myDIALS Announces Partnership With Evolving Collaborations

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:00am EDT

  LAFAYETTE, CO, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
 myDIALS, a company pioneering a new industry standard in operational
performance
management, today announced a partnership with Evolving Collaborations, a
consulting firm focused on performance improvement for multi-tier
distribution channels. "Performance Modules for Channels and Distributors"
include
embedded knowledge and best practices from Evolving Collaborations, as well as
analysis and visualization of distribution channel metrics from myDIALS.
myDIALS is the first performance management solution to effectively link and
immediatelypresent operations and business performance metrics as they change.
Delivered as
Software as a Service (SaaS), myDIALS provides an interactive display for
consistent,
timely analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The partnership enables
manufacturing and process customers to leverage industry best practices and
obtain trusted, relevant metrics for improved understanding, analysis and
tuning of channel effectiveness.

    "Because it's tracked via different processes, templates and tools,
channeland sales data tends to be dispersed and difficult to consolidate into
one,easy-to-read location," said Linda Moffat, Chief Collaborator, Evolving
Collaborations. "myDIALS enables all levels of management to access and
interpret quantitative data to assist in diagnosing the root cause of
channel issues and validating decisions. With myDIALS' new modules, users can
identify the most effective distribution channels and areas for improvement,
as well as determine ROI on marketing programs. On top of that, our
customers receive value quickly, as the hosted solution can be rapidly
deployed and configured for a specific environment."

    myDIALS Modules encapsulate pre-defined knowledge of processes, roles,
metrics,
KPI calculations, alert conditions, diagnosis information and suggested
corrective actions. The myDIALS Performance Modules for Channels and
Distributors
help executives and managers pinpoint key drivers of direct sales, channel
productivity and growth. Metrics -- such as revenue and growth by product line,
supplier or vendor; field promotion effectiveness; sales coverage; forecasts and
pipeline -- are presented with contextual information and guided diagnosis,
enabling users to sustain optimal effectiveness over time by monitoring the
right
KPIs and referencing the knowledge base for better understanding and
consistency of behavior. myDIALS Performance Modules for Channels and
Distributors can be deployed as packaged solutions, or in conjunction with
improvementconsulting delivered by Evolving Collaborations.

    "Many companies in the manufacturing and process industries utilize multiple
distribution channels to take their products to market. Evolving Collaboration's
significant experience in channel optimization aligns extremely well with
myDIALS' visualization and analytics to address an important aspect of
operational performance for our target customers," said Wayne Morris, CEO,
myDIALS. "Through this partnership, customers benefit from the combination of
myDIALS' hosted solution, the pre-defined modules and performance improvement
methodology, as well as consulting from Evolving Collaborations."

    Through the Global Partner Program, partners gain a new annuity revenue
stream
and can ensure sustainable performance improvement among their client base,
while clients can leverage the partners' best practices to enhance their
performance improvement initiatives.

    Upcoming Webinars

    On April 2 and April 9, 2008, myDIALS CEO Wayne Morris and Evolving
Collaborations
will be presenting 30 minute webinars on monitoring and managing partners'
performance. Participants can register via the following
links:


April 2, 2008: 11:00 a.m. MT
http://www.readytalk.com/ev.php?id=flhu3rp5

April 9, 2008: 11:00 a.m. MT
http://www.readytalk.com/ev.php?id=ay9t947f

    
About Evolving Collaborations

    Evolving Collaborations works with companies who utilize partners and
saleschannels as part of their overall business strategy. With a proven
methodology
to uncover the root cause of issues, Evolving Collaborations helps companies
streamline
and optimize their resources, while improving partner and channel sales
performance. Evolving Collaborations' best practices, coaching and strategy
development enable partnerships to be more productive, driving revenue and
partner loyalty. Evolving Collaborations works with companies on a project basis
or as
an ongoing extension of their staff. With over 20 years of experience in
executive sales, marketing, consulting, business partnership creation and
channel
management, Evolving Collaborations executives have held positions with Gartner,
IBM, Ingram Micro, Time Trend and Informatica. They have consulted or worked
with
companies like SAP, PeopleSoft, PWC, Microsoft, Business Objects and
Qwest.Visit www.evolvingcollaborations.com for more information.

    About myDIALS

    myDIALS is pioneering a new industry standard in operational performance
management
with real-time Key Performance Indicator (KPI) visualization that combines
operations
and business performance metrics. Offering unparalleled usability for decision
makers, the hosted software solution extracts real-time metrics and calculates
KPIs and associated Key Performance Drivers (KPDs) across all business roles,
processes and value streams. In conjunction with its partner ecosystem, myDIALS
deliversembedded vertical industry and value stream expertise, as well as
improvement methodologies and guided diagnosis to help customers gain a
deeper understanding of the factors that fuel their business. With
myDIALS,customers can quickly resolve operational issues and capitalize on
opportunities, while maximizing the value of their existing environment. Visit
www.mydials.com for more information.

    



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