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Working with i-Pulse
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| Overview of the i-Pulse features | Improvement and action plans using i-Pulse |
| Your i-Pulse template | Reports produced by i-Pulse |
| Management assessment using i-Pulse | The comparison feature |
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The comparison feature
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Larger organisations, or franchisors, will use i-Pulse to improve the management practice and performance of their business units. They will also seek to compare practice and performance. It may be appropriate to create comparison groups on a regional, or functional basis, basis. They would then seek to compare these regional comparison files. i-Pulse has a comparison feature to enable this to take place. Click an image to enlarge - If necessary Click for Options>Allow blocked content>Yes |
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If a larger organisation, or Franchisor, is going to use the Comparison feature there needs to be some preparation.
The comparison feature is an optional feature within i-Pulse and to provide access the feature must be selected by going to Options on the menu bar and slecting Access to Comparison Feature. Compare will now appear on the menu bar. In addition all the business unit files must be accumulated in the i-Pulse/ Current folder in My Documents and correctly identified for the comparison features. To provide this identification, open each business unit file and go to File/ File Information. For each file enter an ID (not more than 4 characters) to identify improvement notes and an ID (not more than 12 characters) to identify the file on the comparison report. |
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To create a comparison file, which might represent a Regional file for business units, go to
Compare on the menu bar and click Create Comparison Group.
A screen will then show which lists all the files in the i-Pulse/ Current folder. Select, individually, the files required for the comparison group and click Add to Group. Highlight and click Remove to remove a file from the new group. If this file will form part of further comparison files enter an ID. Check that all improvement notes are required and click Save. You will be asked to enter an appropriate file name. |
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When open the comparison file will show Select File on the menu bar. This allows the user to select and view the average file or any individual business unit file.
The average file is the collated file for the comparison and can be classified as a Regional file. If the average file is selected and the Notes to Improve button selected for management indicators all the improvement notes will be shown together with their source file. These notes can be edited to provide a summary position for the average or Regional file. |
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The Comparison Report for a comparison file is created by clicking Create Comparison Report on the Compare menu .
You will be asked to save the report in the Report Documents folder under an appropriate file name in .htm format. Enter the file name and click Save. After compilation the report will automatically open, as a .htm document, in MS Excel. Use the Print feature in MS Excel to print out in the normal way. These comparison reports show the position of each business unit against each management indicator and show the % scores for each business unit. You can also access and view the historical position at the bottom of the report screen. If a comparison file were prepared for regional comparison files the comparison report would show the overall position. |
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