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Business & Technology Strategy
Devising strategies that link business and technology requires an understanding of both worlds, as well as a strong understanding of emerging industry and technology trends. To effectively transform business operations, Criterion enables clients to bring IT initiatives in line with business initiatives. This is accomplished by providing IT strategic consulting that smoothly integrates with the Business Management Consulting provided to the enterprise.
Business Strategy
Creating positive change through business transformation requires a deep understanding of a client’s unique business operations, as well as their industry. At Criterion, we will bring vertical market expertise to define the macro and micro industry trends, analyze the client’s value chain, and look for ways to improve or automate their business processes.Our goal is to identify those areas of improvement that create profound and worthwhile results, without compromising the highest level of business quality.
Criterion’s Business Management Consulting Services include:
- Business and Technology Strategy
- Value Chain Analysis
- Best Practices Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Organizational Change Management
- Process Automation
- Operational Risk and Threat Management
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IT Strategy
Criterion’s IT Strategic Consulting Services are tailored to help organizations with complex mission objectives in highly competitive markets develop strategies that align technology with business requirements. We help turn those strategies into practical and cost effective solutions and actionable implementation plans. We identify potential improvements in their existing technical architecture and define the ways in which specific technologies can be used to support their upcoming initiatives. Our IT Strategic Consulting provides client organizations with the expertise to gain and maintain the competitive edge they need and to ensure they successfully accomplish their organizational objectives on time and within budget.
Criterion’s IT Strategic Consulting Services include:
- IT Strategy Development and Planning
- IT Effectiveness Analysis
- Enterprise Architecture Strategy Development
- Technical Architecture Definition
- Technology Risk Management
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Companies are learning that they must cope better with their main asset, their employees, and maintain more stringent levels of understanding about their financial situation. Both areas are increasingly being exposed to greater internal and external scrutiny, and are sources of significant corporate risk. At Criterion Systems, we excel at helping you streamline operations and improve performance in finance, accounting, human resources and knowledge management. We help CFOs and finance organizations design and implement the financial processes and underlying technologies required to overcome today's most complex business challenges. In the future, information, and the people who possess and deploy it, will become at least as important as the technology they use. We help empower your workforce to do more by placing vital management information in the right pointers, at the right time, and by easing the communication process across your company. We help you make your company lean AND responsive.
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Criterion Systems’ Security, Privacy and Operational Risk Management practice consists of former FBI, CIA, military and other law enforcement operatives who bring superior tools and techniques to help you manage your Total Risk Profile. Alliances with government agencies, private intelligence networks and software and web service companies enable Criterion Systems teams to evaluate, develop strategies and programs and implement real-time risk management monitoring and control. |
| Companies that spend obscene amounts on software, computers and communications services generally cannot explain how those items are managed, how they effectively support overall business objectives or how they should evolve in the future. Criterion Systems helps these companies achieve business goals by advising them in the planning, design, procurement, implementation and management of communications and information technologies. To ensure optimal effectiveness, we help our clients examine their options from technology, organizational, financial, security and process perspectives. Specifically, we can help you integrate your technical infrastructure, application software, operational and business support systems, supply chains, and networks. We also can help you gain strategic market advantage with e-commerce solutions that are secure, reliable, flexible, and designed to scale. |
| Many companies are struggling
with trading partner collaboration, value chain optimization,
and e-business implementation issues as they seek to generate
revenue growth. At the same time, cost pressures, decline in
customer satisfaction, poor electronic procurement processes,
and competitive threats create major challenges to maintaining
profitable operations. Criterion Systems has the experience,
skills and assets to help you resolve these issues by helping
you implement leaner, customer driven supply chains, and realizing
improved supplier relationships through effective supply chain
integration. |
| Businesses today cannot prosper without leveraging technology into their long-term strategy and day-to-day operations. Criterion Systems helps its clients accelerate business performance by integrating and aligning business processes, people and information systems with overall corporate strategy. Specifically, we can help you refine your business vision and create a comprehensive plan for implementation. We can help you articulate, validate and deploy business strategies. Most importantly, we can help ensure that existing organizational processes and systems are brought into alignment or appropriate new processes and systems are created and implemented.
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| At Criterion Systems, we know that effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) depends on more than just technology. Our experienced professionals can rapidly deliver comprehensive CRM solutions that encompass best-in-class strategy, business processes and change management. The goal of any customer relationship management (CRM) investment should be sustainable increases in top-level measures such as free cash flow and earnings per share. Our CRM solutions are geared towards revenue growth, increased profits, and improved customer experiences. A comprehensive approach to CRM can help you receive more value from your technology investments and position you to achieve high-impact benefits that extend throughout your company.
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| Criterion Systems’ Enterprise
Solutions help organizations build improved relationships with
their customers, vendors, workforce, and shareholders. For example,
we can tailor solutions that help you implement and integrate
the leading ERP packages, including Oracle, PeopleSoft, and
SAP. In addition, we can deliver other IT systems and support
consolidation solutions that can help CFOs preserve value and
maximize ROI. |
| Most companies face significant pressure to operate tactically and remain focused on cost containment. At the same time, they must think strategically about reducing risk, improving market position and executing with minimal resources. This juggling act requires managing the complex process of reconciling internal business requirements with new technologies. However, the integration and management of technology-intensive systems and processes can be a considerable drain on a company’s resources. Criterion Systems can help you build long-term competitive advantages by providing an efficient, performance driven method of managing systems and applications in a manner that is flexible, reliable and predictable.
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