I do allot of presentations at my present job, we really don't use written reports. I work for a Regional Manager and two district managers, they present financial and performance information quarterly. The Regional Manager presents to the Area Vice President, so the presentations include graphs, charts and information regarding strategic planning. Our business moves so quickly that it would be impossible to give accurate information in a written report, I update the presentations up to the day before they are to be given. We also do many presentations for our customers, the presentations allow us the flexibility to change them at a moments notice (and I've had to do that plenty of times).
We have templates for proposals that are used by our sales staff to present to the customers. They are very easy to use, the salesperson has to only plug in a few entries and the proposal is ready for the customer.
We also have many reports that are done in an excel spreadsheet format, these are primarily financial reports. I don't see these reports going anywhere, they provide much needed information. The managers are able to look at these and trace their business teams management of the resources they are provided with. These reports are run weekly and monthly and are very important to our business, the financials are constantly scrutinized to ensure the business makes money. If there are questionable costs they are addressed immediately and if need be the team cuts back to make up for any losses.
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