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A
tailor-made service that sets iFactor apart from our competitors
Unlike most traditional systems consulting organizations, iFactor does
not focus exclusively on the technology aspects of systems development.
Our consultants bring extensive business, functional and technical backgrounds
to our client engagements, enabling us to focus on real business issues,
resulting in the delivery of cost-effective real world solutions to our
clients.
Many companies
align themselves to one or two products. Some consultancies only sell
and implement their own applications even though they may not be an ideal
solution for your problem. Many of the very large consulting practices
provide a wide range of consulting services. They are particularly skilled
at producing a multitude of reports proposing possible solutions but not
particularly skilled at actually delivering the solution. They tend to
send young college graduates with very little real-world experience, but
bill you as if you were receiving the services of a seasoned professional.
Not aligning
ourselves with a specific product vendor, gives us the flexibility to
select a solution that is best suited to your organisation's requirements.
We don't offer a range of consultancy services, but rather specialise
in information consultancy and assist you in harnessing the potential
of that information. Once we've agreed on a solution to meet your objectives,
our experienced consultants are there to deliver the solution. We ensure
that it's delivered to exceed your expectations by an experienced consultant
that scoped the solution with you. Our tailor made service ensures that
you get the information you need to make your business successful.
The benefits
of an iFactor solution
We enable organisations to get the maximum value from the wealth of business
data stored in existing enterprise systems and collected on an ongoing
basis through e-commerce and other channels. This results in benefits
to knowledge workers and decision makers, to teams, and to the entire
enterprise.
iFactor unlocks
knowledge that was previously inaccessible. Users can quickly view the
data stored in enterprise systems and easily conduct sophisticated analysis
or queries. This leads to faster, more informed decision making at all
levels of the organisation.
The capability
to quickly output views to Office applications, to send by e-mail, or
to publish to the Web fit easily with any team's communication style and
ensures that business information is shared and disseminated as soon as
it is available. By automating publishing of standard views and reports,
organisations can keep entire teams up to date and in sync with important
trends or data.
iFactor
clients benefit immediately from broad, data-driven decision making across
the enterprise. Business decisions will be executed faster and with greater
insight, leading to enhanced organisational agility. iFactor allows organisations
to capitalise on the knowledge now locked in their enterprise applications
and data stores, improving the return on investment in these systems.
Reporting
and Budgeting made easier and faster
An OLAP solution makes budgeting highly flexible and can include complex
rules and calculations. This flexibility is an extremely valuable tool
in a continuously changing business environment. It allows for shorter
budget cycles with reduced set up and maintenance time. Budgeting, planning
and forecasting can be integrated with management reporting. Other benefits
include:
- Multi-user
entry of budget assumptions, with automatic updates of budgets possible
- Budgeting
approached from "top down" and / or "bottom up"
- Conversions
from budget model to "what if" scenario business model
- Real time
reporting and drill down capabilities
- Integration
of OLAP system data with non system data in the same report
- Ability
to modify reports at a low cost with no requirement to contract expensive
experts
Consolidated
Information To Improve Planning & Decision-Making
We can provide you with a consolidated view of your entire business. The
corporate planning, analysis and decision-making functions move from a
financial 'back-office' focus to include the integration of business,
operational and customer information. You will be able to quickly and
effortlessly integrate information from your databases so that you can
analyse and plan your business based on the most accurate information
available. This will enable you to maximise product, customer, and business
unit profitability.
Improved
Quality Of Decision-Making At All Levels
Many businesses are in chaos because of a flood of data that is irrelevant,
too detailed, poorly integrated, difficult to access and of little value
in making decisions. Too
much data is just confusing! You need to distribute information to decision-makers
in a format that they can be used. We assist you to easily obtain and
present, relevant, concise and intelligent management information. Measuring
your performance against a budget, forecast or key performance indicator
(KPI) is not sufficient. Intelligent information is not just the reporting
of a situation but providing relevant analysis to enable decision-making.
Once the variance in performance has been identified, it is critical to
measure and understand that variance. This will lead you to make the right
decisions.
Recognise
and Respond to Important Trends Sooner
You need to see and understand important trends that may affect new product
or service opportunities, customer satisfaction, and financial performance.
By integrating customer, marketing, operational and financial information
you have the power to analyse and identify trends throughout your entire
business, enabling you to model "what if" scenarios.
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