What is the True Cost Performance?｜HENNGE Taiwan 部落格

Cost performance is an indicator which shows the ability to deliver performance over a certain cost. It is easy for us to focus only on the ... WhatistheTrueCostPerformance? Jul8,2021 分享 Whatiscostperformance? Oneofthemostfamouswordsusedinbusinessis"CostPerformance".Costperformanceisanindicatorwhichshowstheabilitytodeliverperformanceoveracertaincost.Sometimeswemightsaycostbenefit,costeffectivenessorpriceperformance. Costperformanceisagoodindicatortoshowhowefficientlybusinessoperationsareoperated.Higherperformanceswithlesscostwillleadtomoreprofits.Forexample,ifyouaresellinghotdogs,itisobviousthatitwouldbecheapertobuyacertainamountofsausagepackagesatonceratherthangoingtothesupermarketandbuyingasausagepackageonebyone.Ofcourse,withbadpredictionsofthemarketdemand,theperformancemaybecomeworsebybuyingtoomanysausagepackages.Butingeneral,withdecentpredictionsofthemarketdemand,costperformancewillbebetterwithpurchasingtherightamountatonce. Difficultyofevaluatingcostperformance Inordertoevaluatetheperformanceoftwodifferentmethods,itiseasytojustcomparetheoutputs.However,intherealworld,ifthetaskisdoneinadifferentmethod,therewillbeadditionaleffectsforeachmethodotherthantheoutputitself.Therefore,evaluationofperformancemightbedifferentdependingonhowthepersonororganizationvaluesthings. Forexample,let'ssayasalespersonwouldliketodeliverproductinformationtotheirleadcustomers.Thesalespersoncansendemailstoalloftheleadcustomersatonce,orthesalespersoncancalleachleadonebyone.Bothwayscanachievedeliveringinformationtoleadcustomers.Andifwecomparethecostofdeliveringinformationtoleadcustomers,sendingemailsatoncewillbecheapersinceittakeslesstimecomparedtocalling.Ifwelookatonlythisfact,sendingemailseemstohavebettercostperformance.However,sincetheadditionaleffectsbyeachmethodisdifferent,ifthesalespersonsendsoutalltheemailsatonce,thesalespersonmayknowwhoclickedtheemail,yetitisdifficulttoknowhowmuchtheleadcustomerisinterestedintheproduct.Ontheotherhand,ifthesalespersoncallstheleadcustomer,thesalespersoncanaskmorequestionstoknowhowmuchtheleadcustomerisinterestedintheproduct. Whenwecomparecostperformance,sincenotonlycostbutalsoeffectsbyeachmethodwillbedifferent,itwillbeimportanttoevaluatetheprosandcons.Prosandconswillbedifferentdependingonthesituation.Ifthecompanyalreadyhasastrongbrandandawarenessoftheproduct,sendingemailsallatoncemightjustbegoodenough.Iftheproductisfairlynewandifthecompanywouldliketoknowhowpeoplethinkabouttheproduct,callingmightbethebetteroption.Inreality,manycompaniescombinedifferentmethodstoachievebetterperformance. Pitfallofevaluatingcost Itiseasyforustofocusonlyontheexpensefeeascost,sincepriceisalwaysanumberandcanbeeasilycalculated.However,costisnotonlyaboutthemoneyspent,butalsotheamountoftimeandhumanresourcesneededtobeinput. Let'ssayyouwouldliketohaveasandwichforlunch.Youcanjustgotosomeshopstobuysandwiches.Or,youcangotothegrocerystoretobuyingredientsandmakesandwichesbyyourself.Buyingsandwichesmaycostmorebutitisfaster,anditdoesn'ttakealotofefforttobuyasandwich.Ontheotherhand,itmaycostlesstobuytheingredientstomakeasandwich,butittakesmoretimeandefforttodoso. Inbusiness,everyemployeehasasalarythatcanbedividedbytime.Therefore,wecancalculatetheamountofmoneyspentoncompletingeachtaskbydividingthehumanresourcefeewiththeworkingtime.Therefore,thetotalcostofacertainprojectnotonlyincludestheactualhardwarefeeitself,butalsoincludestheamountoftimeandhumanresourcesthatneededtobeinput. Thetrickypartaboutcalculatingthecostofhumanresourcesisthatforacompany,onceacompanyemploysaperson,therewillbeabasicsalarythatneedstobepaidconsistentlynomatterhowthepersonworks.Therefore,eventhoughthetimeandhumanresourcesneededtobeinputtoperformacertaintaskmightbeless,unlessthereareothertasksinwhichthosehumanresourcesareneeded,thecostperformancemightnotbeimproved.Ofcourse,therecanbeanemploymentcontractbasedonthetrueperformance.But,letmeignorethosecasesfornow. Ingeneral,ifyoureplacemanualprocesseswithmoreautomatedprocesses,costperformanceshouldbeimproved.Thereasonissimple.Automatedprocessescanrun24hourswithoutanyresttimeaslongastheprocessdoesnotneedtobemaintained.Plus,inmanycountries,thereareregulationsthatacompanycannotaskemployeestoworkforreallylonghours.Butthereisnoregulationforrunningautomatedprocessesforalongtime. BenefitofSaaS It'sbeenquiteawhilesincetheSaaSbusinesswasintroducedtothemarket.Fromthebeginning,therewerealwaysdiscussionsonwhethercostperformanceofSaaSservicesaregoodornot.UsuallythebenefitsofSaaSaresaidtobethatausercompanydoesn'tneedtoownthephysicalservers,doesn'tneedmaintenance,andcanpurchaseonlythenecessarylicenses.Incontrast,thefeeoflicensesismoreexpensivecomparedtorunningsomesoftwaresonanexistingserver.SometimespeoplesaythatSaaSservicescannotbecustomizedsothatitwillnotfittotheirbusinessprocess. Ibelievealloftheprosandconsstatedabovearetrue.Becausehowyouevaluatecostperformancedependsonhowyouvaluetheperformanceandhowyouthinkaboutthetotalcost.And,evaluationwillbedifferentbycompaniesdependingontheirbusinesssituation,theirbusinessenvironmentandtheirbusinessvalues. However,IseeanewbenefitofusingSaaSservicesrecently.Today,therearesomanySaaSservicesonthemarket.ManySaaSservicestrytosolvecertainproblemswiththeirowndifferentapproaches.ForexamplelikeaToDomanagementservice,somemaymanageToDosinlistsandsomemaymanageintileway.Somemayhavetheirownappandsomemaybejustanadd-onapptosomeothermajorSaaSservices. Thepointisthatyouwillneverknowwhichwaywillreallyfityourbusinessoperation.SinceitiseasytoswitchbetweendifferentSaaSserviceswithlittlecost,itispossibletotryoutmanydifferentwaystoimproveperformanceandchoosethesolutionwhichsuitsthebest.Althoughcustomizingmaysoundlikethebestwaytomatchthebusinessoperation,itisdifficulttotellbeforehandwhetheracustomizedsolutionreallymatchesthebusinessoperationwithoutusingit.Plus,customizationusuallywillcostmoreinexpense,timeandhumanresourceswhichmakesitdifficulttoreplacethesolutiononceitismade. Regardingthefactthatthebusinessenvironmentischangingquicklyandneedstobemodifiedconstantly,Iamstartingtothinkthatfindingasolutionbestsuitsthecurrentsituationandswitchingtothebettersolutioninthecourseoftimemightbethebestwaytoachievethebestcostperformance. 喜歡這篇文章嗎？歡迎分享出去！ 分享 WRITTENBY GoNakakomi 回到HENNGETaiwan部落格首頁 透過存取控制讓IT系統更有效地上線 Dec21,2021 所有的商業活動都是由一連串的業務流程所組成的。

隨著公司內部使用的軟體程式越來越多，IT人員所需要做的設定更多了。

雖說HENNGEAccessControl是資安的解決方案，但它同時也能提高IT部門的工作效率，在公司的IT管理及維護上助一臂之力。

ISO27001（ISMS）是什麼？ Dec10,2021 如今，世界上存在著許多惡意軟體和勒索病毒攻擊事件。

此外，也有許多未經授權的存取企圖竊取我們的身份資訊。

另外，由於人們現在能夠將行動裝置隨身攜帶至任何地方，如何確保這些行動裝置上的資訊安全也成了一大課題。

而ISO27001認證是在確保公司擁有一套安全穩固的資訊管理系統來保護公司內部重要的資訊財產。

SaaS如何適用於VUCA的時代 Dec3,2021 隨著近日人們的步調愈來愈緊促，我們也逐漸踏入VUCA的時代。

VUCA（Volatility、Uncertainty、Complexity、Ambiguity）分別代表波動性、不確定性、複雜性和模糊性。

SaaS是一種可以即時並簡單啟用的解決方案，甚至可以先從小規模開始採用。

也因為這樣的特性，SaaS服務是最適合這個VUCA時代的。

什麼是CASB？一起認識雲端資安代理 Nov15,2021 在愈來愈多企業選擇使用雲端系統的同時，「CASB」這個名詞除了也隨之更常出現在我們的生活當中外，它的重要性更是不容小覷。

到底什麼是CASB？就讓這篇文章帶您簡單快速的瞭解吧！ 如何「正確地」犯錯？ Nov5,2021 有一天我注意到--其實要「犯錯」是很難的。

因為要犯錯，人們就需要意識到什麼是「錯誤」。

如果一個人沒有認識到自己所犯的錯誤，對那個人而言就不是一個錯誤。

這就讓我產生了一個疑問，什麼是「錯誤」？錯誤就是一個我們不想要或無意造成的結果。

為了犯錯，應該提前建立期望或目標。

HENNGE，重視改變所帶來的力量 Oct22,2021 我們重視點燃變化的力量，我們認為不斷挑戰自己與時俱進的公司才能提供更好的產品及解決方案給消費者。

同時，我們也認為社會上若能充滿這些有創新思維的公司，定能使世界變成一個更美好的地方。

不斷地嘗試新解決方案找到其中遺漏的拼圖，並且努力挑戰開發出能夠填補漏洞的解決辦法。

我們稱這樣的行為作「品嚐未成熟的果實」。