Execution Manager Module

The Execution Manager module in Seradex ERP is designed to assign and track prioritized goals to every department in your manufacturing company including: Accounting, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Purchasing, Engineering, Research or Information Systems.

As a company leader, being informed, being organized, being able to respond quickly and track other people's follow through is critical to your ongoing success. Is everyone in the company working towards strategic goals like responding to customer issues quickly enough?

Many organizations spend a large amount of time on collaboration issues like communicating, coordinating, scheduling, tracking and managing who is doing what and by when. Studies show (and Dilbert illustrates) that the time spent planning and controlling can easily exceed the time spent on execution. Managers are drowning in the details.

Organizations have tried many software packages to help manage their companies. These typically include email, project management software or spreadsheets.

Tool	Pro's	Con's
E-mail	Simple to use Everyone has it already	Difficult to separate and control priorities Too many to easily manage Must manually determine if a previous issue has been completed No corporate or department view Difficult to enforce accountability
Project Management Software	Good for control and scheduling of a large interdepartmental project	More complex to use Cannot handle all the non project related tasks Need costly software licenses for all users Not designed for a management by challenges environment
Spreadsheet	Simple to Use Everyone has it already	Poor multi-user capabilities Time consuming to compile corporate or department view Difficult to enforce accountability
Word	Simple to Use Everyone has it already	Typically meeting minutes are issued. Each employee has several word documents that they need to extract their To-Do lists. Time consuming and difficult to prioritize and organize Time consuming to compile corporate or department view

Execution Manager allows any manager to assign and describe a task, prioritize it and set a due date - all in a manner of seconds. The real power of Execution Manager is to control goals, commitments, deadlines and responsibilities. It can track and manage the time lines and details necessary to complete these tasks whether for an individual manager, department or an entire organization.

It keeps up with the hundreds of goals, commitments and deadlines that leave managers bogged down in detail every day. It reminds the user when it is time to do a review and when it is time to measure progress and provide feedback

The system assigns a tracking number. The employee or any manager can review their outstanding list sorted in priority order. Estimated and actual hours can be tracked if desired.

Roles Addressed by Execution Manager

Manager

Easy to learn and use
Control deadlines and priorities
Quick identification of issues that need immediate attention
Map strategic goals into employee To-Do lists
Solid accountability is enforced on each employee
Manage more people with fewer resources
Easily switch tasks between employees to improve utilization
Improve teamwork and increase productivity
Save managers time by consolidating team tasks, progress and reports automatically in one place and with one tool
Ensure employee goals match company and department strategic goals
Ensure goals are completed by their target dates
Facilitates rapid and accurate communication between all employees
Look at all open or completed issues by deadline date, department, customer, employee or other user defined category

Employee

Easy to learn and use
Prioritized To-Do List
Eliminates over allocation
Limits managers from assigning more tasks than can be completed in a given time period
Communicates complete task description to eliminate confusion
Facilitate rapid communication between all employees

Customer

Enter and track RMAs by Web for Warranty, Non-Warranty, Refund, Exchange, Over Shipment, Refused and Unresolved
claims
Enter product improvement suggestions

Task

Allows multimedia files such as text files or screenshots to be attached to tasks for more detailed identification and faster resolution
Define priorities and statuses for each tasks
Email notification when tasks are added or updated
Record the estimated number of hours, percentage of completion and actual hours
Track tasks on multiple projects
Assign tasks to specific employees
Control workflow
Every task is tracked until it is resolved
Root Cause assignment
User definable classification and reporting

No more missed deadlines or failed projects with The Execution Manager module in Seradex ERP.

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