document: The case for activity based management In today 's stormy economic climate businesses need Activity Based Management -LRB- ABM -RRB- more than ever before . In an economic downturn it is a vital tool for pinpointing a business ' most profitable customers , products , regions or channels , as well as uncovering the costs of individual business processes that may need to be improved in order to drive higher profit levels . Changes may be afoot in the ABM market , but Armstrong Laing Group CEO Mike Sherratt argues that businesses need specialists with an ABM focus to keep up with their requirements in such a climate . He looks at what benefits a ` best-of-breed ' ABM system can offer businesses and contends that businesses must choose carefully when going down the ABM route - and also ask themselves the question whether ` generalist ' organisations will be able to deliver the best possible ABM solution
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extractive_keyphrases: armstrong laing group activity based management
abstractive_keyphrases: activity based costing best-of-breed abm