When looking to implement a new critical business management system what should project teams have uppermost in their minds? A lack of due diligence could potentially harm their company in ways which they had not considered and also potentially damage their careers in the process. Budget and
Read more →With Deltek Vision, Valstar Simonis gains real-time insight into its business performance at an operational and executive level Deltek (Nasdaq: PROJ) today announced that engineering firm Valstar Simonis has selected Deltek Vision, Deltek’s fully-integrated project-based ERP solution tailor-made for architecture and engineering firms. The company will use
Read more →During a PSA or business management software analysis you will analyse and recommend how your/a client’s organisation can improve functions and activities in order to reduce overall costs, make more efficient use of resources, and provide better customer support through the usage of business management software. You
Read more →Cambridge, UK – kpi-insight consulting is pleased to announce it is hosting the second seminar in its series ‘Growing your professional services organisation’, aimed at assisting professional services firms in the UK to grow and improve, or sustain, their profitability. The seminar called ‘Achieving profitable client relationships’
Read more →At a time when expenditure on new software is uppermost in peoples’ minds, a number of questions present themselves. Granted, I make a presupposition that the Board, or internal meetings, have identified the need to implement new software or replace an existing system. One of the first
Read more →Cambridge, UK – kpi-insight consulting, provider of consulting services and business management solutions to the professional services industry, today announced its partnership with TimeLog A/S, provider of business systems for time tracking, project management and invoicing. Professional services organisations are experiencing challenging times and right now these
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IT Investment Cycle Many industry commentators hold the view that businesses invest in management systems in a cycle of 10 years. The last big investment that many firms made was back in 1999/2000 to ensure that their systems were Y2K compatible. Since then, much improvement has been made especially
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Ever increasing IT expenditure If your company has optimised the teams within each department, it may be time to review if you are getting the most from your business management solution investment. Technology investments in many professional services firms are increasing annually in response to the critical
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Proactive Resource Management I am very aware that for many firms in the professional services industry, spreadsheets are used extensively for planning and resource management. However, this is a time-consuming and frustrating method. The goals of resource management are to improve staff utilisation and to ensure that
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Professional services firms are continuing to review their most costly resources (namely employees) and reducing headcounts where possible, as the economic climate continues to be challenging and uncertainty abounds. Many are ensuring that their resource balance is right so that the mix of people retained by the company
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