing Needs gives you a good introduction to BI solutions, as well as a look at the BI functionality available to Microsoft NAV users.

It only takes a few minutes to find out which BPM and BI solutions are designed with your type of organization in mind. You can get a shortlist of BPM and BI solutions specifically designed for your organization’s industry, size, and business model simply by making a quick visit to TEC’s BPM and BI Evaluation Centers.

Larry Blitz - Senior Editor