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Our clients usually have this profile:-
They face tightening accountability of senior management. Managers and their project teams are increasingly asked to demonstrate and justify decisions rather than rely on previous experience and gut instinct.
After years of 'de-layering' they face a shortage of managers to execute projects - yet strategic decisions must be made to prioritise projects.
Growth or consolidation means projects have become larger and more complex, with decision-making bodies ever larger and more diverse.
Company directors who are aware of the need for change, but feel unable to implement those changes cost-effectively.
Project sponsors who want a truly independent decision-making 'referee' on a critical project.
Project managers who need help to 'herd cats' during their project meetings.
They may feel consultants have under-delivered in the past. They don't want a ready-made solution, but an efficient process to tap into their own knowledge to deliver custom decisions and decision-making methods.
You might identify some situations that apply to your business, and others that you hope don't. Either way, if you require help making a business-critical decision and believe the looming project is either too large or too complex to handle in-house, please call Decision Evaluation on +44 (0)1772 752 704.
Client List
Adtranz - later DaimlerChrysler Rail division - 27 assignments including reviews, gap analysis, national/global requirements and vendor selections for ID card, time & attendance, access control, CAD and HR.
Biwater - project scoping, requirements capture and systems strategy for replacement global system.
Bombardier - evaluation of global resource management for skills, allocation and costs (6,000 engineers in 24 countries).
Broadways Stampings - systems strategy, requirements and specification for major package extension.
Business Link - requirements and selection for client management system to meet regulations and tight deadline - created service level agreement (SLA), and conducted annual review.
Castrol - MRP system selection, then system expert on implementing planning module.
Connexions (Careers Service) - requirements definition for IT-enabled action planning.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - UK Government Department life-cycle - extension of in-house change process/method for COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) package evaluation and procurement.
Devil's Guide - rapid project scoping, requirements-by-provocation, system selection and negotiation with ASP - winner proved better and 90% cheaper than runner-up.
Intelligent Energy - project definition and system selection of integrated system for ERP, PLM, CRM and SCM.
Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service - formal scoping, requirements and selection of wide area learning management system (LMS) - simultaneous development of IT service management processes, including selecting best-practice method (ITIL).
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) - definition of business processes and requirements for major Youth Credits training monitoring system.
LEGO - IT management processes, including project approval mechanism.
M6 Papers - accounts, MRP and supply chain system selection.
Pearson - organisational and motivational dimensions of IT service management improvement.
RNIB / Galloway's Society For The Blind - replaced proprietary systems with cost-effective commercial packages - managed Millennium replacement programme with less than two hours' downtime.
Royal & SunAlliance - designed and delivered E-Management programme with Lancaster University's Management School.
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA Packaging) - method and workshops to evaluate strategic options after merger, followed by industrial location of greenfield 33,000 sq m factory.
Travelodge - technology, content and training for process and system to open new lodges.
Turtle Wax - 19 assignments including IT strategy for expansion into direct distribution and European acquisitions, with ERP, telephony and WAN selections to aggressive timescales.
