1. Executive Overview
i-nexus
The Business Execution System
Execution is the # 1 CEO priority
55% of CEO’s who responded to a recent conference board
Global 5000 CEO survey ranked ‘ability to execute’ as their
number one business priority. In fact, as for previous years
the top three concerns expressed by survey participants
related directly to execution. i-nexus is the leading provider of on-demand business
execution software. With a global presence, i-nexus is
It is not surprising that execution is perceived by CEOs as helping many thousands of people in industry leaders
so critical. Studies have shown it is quality of execution, not like Pfizer, Novartis, Nestle and Areva to drive better
quality of planning that makes the difference in terms of execution, every day.
results, and that organizations that execute well can add
1-2% of revenue to their bottom-line.
i-nexus Business Execution Suite
Business execution demands a The i-nexus Business Execution suite seamlessly integrates
joining up approach the three core capabilities needed to drive consistent
business execution. Its modular nature means you can start
Energizing, and aligning the efforts of, many thousands of
with your most pressing business challenges and add new
employees in pursuit of business goals is, however, no easy
capabilities as you need them, or implement the full suite as a
task. Consistent execution requires a joined-up approach
cross-business execution platform.
– one that connects executive goals to the operational
actions that will realize them, and one which ties in and
creates accountability for delivery in the people who need to
drive execution of these actions.
Welcome to a new era of business
execution software
Put simply, business execution software delivers this joined-
up ‘closed-loop’ approach. Business execution software
brings together, and tightly integrates three core execution
capabilities:
Goal Management: Enables business goals to be defined Module Core features
and systematically translated into action via a goal cascade
Goal Manager • Strategy mapping
process that aligns the personal objectives of every • Goal definition
employee in the organization. • Goal cascade
• Employee performance reviews
• Business execution reviews
Program Management: Enables actions at all levels in
Program Manager • Investment appraisal
the organization to be consistently planned, executed and • Project and program management
delivered. • Resource management
• Risk Management
• Portfolio reporting and analysis
Performance Management: Provides the critical insight
into whatever the actions underway have already, or are Performance Manager • Scorecard KPI definition
• KPI dashboard
likely to, move the dials that measure achievement of the • Financial benefit tracking
goals. • Benefit forecasting
• Performance roll-up

2. Get started quickly with i-nexus Mapping strategic and operational goals
‘out-of-the-box’ solution
At i-nexus, we believe improving your business execution
capabilities requires an evolutionary, not revolutionary
approach. No business can afford to metaphorically ‘ground
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the plane’ to rebuild it. They need to be able to refit it while
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it’s still flying. Accordingly, we have developed a range of
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‘out-of-the-box’ ‘fast start’ solutions that enables you to
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quickly establish execution disciplines by building on your
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existing business initiatives.
Visit www.i-nexus.com to learn more about how you can
use i-nexus to:
- Transform your balanced scorecard from a measurement
to an improvement system. Cascading goals and reviewing performance
- Accelerate benefits from your deployment of lean six sigma.
- Drive more predictable execution of capital investment
projects.
i-nexus delivers results
It’s not surprising that improved execution discipline
delivers bottom line improvement. The surprise lies in how
much improvement it can deliver. i-nexus clients have
attributed 5-10% top line improvement to better execution
of sales growth strategies, and similar bottom line impacts
have been experienced as a result of accelerated project
benefit delivery and reduced project failure rates. i-nexus
clients have seen up-to a 40% reduction in project cycle Planning and executing actions
times and a 25% improvement in project success rates.
Visit www.i-nexus.com to read our case studies on how
i-nexus has helped deliver significant bottom line benefits
for clients.
Take the next step
It couldn’t be easier to get started with i-nexus.
Simply contact i-nexus via one of the options below to learn
more about how i-nexus can help you drive execution and
get things done.
+44 (0)845 607 0061
“Cyta chose i-nexus to support the development of
+1 617 267 9595 a new approach to its Performance Management
mechanism. With i-nexus, the decision-making
process was facilitated, as i-nexus has a real time
sales@i-nexus.com mechanism that provides data at any given
moment at every level. It enables our performance
management review cycle to become more
www.i-nexus.com effective and transparent.”
Photios Savvides, CEO, Cyta