1. Open for Business Fred Blauer and Associates/TP1 May/09. Value proposition, Business model "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.", Charles Darwin A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.,Wayne Gretzky

2. What We do

IS Consulting 3. Implement Business Solutions for medium sized businesses 4. Systems audit and IT Governance

5. How are we different

More objectivity because of our methodology 6. Ex. We can work with your existing system maybe you don't need to change 7. We focus on service because that is where most of our revenue comes from 8. Cost advantages and flexibility due to our approach - Leverage Open source technologies and standards (No vendor lock in for upgrades or support)

9. How we are different Part II

Expertise and Integrity - Certified professionals (Ex. Chartered Accountant, Certified partner programs) 10. No large initial investment or commitment to get started (see SAAS and Open source technologies) 11. Active participant in the Open Sourcecommunities and ecosystems

12. How do we Operate Proven implementation methodology

Objective Analysis of business requirements

Strategy and solutions to address Critical Success Factors 13. Leverage the latest and most reliable Best of Breed and integrated Business software technology 14. Leverage technology alliances 15. Implement best practices based on other companies in similar industries

Customize and integrate solutions 16. How we Operate Part II

(Of interest to larger enterprises)

Governance policies and procedures, including Open Source policy 17. Audit of IT processes and controls 18. Sarbanes, Oxley compliance for public companies

19. Services which Generate Revenue

Web based technologies and content management solutions for web sites (TP1.ca) 20. Customer relationship management solutions 21. Ecommerce solutions for selling online (Magento)

• Phase II - Integration with inventory control and back-end systems, fulfillment and shipping, credit card processing

22. Industry Solutions

Manufacturing (Xtuple product) 23. Retail/point of sale (Posterita/Adempiere) 24. Wholesale and distribution (Xtuple) 25. Service Industry (Best of breed) 26. Non Profit (CiviCRM)

Horizontal

Business Intelligence, dashboards, Reporting, data analysis

27. Accounting and ERP

Integrated and Best of Breed Solutions 28. Business process best practices 29. Work only with solutions that are proven and have reputable commercial enterprise backing for quality and second level support 30. See case studies and testimonials 31. Review of controls (ex. Backups, security, control over program changes etc.)

32. Flexible Delivery Methods

Software as a service plug and play 33. In-house behind your firewalls 34. Virtual machine images 35. Server appliances 36. Solutions are platform independant and free of restrictive licensing 37. Systems are multi-language and multi-Currency

38. Value Proposition

Solve business problems 39. Enable companies to generate more revenue with technology 40. Better cost and profitability information for decision making 41. Improve cash flow - No server infrastructure required. 42. Affordable, and powerful solutions 43. More efficient business processes 44. Better Control

45. Further Information

fblauer.wordpress.com

• Live demos, Screencasts, faqs and user guides

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• Guided tours and walk thrus

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