Business Process Rationalization
 


 

Oracle Opens Registration for Oracle OpenWorld(r) San Francisco 2006
4/24/2006

Oracle today opened registration for Oracle OpenWorld(r) San Francisco 2006, to be held October 22-26 at Moscone Center.
Additionally, attendees will also be able to register for a new program launching this year for developers, Oracle Develop. Oracle Develop will help attendees advance their development skills and expand their knowledge at expert-led, in-depth technical sessions, hands-on labs, advanced how-tos, and detailed tutorials.

SCUG Quarterly Meeting at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, August 9, 2006
7/18/2006

The Southern California Users group announces the quarterly meeting to be held August 9, 2006 at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm. You may register on the website anytime between now and August 4.

Register here.

Oracle Remains Underleveraged
7/19/2006

Oracle remains underleveraged despite a planned $1 billion stock buyback over the next four quarters, according to a Wednesday report by UBS Global Equity Research.

"Old habits die hard," said Heather Bellini, an analyst for the research firm. "It will not be easy for any underleveraged software company to add debt when it has grown accustomed to underleveraged capital structures for decades."

Analyst:  Oracle-IBM Partnership Could Challenge SAP
7/20/2006

Longtime rivals Oracle and IBM are close to forming a mutually beneficial partnership, a move Credit Suisse said would improve the former's competitive position against German rival SAP.

"We are hearing feedback from a number of our industry sources that … the two companies may be close to forming an alignment between IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people )'s Global Services and software divisions with Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people )'s applications group," said Jason Maynard, an analyst for the research firm and the author of the report.

 

     

Identification to Optimization

Businesses are dynamic. Processes change. Policies and procedures are revised. People and departments are restructured. Companies are never static in their evolution. When designing a new business process or revisiting an exisiting, one it should be treated as an ongoing commitment, not a one-time creative project.

Business process rationalization begins with a process management infrastructure that is built to manage iterative updates to the process. Establishing a mature, scalable process and improving it continuously requires specialized process knowledge, quality management expertise and exposure to the latest trends in industry, technology and best practices.

Whether for a quick tactical change or a measured strategic re-engineering effort is requested, Profit Concepts International can help address your business needs. Combining technical knowledge and practical experience with an unwavering commitment to business management and IT-supported methods, our professionals have extensive experience improving business performance. We team up with our clients to determine the optimal solution ranging from pure process improvement to software package selection and implementation to a custom built solution.

Profit Concepts International delivers integrated solutions that streamline value chains and deliver strategic advantages and cost reduction. Our approach combines both functional and industry best practices with organizational improvements, which we carefully integrate with performance measurements to ensure continuous progress.

Profit Concepts International supports clients in achieving process optimization with a solid focus on strategy definition and tangible improvements.

We collaborate with our clients to:

  • Develop the business vision and process objectives – The initiative is driven by a business vision, which includes specific business objectives: cost reduction, time reduction and output quality improvement.
  • Identify the processes that require improvement – Starting with the critical business processes or those that directly conflict with the business vision.
  • Understand and measure the existing processes – The processes are analyzed in their “as-is” state and a baseline is established for improvement.
  • Identify Information Technology levers – The IT capabilities of the organization are leveraged to provide the foundation for improvement.
  • Develop and deploy improved and efficient processes – Superior processes are developed, designed and tested
  • Implement measurable metrics to quantify the optimization achieved – Quantifiable metrics are put in place to enable continuous monitoring and evolution of the processes based on changing business and IT landscapes.

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