case studies
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We are growing a large library of case studies from different industries that helps to tell the story of our experience.
Strategy
Strategy
Business Consulting
Every business consists of a set of processes that must function effectively to serve customers, differentiate from competitors, and produce appropriate returns. For years, we have helped our clients map, measure, and reengineer their processes, and tune their businesses to take advantage of economic leverage points. In many cases, we have taken this a step further with software that automates redesigned workflows or provides timely data to support day-to-day decisions on questions such as procurement and production mix and volume, job scheduling, inventory planning, and sales forecasting.
Alignment of technology to business is often a key part of consulting, but it is one that we approach with a full understanding of your desired business state, not with from starting with a bias for any particular technology “solution.”
Strategy
ERP Selection & Alignment
One of the most noteworthy events in the life cycle of a business is the consideration of new enterprise software from time to time. In line with our longstanding service to companies in manufacturing and distribution, we have developed deep capabilities in advising clients on selecting from among competing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and other software used to run the business. Our ERP practice focuses on working deeply with client team members to surface and document the way business actually flows in the company. Once the client team members have a shared view of how they want their processes to operate, we analyze how alternative software systems would support them. SSR also assists in preparing requests of proposals and in evaluating responses. While we do not implement ERP systems on behalf of their vendors, in some cases we serve as the client’s project management office, coordinating the work of the internal team, the vendor, and implementers.
Strategy
Assessments and Roadmapping
The starting point of any technology strategy is an objective assessment of current state and the gaps between current and desired state. SSR follows industry best practices in conducting methodical IT assessments, guided by the expertise of our engineers. Clients receive written assessments and oral debriefs that document their network infrastructure and identify risks to performance and security. We understand that each of our clients has its own business mission and the purpose of their IT is to support that mission, rather than the reverse. Whenever issues can be prioritized to focus first on the most critical and stage others for later dates, we show these options.