摘要:AbstractBusiness Intelligence(BI) technologies are trying to help people understand the data much faster, so that they can decide better and faster and eventually make a move forward towards the accomplishment of the objectives of the business. The key goals which are behind BI objectives are the growth of organizational efficiency and output.We will deal with two aspects concerning the factor “time”, a very important element in the management of sales and those are: - the diminution of time to obtain the reports of analysis – this thing results from an analysis done in some Romanian companies which have implemented BI solutions.- the effective accomplishment of the reports of analysis concerning the evolution in different periods of time (daily, weekly, monthly, annually, etc) of some economical indicators useful in the management of sales.