Discover how Covalent transforms performance in Local Governments by streamlining the performance reporting processes and budget monitoring initiatives.

Covalent delivers a breakthrough approach to managing local government performance that puts you back in control. This innovative software acts like warning lights in a car, alerting you only when there's an issue that needs immediate attention, instead of you scaling data mountains to identify such situations.

Covalent brings data to life with gauges, graphs, traffic-lighting and trend icons so results are understood 'at-a-glance' This also zeros people's attention on the problem areas (if any!). With a couple of clicks you can drill down to more information, assign a corrective action or run an exception report. Touch-of-a-button status updates, on screen or on printed reports, that quickly highlight where you need to focus.

And it's all amazingly simple to use, which means you're up and running quickly, and that, for a change, people will actually use a new software system.

How efficient it would be if all your information was consolidated in one place, in a consistent format and conveniently available to all. Now staff are performance-oriented, fully engaged, productive, and not wasting half their time managing the process.

Covalent is now an intrinsic and essential part of everything we do on a day-to-day basis. The managers in the Council have now become reliant on the information we are able to provide and are keen to have access to more.

• An easy way to manage performance linked to outcomes and priorities. Covalent allows you to easily track the impact of performance results on Corporate Goals or Objectives using a Balanced Scorecard approach. Covalent graphically explains your key strategies by linking KPIs and Action Plans to goals and by cascading scorecards from corporate level through departments and service areas to individuals.
• A simple way to proactively manage Action Plans against deadlines. Put an end to chasing people for action status updates by phone or personal email and save massive effort and time. You'll be able to pick out overdue actions or missed milestones at-a-glance, as Covalent traffic-lights the status of each action to bring project plans to life. Covalent constantly tracks against due dates and emails staff reminders to complete actions, or alerts when things change that they need to know about.
• A better way for reporting to managers, citizens and other stakeholders. Covalent dramatically simplifies performance reporting with a tool that's flexible enough to meet modern demands different audiences looking at the same information in from multiple perspectives; by owner, by status, by date, by goal, by programme initiative. Covalent saves staff huge amounts of time producing incisive reports that actually tell people something.
• A streamlined process for making more informed decisions based on the full picture. Touch-of-a-button status updates, on screen or on printed reports, quickly show all you need to know. You'll be able to pick-out patterns over time with trend charting, look forward at future performance against target or benchmark against a similar profile organization. You'll proactively manage performance to take action where needed without having to wade through pages of data to find those few things that should be demanding all the attention. Covalent constantly tracks performance against targets and emails you alerts when things change that you need to know about.

Covalent has transformed the way we use performance information. Timely performance information is easily accessible to officers across all directorates and service areas.