Subex Blog

“As is” Read the news using your favorite news app on your smart phone or device? Notice how the app renders news items that are important to you or of interest to you and stacks them together with short headlines followed by a short summary thereby making sure that one wouldn’t need to feel short of time finding what really needs to be read.

Is this done in your RA department?

The below diagram illustrates how majority of the RA departments report the necessary information to all concerned departments and how the subsequent action items are publicized and owned by various departments.

In majority of RA functions the following gaps exist in the reporting of findings and their subsequent action points:

• Reports rarely designed with specific information that is immediately consumable by target audience • Reports rarely designed with specific requirements to the target audience than can be easily converted to action items • Majority of the RA operations use one reporting template for all business functions

“Smart Reporting” The below figure illustrates the ideal modus operandi that requires to be followed in a RA reporting structure.

Key improvements in the model are as follows: • Reports specifically designed to target audience. For example: Reports to CxO will address revenue & cost savings, key mitigation measures taken, not exceed a time length of 5 minutes and requiring specific actions / escalations • All reports to address specific actions required from various business functions and will be time bound • Organizational news feeds will be made part of RA reporting

Here the emphasis is on smart reporting, which can be quickly consumed and acted upon.