SM Consulting
With technology constantly advancing, organizations struggle to meet customer expectations while seizing the opportunity to optimize business process, reduce cost and eliminate IT issues that affect their core business. To enable this transformation, organizations turn to business consulting groups.
SM Consulting offers a wide range of business and technology consulting services to help you with the transformation – using IT as an enabler.
Business Consulting
Our consultants are experienced and work with the clients including the Top Management and Key Stakeholders to understand the current business processes, analyze them and suggest appropriate alternatives to improve corporate performance. In cases the business processes are not formalized we help in defining the systems and processes. We help organizations evaluate and select and implement the requisite systems which could be either ERP Software or Point Solutions like HRMS and facilitate all related organizational changes. We also provide consultancy on technology based products, solutions, services, applications and recommend a tailor-made action plan for our clients’ business processes.
Our Consulting process
- Understand the Current Business and the processes.
- Analyze current IT Infrastructure and applications (if existing)
- Understand Gaps or shortcomings in the existing processes.
- Suggest appropriate solutions to improve corporate performance.
- Setting of expectations with the Management and other Key Stakeholders.
- Recommendation of way forward, should client go for ERP or Point System like HRMS.
- Assist client in Vendor Evaluation (if required)
- Assist client in Vendor Finalization (if required)
- Manage Implementation and Roll-out (if required)
Why Use SM Consulting for Your IT Strategy?
- This is not an abstract “ivory tower” exercise. Our team members are seasoned information technology professionals who have led companies in various industries.
- The plans and recommendations we deliver reflect industry best practices and are quantifiable and actionable.
- You have no obligation to SM Consulting following an Executive Services engagement. Although we are a leading Business Technology Services Company, and some of our services may be appropriate for your strategy, the resulting plans and recommendations are not built solely around SM Consulting’s capabilities. They are built around the right strategies for your organization and your business.
- The final deliverable will be a business focused, actionable strategic IT plan that is tuned to your specific organization.
It’s about business first – technology is ONLY an enabler
The conversation our consultants will have with you will concentrate on your business first – what are you growth goals over the next 1, 3 and 5 years? Will you be opening more offices, or moving? Then, once we understand your business better, we can begin to address a strategy to address your technology tools. Do you plan to deploy new technologies? Does your current technology infrastructure support your business now? What will need to change for your technology to support your business in the next several years?
The Business Velocity Analysis program
A Business Velocity Analysis from SM Consulting is an analytical methodology used to determine the most cost-effective way to organize people, processes and technology in your organization to deliver competitive advantage and business growth. We assess the current state of your organization and provide for an in-depth actionable strategic plan that outlines your next tactical steps
In the assessment of your current state of operations, we study these key areas, and more:
- Staff and culture (reactive vs. proactive, silos, headcount, training, etc.)
- Best practices and policies (governance, change management, etc.)
- Portfolio of services (application inventory, cost, program management and standards, etc.)
- Platform and infrastructure (networks, hardware and software, desktops/laptops/tablets/mobile, etc.)
- Security, compliance, disaster recovery and business continuity readiness
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