When you hear the optimizing resource allocation to maximize productivity and profits word Business software and reporting The images of binders stuffed full of charts, spreadsheets and footnotes may come to your mind. Or perhaps conference rooms stuffed with executives grinding through slides. But this is changing thanks to the collaboration of many digital technologies. Cognitive and machine learning tools will take care of most of the tedious task of collecting data, making reports and disseminating them, freeing humans to focus on more exciting tasks.

The winners in the coming years will redefine what is an enterprise that is product-driven in the broadest sense of the word. They will use their products to drive growth, retention, and acquisition of customers. They’ll also incorporate PLG into the process of designing, developing and providing their products.

At Metso for instance the centralized reporting system on Quickbase enabled them to pull in all of their critical information including ERP, inventory data and more. and to track the progress on high-priority purchases. They were able to save more than $1 million annually making use of the solution. You can streamline your company operations, increase productivity, and make better decisions using accurate and current data with the right reporting platform. It is essential to make sure that the reporting and business analytics platform isn’t a burden for users but instead an effective tool. PLG is about this.