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Product Suite A Suite of Cloud-Based Applications that Helps You Execute Smarter, Faster, and Better Whether you are a small organization with fewer than 100 employees or a national company with facilities from coast to coast, developing and executing strategies that will turn vision into reality is of critical importance. Plan poorly, and you are likely to be crushed by market forces. Execute poorly, and it’s more of the same. But what if you could harness some powerful tools that enable you to execute smarter, faster, and better than your competitors? Well, now you can. Execute faster with ExecuteIt using tools to drive collaboration, accountability, and execution. Execute smarter with AnalyzeIt by visualizing your data, before focusing your strategy discussions through point-and-click analytics. Execute better with ImproveIt by launching, monitoring, and tracking performance and quality improvement projects online. PRODUCT SUITE | PAGE 1 ExecuteIt Our core application, ExecuteIt, guides you through our proven Execution Flywheel that has generated breakthrough results for our clients. It contains a full suite of tools that shortens the planning cycle, enables strategic decision-making, and powers accountability and execution. No other cloud-based application guides you through the entire strategy development and execution management lifecycle with such focused precision. AnalyzeIt AnalyzeIt is a revolutionary decision support application that combines robust data mapping capabilities with point-and-click data analytics. Filter your data, plot the results at an address level, and conduct analysis on the fly – on demand and in minutes. Through this unique combination of data mapping and data analytics, you can focus your strategy and zero in on a results- driven plan of action that you can execute immediately. ImproveIt Elevating your quality and performance improvement system to achieve faster and better results is the singular focus of ImproveIt. Create organizational transparency by managing your entire quality and performance improvement program in the cloud, where you can track project deliverables, performance, and outcomes. Drive organizational effectiveness and efficiency through better project oversight.

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Product SuiteA Suite of Cloud-Based Applications that Helps YouExecute Smarter, Faster, and Better Whether you are a small organization with fewer than 100 employees or a national

company with facilities from coast to coast, developing and executing strategies that will turn vision into reality is of critical importance. Plan poorly, and you are likely to be crushed by market forces. Execute poorly, and it’s more of the same. But what if you could harness some powerful tools that enable you to execute smarter, faster, and better than your competitors? Well, now you can.

Execute faster with ExecuteIt using tools to drive collaboration, accountability, and execution.

Execute smarter with AnalyzeIt by visualizing your data, before focusing your strategy discussions through point-and-click analytics.

Execute better with ImproveIt by launching, monitoring, and tracking performance and quality improvement projects online.

PRODUCT SUITE | PAGE 1

ExecuteIt

Our core application, ExecuteIt, guides you through our proven Execution Flywheel that has generated breakthrough results for our clients. It contains a full suite of tools that shortens the planning cycle, enables strategic decision-making, and powers accountability and execution. No other cloud-based application guides you through the entire strategy development and execution management lifecycle with such focused precision.

AnalyzeIt

AnalyzeIt is a revolutionary decision support application that combines robust data mapping capabilities with point-and-click data analytics. Filter your data, plot the results at an address level, and conduct analysis on the fly – on demand and in minutes. Through this unique combination of data mapping and data analytics, you can focus your strategy and zero in on a results-driven plan of action that you can execute immediately.

ImproveIt

Elevating your quality and performance improvement system to achieve faster and better results is the singular focus of ImproveIt. Create organizational transparency by managing your entire quality and performance improvement program in the cloud, where you can track project deliverables, performance, and outcomes. Drive organizational effectiveness and efficiency through better project oversight.

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Features and Benefits Snapshot

• A complete strategy development toolkit to identify consensus thinking among your management team, employees, and key stakeholders.

• A proven methodology for developing, managing, monitoring, and executing plans of all types.

• Easily track performance with execution and engagement scores, scorecards, and real-time dashboards that feature historical trend lines.

• Map any type of data at an address level to see and understand the geographic distribution of customers, stakeholders, and more.

• Stratifying your databases as needed is as simple as a single mouse click, allowing you to display the map that provides the most value.

• Easily filter your data by any of your database fields, which are customizable and controlled by you.

• Electronically submit projects using your submission criteria, including approval routing, as well as required and optional information.

• Select from customizable improvement methodologies (Focus PDSA, Six Sigma DMAIC, Six Sigma DMADV, Lean Rapid Improvement Event, and Lean 6S Event) and automatically load the project deliverables and dates into the work plan.

• Follow each project through its various phases to chart progress, and easily view the status of every open project, along with current results.

PRODUCT SUITE | PAGE 2

AchieveIt, the AchieveIt logo, ExecuteIt, AnalyzeIt, and ImproveIt are trademarks of AchieveIt Online, LLC. © 2012 AchieveIt Online, LLC. All rights reserved. www.AchieveIt.com 800-535-1559

Seamless Application IntegrationAlthough all three modules – ExecuteIt, AnalyzeIt, and ImproveIt – provide substantial benefits as stand-alone applications, their power is magnified when used together:

Transfer findings from AnalyzeIt directly to your ExecuteIt SWOT Analysis. Through this unique sharing of strategic business intelligence, you will be able to focus strategy and operational decisions, enabling you to execute smarter.

Launch projects in ImproveIt directly from ExecuteIt. Simply click the ImproveIt submission button for any strategy to move it directly into the ImproveIt approval process.

Mirror key performance indicators in ExecuteIt and ImproveIt. Just create a key performance indicator in one application and it automatically displays in the other application, keeping both your strategy team and your quality and performance improvement team in sync.

About AchieveItAchieveIt provides organizations with the tools and resources needed to develop strategy and drive execution. Our singular purpose is to help organizations execute smarter, faster, and better, and our cloud-based software, coupled with an array of organizational assessments, allows you to reduce the time required to achieve real, meaningful results. Our combination of technology firepower and human brainpower forms a powerful catalyst for organizational transformation, enabling you to turn vision into success.

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ExecuteItDrive Collaboration, Accountability, and Execution with ExecuteIt What’s more important to your organization than driving results? Probably nothing. In

today’s competitive climate, you can’t afford to misfire, misstep, or falter, which is why managing execution can often be the difference between success and survival. By building a culture around collaboration, accountability, and execution, you increase your ability to grow, which allows you to create both short- and long-term sustainability.

Execute Faster

Thanks to robust monitoring and reporting tools, as well as alerts emailed to you automatically, you quickly know when performance is slipping, allowing you to take immediate action. With real-time dashboards featuring historical trend lines, you can evaluate how execution is affecting results, enabling you to change direction quickly, if necessary. And with individual engagement scores, it’s easy to see who is contributing to your success.

Execute Better

Issues related to plan transparency, versioning, and communications are a thing of the past. With a complete library of point-and-click reports, real-time execution updates, and the ability to follow any assignment in any plan, you spread the responsibility for execution across the organization, fostering collaboration, accountability, and results.

Less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed.– Fortune magazine

Individual dashboards ensure every member of your team stays up to date with assignments and tasks.

Real-time dashboards with historical trend lines keep everyone focused on results.

EXECUTEIT | PAGE 1

Execute Smarter

It’s not just about getting things done. You also have to be smart about what you do. Gaining clarity in strategic and operational execution is easier than ever with a full suite of decision-enabling tools. Gain consensus on important strategic issues, align key decisions with your organization’s vision, and develop your execution roadmap – all in weeks or even days, instead of months.

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Features and Benefits Snapshot ExecuteIt helps organizations develop better plans, execute with greater precision, and

achieve greater results, all while fostering collaboration and accountability. Key capabilities include:

About AchieveItAchieveIt provides organizations with the tools and resources needed to develop strategy and drive execution. Our singular purpose is to help organizations execute smarter, faster, and better, and our cloud-based software, coupled with an array of organizational assessments, allows you to reduce the time required to achieve real, meaningful results. Our combination of technology firepower and human brainpower forms a powerful catalyst for organizational transformation, enabling you to turn vision into success.

• Real-time dashboards and scorecards with historical trend lines, complete with annotation capabilities, allow you to track milestones against performance.

• Execution scores for each of your plans that provide you with consolidated results that track day-to-day, week-to-week, and month-to-month progress.

• Automated email reminders, alerts, and digests ensure every member of your team remains focused on execution and achieving results.

• Engagement scores for each of your plans and for each member of your team to quickly show you how well you are implementing your plans and who is contributing to your success.

• A proven methodology for developing, managing, monitoring, and executing plans of all types.

• A complete strategy development toolkit to identify consensus thinking among your management team, employees, and key stakeholders.

• A Balanced Scorecard quickly allows you to determine the overall health of the organization.

• Key Performance Indicators for tracking important metrics that are not included in your strategic and operational plans.

• Robust reporting capabilities that can be accessed with the click of a mouse, improving plan communications.

• Revenue and cost forecasting allow you to see the overall impact of planning and effective execution while automating core budget assumptions.

EXECUTEIT | PAGE 2

AchieveIt, the AchieveIt logo, and ExecuteIt are trademarks of AchieveIt Online, LLC. © 2012 AchieveIt Online, LLC. All rights reserved. www.AchieveIt.com 800-535-1559

Powerful decision-making tools drive collaboration and consensus.

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Data Mapping at the Address Level Mapping your data has never been easier or simpler.

After submitting your data to our team of geocoding experts, we construct your database to maximize your filtering and reporting capabilities. Within 72 hours, you are ready to uncover the hidden secrets in your data. Filtering is always just a mouse click away, and you can continually filter on the fly, allowing you to drill deeper into your data until the answers you are seeking are revealed. As you filter, results are automatically plotted on your map, allowing you to “see” your data in real time. Clicking on any data point displays detailed record information. In addition, census map overlays provide important demographic information for your analysis.

Point-and-Click Data Analytics AnalyzeIt is extremely flexible, letting you map

your data first and converting your map into analytical results. Alternatively, you can bypass the mapping features and can move straight into analysis. Either way, the filters are the same and are

always accessible and easy to use. Plus, you can map your results once you have finished your analysis, making AnalyzeIt a true, bidirectional mapping and analytics tool. Filter your data, map the results, and conduct analysis,

or filter your data, conduct analysis, and map the results. Moving between the mapping and reporting functions is seamless, requiring just a single mouse click. In addition, the results of your analysis can be easily downloaded for later viewing. Just select the desired file format and export to your desktop.

AnalyzeItFocus Your Strategic and Operational Execution with AnalyzeIt We’re all familiar with the expression, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” But what if

you could take that picture and enhance it through robust, point-and-click data analytics, allowing you to not only “see” your data, but also get quick answers to your most pressing questions? It’s through this revolutionary marriage of data mapping and data analytics that you can focus strategic decisions with laser-like precision.

85% of leadership teams spend less than one hour per month discussing strategy.– Harvard University study

ANALYZEIT | PAGE 1

Quickly gain a global perspective on customer activity. Advanced point-and-click analytics give you instant answers.

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Features and Benefits Snapshot AnalyzeIt helps organizations see data trends using powerful filtering and mapping tools,

while also quickly conducting data analysis to identify opportunities and threats. Key capabilities include:

• Map any type of data at an address level to see and understand the geographic dispersion of customers, stakeholders, and more.

• Stratifying your databases as needed is as simple as a single mouse click, allowing you to display the map that provides the most value.

• Easily filter your data by any of your database fields, which are customizable and controlled by you.

• View data-specific information on individual plot points without ever having to leave the map view.

• Easily overlay map components, such as office locations, competitor sites, and census information.

• Conduct street-level views with Google EarthTM and overlay satellite images onto your map.

• Convert your data into strategic business intelligence with a single mouse click.

• Point-and-click reporting makes data analysis easy and eliminates training requirements.

• Drill into your data on the fly, either in map view or report view, to identify root-cause opportunities or issues.

ANALYZEIT | PAGE 2

AchieveIt, the AchieveIt logo, and AnalyzeIt are trademarks of AchieveIt Online, LLC. © 2012 AchieveIt Online, LLC. All rights reserved. www.AchieveIt.com 800-535-1559

Plot individual data points and overlay market variables.

INTEGRATION WITH EXECUTEIT

Although AnalyzeIt can function as a stand-alone module, its power is enhanced when used in conjunction with ExecuteIt. Seamless integration between the two applications allows you to transfer findings in AnalyzeIt directly to your ExecuteIt SWOT Analysis. Through this unique sharing of strategic business intelligence, you will be able to focus strategy and operational decisions, enabling you to execute smarter.

About AchieveItAchieveIt provides organizations with the tools and resources needed to develop strategy and drive execution. Our singular purpose is to help organizations execute smarter, faster, and better, and our cloud-based software, coupled with an array of organizational assessments, allows you to reduce the time required to achieve real, meaningful results. Our combination of technology firepower and human brainpower forms a powerful catalyst for organizational transformation, enabling you to turn vision into success.

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Better Execution Leads to Better Results Today’s market requires all organizations to develop

a culture of continuous quality and performance improvement. Succeed, and you distance yourself from your competitors. Fail, and you waste not only organizational resources, but also human energy and creativity – which can be crippling. Now, with our cloud technology, you no longer have to worry about whether your PI projects are on time or on target. From project submission to project tracking to project execution, everything is online, transparent, and accessible by everyone in your organization. Our Baldrige-compliant application will help you complete projects faster with better results that are sustainable over time.

Manage Resources, Projects, and Accountability Everyone in your organization will benefit from the

customizable tools, workflows, project plans, alerts, and reminders that ImproveIt generates. Whether managing your human resources (put limits on the number of projects any person can be assigned to), project work plans (make specific project steps mandatory to ensure improved results), or key performance indicators (track your most important organizational metrics and receive alerts when they are out of compliance), driving collaboration, accountability, and execution is easier than ever before. And with the ability to customize all electronic forms and project methodologies, seamless organizational integration is ensured.

ImproveItAccelerate Execution and Performance with ImproveIt For most organizations, a core strategic and operational imperative is to increase

effectiveness and efficiency, which subsequently allows for enhanced operating margins, more satisfied customers, and increased market share. Despite this intense focus on quality and performance improvement, the results of such efforts have often failed to live up to expectations, simply because managing an organization-wide improvement program has been difficult and cumbersome. Until now.

IMPROVEIT | PAGE 1

The cost of poor quality has been proven to range from 5% to 30% of gross revenues for most companies.– Quality Digest

Submit and launch projects online using customizable forms that follow project-specific approval work flows.

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Features and Benefits Snapshot ImproveIt enables organizations to manage and track every aspect of their quality and

performance improvement program, from project submission to project execution to project tracking. Key capabilities include:

• Electronically submit projects using your submission criteria, including approval routing, as well as required and optional information.

• Select from customizable improvement methodologies (Focus PDSA, Six Sigma DMAIC, Six Sigma DMADV, Lean Rapid Improvement Event, and Lean 6S Event) and automatically load the project deliverables and dates into the work plan.

• Create custom methodologies for your department, division, or organization.

• Determine project requirements and track whether – and when – they have been met, while tying mandatory deliverables to the scheduling of project reviews.

• Follow each project through its various phases to chart progress, and easily view the status of every open project, along with current results.

• Track key performance indicators, as well as project metrics currently being pursued by active project teams.

• Never lose a project file again by automatically archiving closed projects in a searchable knowledgebase that provides a growing and ready resource library for future use.

• Reopen projects at any time with a click of a mouse.

• Create resource rules, such as how many open projects a person may serve on at one time, or the qualifications for facilitating or leading a team.

• Create rules for project charters that must be adhered to by everyone in the organization.

• Coordinate activities with organization-wide calendaring and communication tools.

• Seamlessly integrate with ExecuteIt, which allows you to launch projects directly from our strategy development and execution application while also cross-referencing KPI tracking in both modules.

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AchieveIt, the AchieveIt logo, and ImproveIt are trademarks of AchieveIt Online, LLC. © 2012 AchieveIt Online, LLC. All rights reserved. www.AchieveIt.com 800-535-1559

Track the performance of key performance indicators with real-time dashboards featuring historical trend lines.

Monitor the progress of projects against five built-in improvement methodologies, or against your own custom work plan.

About AchieveItAchieveIt provides organizations with the tools and resources needed to develop strategy and drive execution. Our singular purpose is to help organizations execute smarter, faster, and better, and our cloud-based software, coupled with an array of organizational assessments, allows you to reduce the time required to achieve real, meaningful results. Our combination of technology firepower and human brainpower forms a powerful catalyst for organizational transformation, enabling you to turn vision into success.