Business Applications

Enterprise Planning and Control

PROCON and its predecessor companies, have been providing management consulting services to businesses since 1985. Our clients look to us to assist them with three levels of planning and control; strategic, tactical, and operational. PROCON provides a broad range of management consulting professional services that address all levels of information management concerns. Strategically, PROCON has chosen not to align itself with any other providers so that our independence can never be compromised. In this way, our clients can be guaranteed both a comprehensive, as well as an impartial consulting solution. Our management consulting professional services can be stratified into the following classifications:

Operations Planning & Control

The Procon professional services approach combines process improvement with information technology. Typically, there are many areas where process improvements can be made that result in tangible savings to our clients. We understand that our clients are facing significant business issues in the marketplace and we have successfully partnered with them to achieve optimum solutions. Product and service, pricing and marketing is only the first step. Aligning people, process, and information technology with a stated strategy can prove to be the difference between success and failure.

Take this unassuming test. Look for the following conditions indicating possible requirements for re-visiting a process:

• Requisite information is not available
• Over-management
• No clear process owner
• Process is reactive, rather than proactive
• Idle time delays completion of required tasks
• Redundant activities make up a portion of the process

If some, or all of these statements are true, you can probably benefit from an operations planning & control review and achieve some of the following benefits:

• Reduced Activity & Cycle Time
• Increased Availability of Resources
• Enhanced Productivity
• Reduced Operating Costs
• Improved Customer Service

Financial Planning & Control

Executives deal with problems and decisions from individualistic viewpoints, normally derived from their career backgrounds. PROCON believes that management must view decisions to be made from all perspectives. Financial planning and control is the vehicle from which you can consider all the implications of each proposal and decision. PROCON management consultants help our clients reduce costs and increase productivity with the implementation of the following professional services:

• Analysis of productivity by various segments
• Analysis, development & implementation of planning, budgeting and allocation business models
• Analysis, development & implementation of cost management strategies
• Analysis, development & implementation of measurement and reporting systems

Regardless of whether a company is manufacturing, distribution or services based, financial planning & control is key to achieving pre-defined goals. An enterprise's success depends directly on their ability to provide quality product or service at a competitive cost. Procon business modeling, information technology and financial consulting professional services can provide management with the additional information required to make informed decisions.