Organizational Overview
www.avient.ca

Table of Contents
Avient Solutions Group Inc.
› Our Services
› Our Value Proposition
› Our Qualifications
Customer Success Stories
Where Should You Start?
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From a recent Globe & Mail article
Has the recession changed the way we do business?
“Nearly 90% of global respondents said their operating
model had been altered by the recession ... many
companies are using current conditions to accelerate the
reshaping of their businesses, trimming fat to build muscle”
“Companies that don't seize the opportunity now to build
leaner, more flexible organizations may be unprepared to
compete once the recovery gains momentum”
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Our Services
Avient Solutions Group helps organizations improve; the
efficiency of their Operations, the effectiveness of their
Information Technology services & their visibility into overall
Organizational Performance.
Our Practice Areas; Advisory Services, IT Infrastructure,
Enterprise Application Management, Information Security,
Staffing & Program Delivery.
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Our Services
People; Advice, Staffing & Program
Management for Process
Improvement & IT Projects.
Process; Map, Optimize & Automate
Business Processes, Creating
Efficiencies & Reducing Costs.
Technology; Plan, Build & Implement
Infrastructure, Enterprise Application
& Information Security Solutions.
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Our Value Proposition
Avient Solutions Group offers;
› Customer Focus; The appropriate business solution for
your organization, without the hassle of a hardware or
software agenda.
› Accountability; The comfort of a single partner, having
multiple areas of expertise & the overall management
of your project.
› Complete Solutions; Proven, flexible operational &
tactical solutions, that accelerate delivery, reduce risks
and improve your projects ROI.
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Our Qualifications
Over 60 consultants, averaging 15 years of industry
experience & holding multiple certifications including;
› Server (OS) - Microsoft, Linux, UNIX (AIX, Solaris)
› Security - PCI Compliance, CISSP, CISA
› Virtualization - VmWare (VAC Program)
› Process Improvement - Six Sigma, Lean, PMP, ITIL
› Redundancy - NeverFail, Marathon
› Hardware - Cisco, Juniper, HDS, HP, EMC, IBM, Sun
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Customer Success Stories
Our practitioners have delivered customer-focused solutions
to a range of industries & organizational sizes, including;
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; Loblaw Companies Limited (Retail)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group is currently assisting Loblaw
in modernizing their Infrastructure & Systems solutions to
provide next generation services for Canada’s largest
retailer
Benefit; Creation of highly available, scalable & reliable
systems to run the next generation of Supply Chain, ERP,
Financial & other line of business applications.
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; Canadian Tire Corporation (Retail)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group provided the application &
infrastructure design, architecture, testing and
management resources to build and deploy an enterprise
level Content Management & Portal solution.
Benefit; Efficient, effective collaboration & information
availability to approximately 500 retail store locations
across Canada
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; TeraGo Networks (Telecom)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group is working with TeraGo staff
to implement business process improvements within
inventory management, including procurement,
warehousing & IFRS. This includes both Operational & IT
improvements related to managing business processes.
Benefit; Create fast, predictable & defect-free business
processes by eliminating sources of variation and non-value
added steps.
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; St Mary’s Cement (Manufacturing)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group designed, built &
implemented a disaster recovery solution for a critical, real-
time production environment. This included DRP impact
analysis, budgeting, provider selection, design, architecture,
project management & implementation.
Benefit; The design significantly exceeded recovery time &
recovery point objectives.
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; MCAP (Financial Services)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group provided server
infrastructure design, build & management for 120 servers,
2000 desktops at 10 locations. This included disaster
recovery capabilities & technical recovery processes for the
critical MPLS network.
Benefit; Monthly recurring cost savings of approx. $120,000
and a NPV of $6.5MM.
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Customer Success Stories
Customer; Meridian Credit Union (Financial Services)
Solution; Avient Solutions Group provided IT & Technical
leadership in the merger of Hepcoe & Niagara Credit
Unions. This included strategy, planning, architecture,
design, build & support of their entire infrastructure during
a 2 year program.
Benefit; Common infrastructure & line of business systems
enabled the newly developed Meridian brand to launch on
time & budget.
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Where Should You Start?
What Are Your Current Organizational Goals?
› Are you looking to simplify your IT Operations?
Reduce the complexity & operating costs of your
Information Technology through;
• Server Virtualization & Consolidation
• Data Center Deployment or Transfers
• Security Assessments
• Disaster Recovery Programs
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Where Should You Start?
What Are Your Current Organizational Goals?
› Are you looking to reduce overall Operating Costs?
Find efficiencies & cost savings in your Operations by
streamlining core business processes;
• Reduce the “errors” in your business processes,
improving service quality & customer satisfaction
• Reduce the “non-value added” steps in your business
processes, reducing operating costs & improving
service speed
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Where Should You Start?
What Are Your Current Organizational Goals?
› Are you deploying Enterprise Software?
We offer IT Infrastructure, Security, Enterprise
Application & Business Process expertise to ensure an
appropriate deployment & the maximum ROI.
• ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence
• E-Commerce
• Enterprise Portals
• Business Process Data Collection
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Where Should You Start?
What Are Your Current Organizational Goals?
› Do you have Short Term or Specialty Staffing needs?
We have specialty Staffing Solutions that range from
single resources up to projects involving multiple
architects, project managers & specialists.
• IT Infrastructure & Security
• Application Development
• Project & Program Management
• Business Analysis & Process Improvement
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Where Should You Start?
Start with our Comprehensive Assessment;
› An impartial, vendor agnostic, perspective of the current
operational & technology landscape.
› Identify cost saving opportunities & potential risks.
› Ensure alignment to corporate strategies or IFRS.
› Rapidly return current projects to success status.
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Where Should You Start?
Call today; Let’s discuss your organization’s specific
requirements.
Robert Crix
Account Executive
(c) 416-540-4826
(e) robert.crix@avient.ca
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