NEARLY 60% of COOs are hamstrung by slow decision making. Is that you?
A PwC Pulse Survey from earlier this year showed that 57% of business executives say they are missing opportunities because they can’t make decisions fast enough.*
The Pulse Survey, which talked to business leaders after the first 100 days in 2025, also reported on the main ways that COOs and other executives were planning to put their businesses at an advantage:
- 62% were looking at cost reductions
- 59% are adjusting financial forecasts and budgets
- 58% are diversifying suppliers.
These are all areas where our AI-powered QEA (pronounced ‘key’) platform are already helping businesses make better, faster decisions.
📈 For one client, we improved supply chain efficiency, resulting in a 7% increase in overall turnover – worth an estimated US$5m.
📈 Another client saw increased revenue of US$3m, after we transformed their stock and sales management processes.
📈 And a long-term customer has saved over £15m per year, and released an additional £9 million in working capital, after using QEA to improve financial and operational performance.
They could do this because QEA is more than an ERP or data management system. It’s an intelligent, AI-driven business analytics solution that’s embedded in your operations – finding gaps, improving processes, highlighting opportunities and supporting you to make fast decisions with real-time data and insights.
How does smart, AI-driven technology speed up COO decision making?
AI is already transforming business intelligence – we have the clients and the results to prove it. In the case of our AI-driven QEA platform, smart technology is used to save thousands of person-hours by collecting, centralising, organising and analysing data from across the business.
Our bespoke AI dashboards then take that data and use intelligent analysis to show you exactly where your quickest wins lie – from operational cost reduction to improving supplier agreements and collecting payments.
Using technology like this helps COOs to:
- Make better, faster decisions
- Deliver cost savings
- Streamline processes and operations
- Optimise supply chains
- Increase productivity
But there’s more. AI-driven tech like QEA also allows COOs to:
- Improve retention and recruitment
- Improve budgeting and planning
- Deliver better customer experiences
- Optimise resource management
- Allow teams to work more collaboratively across the business
- Support growth strategies such as IPO or M&A activity.
They are also using QEA to stay ahead of the market, as QEA can predict market and economic trends, identify opportunities for increased and new income, and free up teams to work on strategic activities, so they are one step ahead rather than many steps behind.
If slow decision making is dragging your business down, and reducing competitiveness, you can change that. Investing in proven, AI-driven business analytics that give you access to all your data in real time, and provides proactive intelligent analysis will transform your results.
Book a call with us today to find out more.
*https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/pulse-survey/business-outlook-100-days.html
