- 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)
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- 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
- www.fblauer.com
- Guided tours and walk thrus
- Web presence, social media, such as linked-in, meetup.com,
facebook, etc.