Affecto WebMagazine

Q4/2008

Financial Executives Facing New Lethal Risks

In the last few years, the sheer pace and scale of financial innovation has created a new risk environment that is virtually impossible for economists to quantify and manage. Or put in another way, innovation mixed with speed and growth has resulted in a lethal cocktail of complexity with the potential to knock out even the most competent financial executive.

So, how to manage the current financial risks and avoid new crises? Read the article by Lani Bannach, Director of Risk Management of Affecto Denmark.

Read More [8.12.2008 15:05]

How to improve your Corporate IQ

Today, more and more companies are starting to realize that high quality information is a must if you want to make correct tactical and strategic business decisions. Numerous examples show that companies lose huge amounts of money, primarily due to poor information quality. No matter how much you invest in Business Intelligence tools - if you keep feeding them junk data, the output will be... well - less intelligent!

In this article we will describe how you can improve your Corporate Information Quality, by presenting a 7 step self-help program.

Read More [8.12.2008 08:49]

Chips' Goal: Faster and More Effective Reports

The modernisation of the IT system continues at Chips Ab. A new reporting and planning system, designed and project-managed by Affecto, was completed in November.

The company's IT Manager Ingegerd Johansson is located in a beautiful stone building on Strandgatan in the centre of Mariehamn in Åland. Johansson is eager to shift the IT philosophy of the company from Excel to Business Intelligence solutions.

Read More [4.12.2008 15:11]

Smoother Sailing with Successful IT Partnership

With global financial markets facing historically difficult times these days, maintaining strong and reliable outsourcing IT partnerships is essential for future success. To help keep focus on its core business and thus improve operational efficiency, AS GE Money Bank of Latvia has chosen Affecto Latvia as one of its main contractors and strategic IT solutions partner.

So far Affecto's services toward GE Money Bank in Latvia are mainly related to the development and support of Customer Resource Management (CRM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions aimed at helping to enhance business processes, support management and improve the quality of customer service.

Read More [1.12.2008 15:07]