SM&A is a management consulting firm that partners with clients on "must win" projects and programs to increase revenue and profitability. They have over 20 years of experience in business capture, proposal management, and program delivery. SM&A has an 85% win rate on over 900 proposals worth $300 billion and has partnered on over 150 programs worth $1 trillion. Their solutions help clients plan to win new business and profitably deliver on programs.
This document provides a summary of the PV Insider India Report, which analyzes the Indian solar photovoltaic market. The report contains performance and cost data for PV projects across 24 locations in India, including optimal module configurations and levelized costs of energy. It also details the components, development considerations, and growth forecasts for India's utility-scale PV sector. The report aims to provide critical insights to help optimize profits and positioning for those involved in India's growing solar industry.
This document outlines a startup's plan to reach key milestones over the first 90 days. It assigns responsibilities for technology, customers, financials, and team to different individuals. The plan includes beta launches, closing a seed round, and hiring a CTO as fundable milestones to be achieved within timeframes of 30, 60, and 90 days. Progress will be regularly updated against the plan.
This document is an advertisement for Glenbrook Terrace apartments in North Las Vegas. It summarizes the apartment features such as floorplans with 1, 2, or 3 bedrooms, full size washers and dryers, private patios or balconies, and energy star appliances. It highlights the resort-style amenities including a clubhouse, fitness center, and computer learning center. It encourages readers to lease an apartment today by waiving the application fee and start living in a new maintenance free home with year-round recreational activities.
Christopher M. Norton is a senior technical strategist with experience leading teams and guiding organizations to strategic objectives. He has a strong background in operations leadership, including combat experience, and currently holds the rank of Major in the US Army Reserve with an active secret clearance. His career has spanned roles in customer care, supply chain operations, and strategic planning at companies including Rutgers University, AT&T, and IDT.
This document introduces a modified version of Texas hold'em poker where players will be dealt cards representing laptop computers with varying features instead of traditional playing cards. The goal of the game is to form the best poker hand combinations based on matching laptop features. Players will play 18 rounds against the computer, and a random winner will receive either their preferred laptop from the initial selection question or a laptop from a round they won, up to a $600 value. Players should aim to win rounds by forming strong poker hands while also selecting hands with laptops they prefer.
The document appears to be a catalog for an online store called White Crow that sells various products like apparel, jewelry, home goods, art, and gifts. It lists the product categories and page numbers for finding each section. Some sample product listings are also included showing the item name, price, materials, colors, and size options. The catalog provides contact information at the bottom for the website, phone number, email, and notes that shipping is free.
This 3 sentence document provides a brief room-by-room description of a home. It mentions a bay window, looks into the laundry room from another room, and views the kitchen looking toward the back door.
This document provides a summary of the PV Insider India Report, which analyzes the Indian solar photovoltaic market. The report contains performance and cost data for PV projects across 24 locations in India, including optimal module configurations and levelized costs of energy. It also details the components, development considerations, and growth forecasts for India's utility-scale PV sector. The report aims to provide critical insights to help optimize profits and positioning for those involved in India's growing solar industry.
This document outlines a startup's plan to reach key milestones over the first 90 days. It assigns responsibilities for technology, customers, financials, and team to different individuals. The plan includes beta launches, closing a seed round, and hiring a CTO as fundable milestones to be achieved within timeframes of 30, 60, and 90 days. Progress will be regularly updated against the plan.
This document is an advertisement for Glenbrook Terrace apartments in North Las Vegas. It summarizes the apartment features such as floorplans with 1, 2, or 3 bedrooms, full size washers and dryers, private patios or balconies, and energy star appliances. It highlights the resort-style amenities including a clubhouse, fitness center, and computer learning center. It encourages readers to lease an apartment today by waiving the application fee and start living in a new maintenance free home with year-round recreational activities.
Christopher M. Norton is a senior technical strategist with experience leading teams and guiding organizations to strategic objectives. He has a strong background in operations leadership, including combat experience, and currently holds the rank of Major in the US Army Reserve with an active secret clearance. His career has spanned roles in customer care, supply chain operations, and strategic planning at companies including Rutgers University, AT&T, and IDT.
This document introduces a modified version of Texas hold'em poker where players will be dealt cards representing laptop computers with varying features instead of traditional playing cards. The goal of the game is to form the best poker hand combinations based on matching laptop features. Players will play 18 rounds against the computer, and a random winner will receive either their preferred laptop from the initial selection question or a laptop from a round they won, up to a $600 value. Players should aim to win rounds by forming strong poker hands while also selecting hands with laptops they prefer.
The document appears to be a catalog for an online store called White Crow that sells various products like apparel, jewelry, home goods, art, and gifts. It lists the product categories and page numbers for finding each section. Some sample product listings are also included showing the item name, price, materials, colors, and size options. The catalog provides contact information at the bottom for the website, phone number, email, and notes that shipping is free.
This 3 sentence document provides a brief room-by-room description of a home. It mentions a bay window, looks into the laundry room from another room, and views the kitchen looking toward the back door.
This document introduces programme selling, which involves aligning a company's products, sales, and marketing to solve customer needs through value propositions. It recommends creating a value proposition based on buyer personas and market needs, gaining company-wide alignment around delivering a programme to customers, and continuously monitoring and adjusting the programme. The key aspects of programme selling include developing a business case, programme plan, go-to-market strategy, and sales collateral that are all focused on a customer need. This approach aims to position the company as a thought leader and improve interactions with prospects and customers.
New & Emerging _ Narelle Borg & Ashley Jagoe _ Best Practice CRM transformati...InSync2011
Sydney Water Corporation implemented a new Customer Management System using Siebel utilities to provide a single view of customers and improve customer interactions. They selected Siebel due to its proven application, local expertise, scalability, and ability to support future capabilities. Key factors in the program's success included strong sponsorship, rigorous program management and risk management, thorough data cleansing, and early and continued communication. Areas for future improvement include refining implementation documentation and assessing long term support needs.
Workforce of the Future is Upon Us - Entrepreneurship 101 (2012/2013)MaRS Discovery District
This lecture looks at the changing landscape of human resources with crowd-sourced labour platforms rapidly coming online. Companies are beginning to tap into the crowd to solve complex technical problems and scientific questions using contests and challenges as incentives to generate multiple solutions. Crawford offers advice on how to protect intellectual property and manage digital talent while navigating through the connected workforce.
WQD2011 - Breakthrough Process Improvement - Ducab - To reduce Business Proce...Dubai Quality Group
Breakthrough Process Improvement case study submitted by Ducab during 3rd Continual Improvement & Innovation Symposium organized by Dubai Quality Group's Continual Improvement Subgroup to celebrate World Quality Day 2011.
This document outlines Ameriprise's client relationship model which takes a Dream > Plan > Track > approach to financial planning. It recommends annual, semi-annual, and quarterly checkpoint meetings between financial advisors and their clients to discuss goals, financial progress, recommendations, life changes, protection needs, investments, taxes, and estates. The meetings are meant to track ongoing progress, ensure goals and needs are still being met over time, and make any necessary adjustments to clients' financial plans.
SEMJET International is a company that provides enhanced oil and gas recovery services utilizing new technologies and smart solutions. It was formed by a core team of industry specialists with over 200 years of combined experience. SEMJET uses multi-functional integrated equipment packages and specialized formation access tools to provide services like well optimization, chemical injection, nitrogen injection, and slickline services to unlock additional hydrocarbons from reservoirs for its clients.
Business Partner Datastream Arabia, INFOR EAMjcvd12
Solutions of Datastream Arabia LLC is looking for business partners to sell and implement their Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software in GCC countries. As an EAM solution provider, they help organizations improve asset performance, labor productivity, inventory levels, and other operational metrics. Becoming a business partner offers opportunities to increase sales percentages, access marketing funds, and receive product training and support. Their EAM software has over 10,000 customers worldwide and has proven benefits for industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and public sectors.
This lecture covers the human resources policies and practices needed in an entrepreneurial context, including everyone's favorite HR topics: hiring and firing! Find out why it’s so important to plan your human resources early on in the start-up process. Look at the legalities of hiring employees, the process of recruiting and how to manage and pay employees.
http://www.marsdd.com/events/details.html?uuid=0cbcbdaa-5d76-442e-861e-7012eb62a403
This article discusses ways that organisations can reduce software licensing costs during an economic downturn. It provides the following key points:
1. Organisations should conduct thorough audits of their existing software licenses to identify unused or underused licenses that could be eliminated or renegotiated.
2. Contracts for software maintenance and support should be renegotiated with suppliers to try to reduce costs through scope reductions, relaxed service levels, or extended commitment periods.
3. Alternative licensing models like pay-per-usage can offer more flexibility than fixed-cost licenses and allow organisations to scale up as needed.
This document summarizes a corporate presentation for Analyze N Control (ANC). It outlines ANC's services such as consulting, training, and software development. It provides details on ANC's clients in various industries like financial services and manufacturing. The presentation also describes ANC's approach to process reengineering and system development which involves requirements gathering, testing, and implementation. It aims to deliver automation and centralization of controls through a step-by-step methodology.
The document discusses an IBM Discovery Day event focused on optimizing SAP environments. It outlines IBM's leadership in delivering SAP solutions and partnerships. It also details IBM's cloud deployment solutions, including foundation technologies, services, and public cloud solutions. Components include application deployment, provisioning, management systems, and support for various operating systems and hypervisors.
Economics of Green Growth & National Innovation StrategiesCambridgeIP Ltd
This document discusses using intellectual property analysis to inform national green growth innovation strategies. It suggests that IP-based evidence and understanding technology trends, networks, and key participants can help identify areas that may need more policy support to accelerate innovation. It also notes the role that organizations like WIPO and patent offices can play in contributing to national innovation systems and deployments through activities like benchmarking, enabling knowledge transfer, and facilitating patent pools and standards.
Wholesale credit risk has exhibited pronounced cycles over the past 30-40 years, with losses varying widely over time and across industries and regions. Z-RiskEngine is an advanced solution developed over 10 years that provides a single integrated batch analytics solution for wholesale, corporate, and commercial credit portfolios to satisfy IFRS9/CECL and stress testing regulations. The solution uses custom industry-region credit cycles and clients' existing models and data to calculate point-in-time risk measures and expected credit losses.
The customer contacts the Green Deal provider about installing energy efficiency measures using the Green Deal. The provider arranges for a Green Deal advisor to visit the customer and produce a Green Deal assessment report, which lists eligible measures. Installers are invited to quote for the measures. If the proposed Green Deal plan meets the Golden Rule, the provider organizes Green Deal finance for the customer. Installations then commence, with payments drawn from the Green Deal finance and charges placed on the customer's energy meter. Installers are paid upon completion and the customer receives a post-install assessment.
Vostok Energy Solutions Pvt. Limited is an Indian EPC company that provides energy, construction, and automation services. It has experienced significant growth, with project order values increasing each year. The company focuses on solar energy projects and maintains strategic partnerships with solar panel manufacturers. It handles various types of EPC projects and provides other services like BIM modeling, facility management, and annual maintenance contracts. The presentation covered the company's vision, values, business structure and performance, quality assurance processes, and the various project types and services it offers across energy, construction, and automation.
Achieving Agility at Scale (IBM Rational)IBM Danmark
Udviklingsprojekter er ofte meget længe undervejs og overskrider ofte budgetterne. Derfor leverer IBM en komplet udviklingsplatform, IBM Rational Jazz, der imødekommer udfordringerne med ressourcekrævende IT-udvikling. Platformen understøtter en lang række udviklingsmiljøer og skalerer IT-udvikling til stort set alle formål. Således kan alle led smidiggøres i udviklingsprocessen, og virksomheden opnår derved højere kvalitet, hurtigere time-to-market og nem distribution mellem flere lokationer.
Lær hvordan et agilt udviklingsmiljø med IBM Rational Jazz kan optimere forretningen. Læs mere her: bit.ly/softwaredagrational1
Hector A. Rodriguez has over 18 years of experience in engineering at General Motors, including roles leading projects in battery engineering, suspension systems, rear axle integration, and powertrain subassemblies. He has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and a Master's in Operations Management from IESA. His skill sets include project management, budgeting, leadership, global product development, and Lean Six Sigma training.
This document introduces programme selling, which involves aligning a company's products, sales, and marketing to solve customer needs through value propositions. It recommends creating a value proposition based on buyer personas and market needs, gaining company-wide alignment around delivering a programme to customers, and continuously monitoring and adjusting the programme. The key aspects of programme selling include developing a business case, programme plan, go-to-market strategy, and sales collateral that are all focused on a customer need. This approach aims to position the company as a thought leader and improve interactions with prospects and customers.
New & Emerging _ Narelle Borg & Ashley Jagoe _ Best Practice CRM transformati...InSync2011
Sydney Water Corporation implemented a new Customer Management System using Siebel utilities to provide a single view of customers and improve customer interactions. They selected Siebel due to its proven application, local expertise, scalability, and ability to support future capabilities. Key factors in the program's success included strong sponsorship, rigorous program management and risk management, thorough data cleansing, and early and continued communication. Areas for future improvement include refining implementation documentation and assessing long term support needs.
Workforce of the Future is Upon Us - Entrepreneurship 101 (2012/2013)MaRS Discovery District
This lecture looks at the changing landscape of human resources with crowd-sourced labour platforms rapidly coming online. Companies are beginning to tap into the crowd to solve complex technical problems and scientific questions using contests and challenges as incentives to generate multiple solutions. Crawford offers advice on how to protect intellectual property and manage digital talent while navigating through the connected workforce.
WQD2011 - Breakthrough Process Improvement - Ducab - To reduce Business Proce...Dubai Quality Group
Breakthrough Process Improvement case study submitted by Ducab during 3rd Continual Improvement & Innovation Symposium organized by Dubai Quality Group's Continual Improvement Subgroup to celebrate World Quality Day 2011.
This document outlines Ameriprise's client relationship model which takes a Dream > Plan > Track > approach to financial planning. It recommends annual, semi-annual, and quarterly checkpoint meetings between financial advisors and their clients to discuss goals, financial progress, recommendations, life changes, protection needs, investments, taxes, and estates. The meetings are meant to track ongoing progress, ensure goals and needs are still being met over time, and make any necessary adjustments to clients' financial plans.
SEMJET International is a company that provides enhanced oil and gas recovery services utilizing new technologies and smart solutions. It was formed by a core team of industry specialists with over 200 years of combined experience. SEMJET uses multi-functional integrated equipment packages and specialized formation access tools to provide services like well optimization, chemical injection, nitrogen injection, and slickline services to unlock additional hydrocarbons from reservoirs for its clients.
Business Partner Datastream Arabia, INFOR EAMjcvd12
Solutions of Datastream Arabia LLC is looking for business partners to sell and implement their Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software in GCC countries. As an EAM solution provider, they help organizations improve asset performance, labor productivity, inventory levels, and other operational metrics. Becoming a business partner offers opportunities to increase sales percentages, access marketing funds, and receive product training and support. Their EAM software has over 10,000 customers worldwide and has proven benefits for industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and public sectors.
This lecture covers the human resources policies and practices needed in an entrepreneurial context, including everyone's favorite HR topics: hiring and firing! Find out why it’s so important to plan your human resources early on in the start-up process. Look at the legalities of hiring employees, the process of recruiting and how to manage and pay employees.
http://www.marsdd.com/events/details.html?uuid=0cbcbdaa-5d76-442e-861e-7012eb62a403
This article discusses ways that organisations can reduce software licensing costs during an economic downturn. It provides the following key points:
1. Organisations should conduct thorough audits of their existing software licenses to identify unused or underused licenses that could be eliminated or renegotiated.
2. Contracts for software maintenance and support should be renegotiated with suppliers to try to reduce costs through scope reductions, relaxed service levels, or extended commitment periods.
3. Alternative licensing models like pay-per-usage can offer more flexibility than fixed-cost licenses and allow organisations to scale up as needed.
This document summarizes a corporate presentation for Analyze N Control (ANC). It outlines ANC's services such as consulting, training, and software development. It provides details on ANC's clients in various industries like financial services and manufacturing. The presentation also describes ANC's approach to process reengineering and system development which involves requirements gathering, testing, and implementation. It aims to deliver automation and centralization of controls through a step-by-step methodology.
The document discusses an IBM Discovery Day event focused on optimizing SAP environments. It outlines IBM's leadership in delivering SAP solutions and partnerships. It also details IBM's cloud deployment solutions, including foundation technologies, services, and public cloud solutions. Components include application deployment, provisioning, management systems, and support for various operating systems and hypervisors.
Economics of Green Growth & National Innovation StrategiesCambridgeIP Ltd
This document discusses using intellectual property analysis to inform national green growth innovation strategies. It suggests that IP-based evidence and understanding technology trends, networks, and key participants can help identify areas that may need more policy support to accelerate innovation. It also notes the role that organizations like WIPO and patent offices can play in contributing to national innovation systems and deployments through activities like benchmarking, enabling knowledge transfer, and facilitating patent pools and standards.
Wholesale credit risk has exhibited pronounced cycles over the past 30-40 years, with losses varying widely over time and across industries and regions. Z-RiskEngine is an advanced solution developed over 10 years that provides a single integrated batch analytics solution for wholesale, corporate, and commercial credit portfolios to satisfy IFRS9/CECL and stress testing regulations. The solution uses custom industry-region credit cycles and clients' existing models and data to calculate point-in-time risk measures and expected credit losses.
The customer contacts the Green Deal provider about installing energy efficiency measures using the Green Deal. The provider arranges for a Green Deal advisor to visit the customer and produce a Green Deal assessment report, which lists eligible measures. Installers are invited to quote for the measures. If the proposed Green Deal plan meets the Golden Rule, the provider organizes Green Deal finance for the customer. Installations then commence, with payments drawn from the Green Deal finance and charges placed on the customer's energy meter. Installers are paid upon completion and the customer receives a post-install assessment.
Vostok Energy Solutions Pvt. Limited is an Indian EPC company that provides energy, construction, and automation services. It has experienced significant growth, with project order values increasing each year. The company focuses on solar energy projects and maintains strategic partnerships with solar panel manufacturers. It handles various types of EPC projects and provides other services like BIM modeling, facility management, and annual maintenance contracts. The presentation covered the company's vision, values, business structure and performance, quality assurance processes, and the various project types and services it offers across energy, construction, and automation.
Achieving Agility at Scale (IBM Rational)IBM Danmark
Udviklingsprojekter er ofte meget længe undervejs og overskrider ofte budgetterne. Derfor leverer IBM en komplet udviklingsplatform, IBM Rational Jazz, der imødekommer udfordringerne med ressourcekrævende IT-udvikling. Platformen understøtter en lang række udviklingsmiljøer og skalerer IT-udvikling til stort set alle formål. Således kan alle led smidiggøres i udviklingsprocessen, og virksomheden opnår derved højere kvalitet, hurtigere time-to-market og nem distribution mellem flere lokationer.
Lær hvordan et agilt udviklingsmiljø med IBM Rational Jazz kan optimere forretningen. Læs mere her: bit.ly/softwaredagrational1
Hector A. Rodriguez has over 18 years of experience in engineering at General Motors, including roles leading projects in battery engineering, suspension systems, rear axle integration, and powertrain subassemblies. He has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and a Master's in Operations Management from IESA. His skill sets include project management, budgeting, leadership, global product development, and Lean Six Sigma training.
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competitive procurement.
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