In business, there has never been more pressure to
deploy the right systems right now. A business’ future
depends increasingly on its speed of response,
flexibility, and ability to develop and deploy solutions
quickly. CEC has been helping businesses do just this,
for over eighteen years.
Through the use of CEC’s own Rapid™ techniques, we help businesses to specify and deliver systems in a remarkably short timescale, to the highest quality and lowest cost and with minimum business disruption.
CEC understand that our customers know their business best, and our approaches build on this knowledge to ensure that their vision is realised. CEC works as part of the client’s team, utilising its innovative, pragmatic and proven techniques to help deliver solutions.
Helping to deliver quality systems in accelerated timescales, incorporating:
Setting Business IS/IT Strategies
Achieving clarity on business direction and then aligning IS/IT architectures, roadmaps and plans are key components of success. Our proven approaches ensure rapid progress whilst securing commitment and “buy in” from all levels in the enterprise.
A primary driver of IT cost is the number of supported applications. Proactive management of the application estate can reduce costs by up to 20% and is a key component in application planning. CEC offer an Application Portfolio Assessment & Management service that provides an in-depth review of existing application portfolios to facilitate alignment with business objectives, rationalisation of applications and legacy systems replacement/retirement.
Enabling Business & IS/IT Change
CEC understand the linkage between business processes and IS. Our practitioners help clients realise benefit from process improvement. Project & Programme Management, essential for delivery, must be driven by business change, not just technology change. This philosophy is at the heart of our approach, underpinned by personnel experienced in delivering complex projects, both leading and supporting clients’ teams and with substantial experience in industry standard business change and project management methods, such as PRINCE2.
Business & Systems Analysis/Systems Specification & Procurement
Agile enterprises need to define requirements quickly and with minimal disruption. Our engineering based approaches rapidly create business information and systems requirements, forming a solid foundation for ongoing development and/or package selection. We deliver precise specifications to potential suppliers as the basis for contractual negotiations and trouble-free deployment.
Using our Rapid™ and Framework™ model based approaches, we create detailed, complete and correct business requirements and information and system architectures in weeks, not months.
Project Lifecycle Management and Information Lifecycle Management
Based on many of years experience, working with our customers to deliver projects, CEC has developed a unique model that integrates project management and product delivery methods to provide an end-to-end project lifecycle, known as Framework™.
Using CEC’s Framework-One™ assessment method, clients are able to determine the quality, content and management of their It governance and systems development methodologies.
E-Procurement Strategy and Implementation
CEC has substantial experience gained from a
variety of e-procurement implementations across Europe.
Integrations have been executed with solution providers
like Ariba, SAP, Oracle, Click2Procure and CommerceOne
as well as bespoke systems.
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the e-procurement briefing paper
Business Performance Improvement
Our BPI approach helps our clients to
define future direction as a background to a review of
organisational and business performance. This
identifies critical initiatives to enhance business
performance. These are linked together by the use of a
Balanced Business Scorecard to measure and report
business performance and highlight ongoing improvement
opportunities opportunities.
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