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Business data collection: how to change everything… without changing anything?

In the field of data collection and management, Gathering Tools offers to capitalise on existing processes, often developed by the business lines themselves. This is an opportunity for IT departments (...)

CSR Reports: Why Data Reliability Makes All the Difference

Since 2012, the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report has been mandatory for companies with more than 500 employees. It is designed to present, on an annual basis, the actions undertaken (...)

Commercial Management Controller: How to Collaborate Effectively with Sales Teams

The commercial management controller plays a key role in both the operational and strategic steering of the company: setting objectives, developing pricing and margins, analyzing profitability by product and by (...)

Management Control in (Small-sized Enterprise)-SME: Excel or EPM?

EPM solutions have everything to appeal to financial departments and management controllers such as business features (simulations, gap analysis, allocations, …), backed up by a data repository, a secured collection, (...)

Staff monitoring: six criteria for choosing between a vertical HR solution and Gathering Tools?

As in many companies with thousands of employees, you need to better track your workforce, but your HRIS applications do not allow you to do so. So, logically, you have (...)

How to Build More Accurate and Efficient Sales Forecasts

Sales forecasting is one of the core responsibilities of sales directors.Their ability to anticipate results with accuracy and reliability is a highly valuable asset for their company’s performance. On the (...)

How can data collection processes be optimised?

Data collection is a major challenge for companies, which need to search for and consolidate information in order to analyse their business, create reports and make the right decisions. For (...)

CSR Reporting – updates on uses

The deployment of CSR (Social and Environmental Responsibility) policies began because of strong societal expectations a few years ago. CSR aims to make companies to seriously consider the social, environmental (...)

Bonus and variable remuneration management: how can you ensure reliable HR data collection?

Bonuses and variable remuneration are attractive incentives for employees. They are also a significant factor in recruitment processes. However, in medium-sized and large companies, managing them can be a tedious (...)

Why is Excel no longer sufficient for workforce management?

Employee management is crucial to a company’s success and profitability. The payroll is constantly changing as employees join and leave the company, but also for regulatory or economic reasons. To (...)

Making Environmental Reporting Easier Through Smarter Data Collection

Companies with more than 500 employees or generating over €100 million in revenue are required to publish an annual CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report.While the collection of social data is (...)

The ‘Excel’ symptoms that should trigger the Gathering Tools reflex

“I would like to break down data according to contributor profiles, but with Excel it will be too expensive to maintain…” “How can I ensure that all project managers have (...)