Driving Management Technology
WELCOME TO EPO-LAND
Imagine that you can analyze all of your organization’s operational information at a glance, use it to correctly allocate resources and set ambitious yet achievable performance targets - for every single business unit, and almost instantly… Welcome to Alta Bering EPO-land...

The modern enterprise collects vast amounts of data. In fact, data accumulates at such a rate that it is often pigeonholed in narrow ‘data silos’, tucked away in this or the other division. And rather than serving to drive performance, these mountains of disconnected data create problems of their own: The planning and forecasting process becomes numbingly difficult and time-consuming for all, drains away the organization’s creative energy, and often leads to a misallocation of resources because a critical piece of the puzzle was orphaned in a different silo.

At Alta Bering, we use our proprietary management technology platform Enterprise Performance Optimizer - EPO™ for short - to analyze the full complexity of an organization’s data. Once up and running, this massive analytical task can be performed at the click of a button, delivering results through an intuitive interface that any manager can use. What’s more, information can be continuously updated, fine-tuned and reorganized both easily and cost-effectively.

Alta Bering EPO™ creates a data management methodology that will help your organization to: • Compress the planning process from months to days
• Effectively allocate your operational resources for maximum return
• Find and fix performance problems quickly
• Develop effective performance-related compensation schemes • Drive measurable improvement throughout the organization
THE ALTA BERING EPO™ FRAMEWORK

Enterprise Performance Optimization (EPO™) is above all, a framework methodology that unlocks the hidden value in your business intelligence data. EPO™ is about driving improvement through transparent, supportable performance targets in the selected functional domain.

 

Key Benefits of Alta Bering EPO™
  • Alignment

    EPO™ restores the missing links between strategy, financial planning and operational planning. The peer-based scorecard model, based on your own up-to-the-minute performance data, makes it easy to measure effectiveness and align incentive compensation for every business unit – down to the individual.
  • Agility

    The EPO™ approach reduces the planning / budgeting / performance / evaluation loop from months to days. Once the data and models are set up they are easy to execute and run what-if scenarios. Not only can you measure and manage performance much more quickly, you can respond immediately to changing internal or external conditions.
  • Efficiency

    EPO™ establishes efficiency levels, identifies shortfalls, and calculates optimal allocation for all the resources you use to create value in your business: cash, headcount, square footage, vehicles, shelf space, even time or transaction errors.
  • Performance

    EPO™ quickly identifies sub-optimal performers and, more importantly, the specific factors contributing to poor performance.
EPO™ METHODOLOGY The EPO™ framework rests on two technological breakthroughs developed by Alta Bering: Firstly, sophisticated multi-dimensional analysis algorithms that rapidly process massive amounts of performance data, regardless of type, and uncover the hidden interdependencies that no human could hope to find. And secondly, an easy-to-use, highly visual “no-keyboard” environment that lets any manager or management team see and optimize business processes with a few hours of training.
The four stages of Alta Bering EPO™ methodology:
  • Analysis

    EPO™ begins with your existing business intelligence data. Our software performs sophisticated multidimensional analysis and visualization to identify the hidden relationships between inputs (resources) and outputs (desired outcomes).
  • Modeling

    Your management team can then use the Alta Bering EPO™ model builder to get concrete answers to specific questions about your business. Building a query, such as the ones below, and getting concrete answers takes just a few minutes. “Given existing headcount, budget and square footage in our business units, how do I maximize for revenue and profit?” “Given our current production volume, how do I minimize distribution and handling costs?” “Which of my field sales units is performing below target, by how much, and what are the underlying causes of the shortfall?” “Where should I apply my marketing dollars to optimize customer acquisition and total revenue?”
  • Target Setting

    The Alta Bering EPO™ software automatically creates peer-based scorecards using any set of performance metrics. The performance data, peer weighting, and target calculation is completely transparent and fair, thus minimizing negotiation, bickering and dissatisfaction.
  • Contribution Management

    Another important feature of Alta Bering EPO™ is that it allows managers to easily participate in an internal market for resources and outputs, effectively pushing the boundaries of their capability to create value.