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CASE STUDIES
Oracle
Financials Upgrade and Integration (Project In-Sourcing and
Management)
| Problem: |
The
Company utilizes and is operationally dependent upon an
Oracle Financials version 10SC implementation. A number
of interfaces including a Check Writing Interface and
a GL Interface are utilized. Oracle is discontinuing product
support in which the company is dependent upon and therefore
the company must upgrade to a newer version. Additionally,
internal staffing level constraints prohibit the project
from being completed by the internal staff.
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| Strategy: |
The
upgrade and integration strategy is to identify a qualified
and experienced third party to upgrade, test, and integrate
Oracle Financials version 11i. The project is to include
technical DBA training in parallel to all technical activities
as well as end-user training with a short-term technology
management provision.
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| Deliverable: |
Provide
a start-to-finish in-sourced project solution to upgrade
from an Oracle Financials version 10SC implementation
to an Oracle Financials version 11i implementation.
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| Team: |
A
team of experts was assembled that specialize in Oracle
Financial conversions and large-scale financial implementations.
All team members are proficient in Oracle Conversion Best
Practices, which is used as the foundational technical
framework for the 10SC to 11i upgrade. Additionally, all
team members have extensive training and knowledge transfer
experience related specifically to Oracle Financials. |
Pre-Employment
Skills Assessment Modules (Custom Software Development)
| Problem: |
The
Company utilizes commercially available skills assessment
testing modules to measure a job applicant&##8217;s proficiency
and skill level in a number of mission critical job categories.
As the current pricing method is pay-per-test, a single
applicant assessment can cost the company over one hundred
dollars, Pass or Fail. The applicant base exceeds 3,000
persons annually. Additionally, a number of pay-per-test
assessment modules do not resemble current business processes
and contribute to inaccurate skills assessment.
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| Strategy: |
The
skills assessment strategy calls for a set of assessment
modules with source code, to be built and implemented
that are true-to-process as well as company owned.
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| Deliverable: |
Develop
and implement a series of true-to-process computer based
skills assessment modules.
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| Team: |
The
team of experts familiar with the architecture, development
(VB 6.0, ACCESS AND SQL), and implementation of audio/video
training modules was deployed. This project also required
extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Object Models for
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as extensive experience
in audio script recording and production. |
Human
Resource Management Systems (Product Evaluation)
| Problem: |
The
company&##8217;s HR system utilizes a combination of internally
developed and third party software modules. The absence
of a fully integrated HRMS results in an abundance of
data integrity issues as well as reliance on paper based
methods. The company considered writing a replacement
HRMS system in-house.
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| Strategy: |
RTR
completed a high-level feasibility study and cost benefit
analysis advising that the company would benefit greatly
from a pre-programmed fully integrated HRMS solution.
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| Deliverable: |
Provide
a comparative analysis of the top three Best of Breed
HRMS solutions with a report of findings and recommendations.
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| Team: |
Organized
a project team with extensive HRMS product development,
product requirements definition, and product assessment/evaluation
expertise. |
CRM
Marketing Strategy (Custom Development)
| Problem: |
A
top ten eCommerce Web Site desires to demonstrate their
customer appreciation and provide additional value to
their customers by providing free access to a collection
of limited edition person-to-person eCards. The created
eCards must rival the best eCards available for any price.
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| Strategy: |
More
than one hundred special occasion and holiday theme eCards
need to be deployed in less than ninety days to complete
the collection in time for the holidays.
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| Deliverable: |
RTR
assembled experts and a highly creative development team
able to produce over one hundred of the highest quality
eCards ever produced. Each eCard utilized audio and video/animation
segments as well as a personalized text message to be
viewed by the eCard&##8217;s recipient. The customer could
modify the personalized text message and send the eCard
to one or more email addresses.
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| Team: |
The
most experienced animators and flash content creators
with expertise in Flash 5.0, Sound Forge, and Photoshop
were assembled. An RTR project manager was used to coordinate
all project deliverables from Story Board Creation to
Final Production. The foundational team was assembled
and creating eCards within one week. Over 100 eCards were
developed in time for the holidays. |
Pre-Merger
I/T Consolidation Assessment (I/T and Business Consulting)
| Problem: |
Two
privately held companies being merged, generate in excess
of two million sales transactions per day. Both companies
have extensive production support, finance, human resource,
warehouse, shipping, and logistical systems to support
current business processes. A variety of hardware and
software technologies are utilized including IBM Mainframe,
Unisys, various Client-Server systems, multiple vendor
Database Management Systems implementations, as well as
LANs, WANs, Internet, and Intranet Infrastructures.
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| Strategy: |
Post
merger business strategy calls for a common set of technologies,
processes, and software systems to be deployed within
two years of merger.
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| Deliverable: |
Assess
and report the impact of consolidating two disparate I/T
infrastructures.
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| Team: |
National
team of experts was assembled that specializes in technology
migration, knowledge transfer, data conversion, and process
engineering. |
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