GPS is a management solution created by Business Investigation SA to help companies optimize performance. It provides real-time tracking of key performance indicators and compliance with regulations. GPS analyzes results, know-how, and resources to assess performance across three dimensions. It integrates existing company data and trains users to understand performance management. GPS strengthens decision-making with indicators and alerts that detect changes and issues quickly.
Your Challenge
Infrastructure managers and change managers need to re-evaluate their change management process due to slow change turnaround time, too many unauthorized changes, too many incidents and outages because of poorly managed changes, or difficulty evaluating and prioritizing changes.
IT system owners often resist change management because they see it as slow and bureaucratic.
Infrastructure changes are often seen as “different” from application changes, and two (or more) processes may exist.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
ITIL provides a usable framework for change management, but full process rigor is not appropriate for every change request.
You need to design a process that is flexible enough to meet the demand for change, and strict enough to protect the live environment from change-related incidents.
A mature change management process will minimize review and approval activity. Counterintuitively, with experience in implementing changes, risk levels decline to a point where most changes are “preapproved.”
Impact and Result
Create a unified change management process that reduces risk and takes a balanced approach toward deploying changes, while also maintaining throughput of innovation and enhancements.
Categorize changes based on an industry-standard risk model with objective measures of impact and likelihood.
Establish and empower a change manager and change advisory board with the authority to manage, approve, and prioritize changes.
Establish easy-to-follow intake, assessment, and approval processes, and ensure that there is visibility into changes across the organization.
A practical approach to defining indicators within an integrated ERM Framework
Workshop Overview
Many organisations have made considerable progress in the area of enterprise and operational risk management since the financial crisis in 2007/2008. However events over the last few years have demonstrated, and continue to demonstrate the need to make improvements in organisational risk management capabilities and tools.
One area of weakness and, particular challenge for many organisations is around indictors, specifically developing and managing with Key Risk indicators (KRIs). KRIs have a vital role to play in monitoring and managing risk exposure within any organisation, and should be developed and deployed in the context of a wider indicator suite which includes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Control Indicators (KCIs).
Workshop Objective
This interactive workshop provided attendees with a deep understanding of developing and managing with Key Risk Indicators. We started by providing an overarching management framework which integrated strategy execution and risk management. We then moved on to clarify the role of KRIs, alongside KPIs and KCIs.
Using a combination of presentations and practical examples, we were able to:
Learn how to define robust suite of indicators, including the different between Leading and Lagging, and Financial and Non-Financial indicators
Understand how to use a well-structured risk definition to guide the definition of KRIs
Understand the relationship between risk appetite and KRIs, and however Risk Appetite should influence the definition of KRIs
Understand the role KRIs play in scenario analysis
Understand the role of KRIs in the risk assessment process
Understand the role of KRIs within the risk, regulatory and management reporting
Who Attended:
CROs, Directors, General Managers, Senior Management and Managers of: Operations, Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Compliance, Operational Risk, Strategy and Performance.
Please contact andrew.smart@stratexsystems.com for more details about the presentation or to have a talk about our software solutions.
Your Challenge
Companies understand the importance of business process improvement (BPI) and recognize the touted benefits: cost savings, waste elimination, and process efficiency.
With this said, 70% of companies that embark on process improvement initiatives fail.
The high probability of failure is attributed to a number of factors, including lack of continuous improvement and failing to define measurable outcomes.
Our Advice
Adopt a forward-facing outlook. Don’t focus solely on the current state, set improvement targets upfront to drive the initiative.
Break problems down into root-cause variables. Don’t look at the symptom, dive deeper and alleviate the root cause.
Empower business analysts. Create a practical process improvement methodology that your analysts can follow.
Impact and Result
Kick off process improvement by identifying the goals and defining the improvement targets.
Start by referring to the operating model and identifying level 1, 2, and 3 processes. Once the team understands the relationship between processes, they can begin to map a level 3 process using a standard mapping notation.
Use qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing the root cause rather than the symptoms.
Ensure the design is aligned with the initial improvement targets. Focus on value-added activities.
Consistently monitor the process and assess the root-cause variables to gauge the success of the process improvements.
High Tech Results from AMR Research ERP B2B Study GXS
This presentation discusses the high tech related results from a study conducted in late 2009 by the analyst firm AMR Research. The study looked ERP/B2B integration and the importance of having these two environments seamlessly integrated together. Updated April 2013
Your Challenge
Infrastructure managers and change managers need to re-evaluate their change management process due to slow change turnaround time, too many unauthorized changes, too many incidents and outages because of poorly managed changes, or difficulty evaluating and prioritizing changes.
IT system owners often resist change management because they see it as slow and bureaucratic.
Infrastructure changes are often seen as “different” from application changes, and two (or more) processes may exist.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
ITIL provides a usable framework for change management, but full process rigor is not appropriate for every change request.
You need to design a process that is flexible enough to meet the demand for change, and strict enough to protect the live environment from change-related incidents.
A mature change management process will minimize review and approval activity. Counterintuitively, with experience in implementing changes, risk levels decline to a point where most changes are “preapproved.”
Impact and Result
Create a unified change management process that reduces risk and takes a balanced approach toward deploying changes, while also maintaining throughput of innovation and enhancements.
Categorize changes based on an industry-standard risk model with objective measures of impact and likelihood.
Establish and empower a change manager and change advisory board with the authority to manage, approve, and prioritize changes.
Establish easy-to-follow intake, assessment, and approval processes, and ensure that there is visibility into changes across the organization.
A practical approach to defining indicators within an integrated ERM Framework
Workshop Overview
Many organisations have made considerable progress in the area of enterprise and operational risk management since the financial crisis in 2007/2008. However events over the last few years have demonstrated, and continue to demonstrate the need to make improvements in organisational risk management capabilities and tools.
One area of weakness and, particular challenge for many organisations is around indictors, specifically developing and managing with Key Risk indicators (KRIs). KRIs have a vital role to play in monitoring and managing risk exposure within any organisation, and should be developed and deployed in the context of a wider indicator suite which includes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Control Indicators (KCIs).
Workshop Objective
This interactive workshop provided attendees with a deep understanding of developing and managing with Key Risk Indicators. We started by providing an overarching management framework which integrated strategy execution and risk management. We then moved on to clarify the role of KRIs, alongside KPIs and KCIs.
Using a combination of presentations and practical examples, we were able to:
Learn how to define robust suite of indicators, including the different between Leading and Lagging, and Financial and Non-Financial indicators
Understand how to use a well-structured risk definition to guide the definition of KRIs
Understand the relationship between risk appetite and KRIs, and however Risk Appetite should influence the definition of KRIs
Understand the role KRIs play in scenario analysis
Understand the role of KRIs in the risk assessment process
Understand the role of KRIs within the risk, regulatory and management reporting
Who Attended:
CROs, Directors, General Managers, Senior Management and Managers of: Operations, Operational Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, Compliance, Operational Risk, Strategy and Performance.
Please contact andrew.smart@stratexsystems.com for more details about the presentation or to have a talk about our software solutions.
Your Challenge
Companies understand the importance of business process improvement (BPI) and recognize the touted benefits: cost savings, waste elimination, and process efficiency.
With this said, 70% of companies that embark on process improvement initiatives fail.
The high probability of failure is attributed to a number of factors, including lack of continuous improvement and failing to define measurable outcomes.
Our Advice
Adopt a forward-facing outlook. Don’t focus solely on the current state, set improvement targets upfront to drive the initiative.
Break problems down into root-cause variables. Don’t look at the symptom, dive deeper and alleviate the root cause.
Empower business analysts. Create a practical process improvement methodology that your analysts can follow.
Impact and Result
Kick off process improvement by identifying the goals and defining the improvement targets.
Start by referring to the operating model and identifying level 1, 2, and 3 processes. Once the team understands the relationship between processes, they can begin to map a level 3 process using a standard mapping notation.
Use qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing the root cause rather than the symptoms.
Ensure the design is aligned with the initial improvement targets. Focus on value-added activities.
Consistently monitor the process and assess the root-cause variables to gauge the success of the process improvements.
High Tech Results from AMR Research ERP B2B Study GXS
This presentation discusses the high tech related results from a study conducted in late 2009 by the analyst firm AMR Research. The study looked ERP/B2B integration and the importance of having these two environments seamlessly integrated together. Updated April 2013
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This presentation describes six sigma as a business strategy for improving capability, reliability and responsiveness of the processes for achieving business results.
nkchawla@gmail.com
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore how our Regulatory Reporting Dashboard and offerings can help clients create greater efficiencies in their financial reporting process.
For more on regulatory reporting, view the presentation "User Defined Tools": accntu.re/2qAJBaO
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Developing End State Vision
Advice and Planning Strategy
Driving a Business Architecture
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eGRC Operation Control
Minimizing Financial Risk
Aggregating Financial Risk
Managing Mainframe Entitlements
Implementing Data Governance
Understanding Data Lineage
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Keller Graduate School of Management class - PM600 - this was the final presentation - created and presented by Scott Lang & Rajeshwer Subramanian
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Hoping to show presentation skills and the understanding of the principles of project management
A global investment firm’s private equity group was unsure of whether a target Healthcare company was a valuable addition to their growing portfolio. They enlisted WGroup to assess the competitive position of the company overall as well as the functionality of a key software platform owned by the company. WGroup assessed the client’s software from all angles (security, scalability, competitiveness and cost implications) and found that several areas for improvement existed. WGroup created a roadmap for the initiatives that mapped out how the client could achieve these goals.
BlackLine and The Hackett Group hosted an event in May 2016 to highlight the importance of using modern technology to make workflow for finance and accounting professionals.
Business situations are increasingly complex. Decision-making requires debate between all stakeholders, which should be consolidated by sophisticated and factual analysis of data masses available. GPS « enlightens » your data universe, making it intelligent and usable. The resulting interpretation is fully aligned with your performance objectives, and is adjusted to suit your needs in terms of risk management.
Example of a designed Brochure. Worker Ant design specialises in converting agency artwork into perfect MS Office templates. We also design presentations and Word documents.
This presentation describes six sigma as a business strategy for improving capability, reliability and responsiveness of the processes for achieving business results.
nkchawla@gmail.com
In this new Accenture Finance & Risk presentation we explore how our Regulatory Reporting Dashboard and offerings can help clients create greater efficiencies in their financial reporting process.
For more on regulatory reporting, view the presentation "User Defined Tools": accntu.re/2qAJBaO
For more information about Accenture Finance & Risk Practice, visit bit.ly/2j2JD6X
Developing End State Vision
Advice and Planning Strategy
Driving a Business Architecture
Provisioning a Portfolio of Projects
eGRC Operation Control
Minimizing Financial Risk
Aggregating Financial Risk
Managing Mainframe Entitlements
Implementing Data Governance
Understanding Data Lineage
Defining Global Customer Strategy
Keller Graduate School of Management class - PM600 - this was the final presentation - created and presented by Scott Lang & Rajeshwer Subramanian
We were a 2 man team working over the length of the course creating and developing this project.
Hoping to show presentation skills and the understanding of the principles of project management
A global investment firm’s private equity group was unsure of whether a target Healthcare company was a valuable addition to their growing portfolio. They enlisted WGroup to assess the competitive position of the company overall as well as the functionality of a key software platform owned by the company. WGroup assessed the client’s software from all angles (security, scalability, competitiveness and cost implications) and found that several areas for improvement existed. WGroup created a roadmap for the initiatives that mapped out how the client could achieve these goals.
BlackLine and The Hackett Group hosted an event in May 2016 to highlight the importance of using modern technology to make workflow for finance and accounting professionals.
Business situations are increasingly complex. Decision-making requires debate between all stakeholders, which should be consolidated by sophisticated and factual analysis of data masses available. GPS « enlightens » your data universe, making it intelligent and usable. The resulting interpretation is fully aligned with your performance objectives, and is adjusted to suit your needs in terms of risk management.
Why GPS is the next big thing and what it can do for your business
Does your Company always deliver top numbers, using the most efficient methods and its resources to their highest potential?
Can you anticipate risks down to each processes before they affect your business?
Do you have clarity and certainty on how to thrive, easily face tougher regulations, rising Domestic and Global competition, constant changes, as well as an increasingly overwhelming volume of information?
Existing tools and solutions beside being costly have showed their limitation. Today Directors, Managers need more. They want to be further empowered with an instant assessment of company position in its current environment as well as the next.
We came up with the precise and perfect solution for you. We offer an enhanced management style with GPS (Global Performance System) as your personalized guide.
With GPS to guide you, your vision is accurate. Your company generates and capitalizes wealth, creates opportunities to further invest where investments are needed. You are able to offer better products and services to your customers. With this new level of excellence your customers’ satisfaction rates at its highest. And Consequently, your company’s’ reputation and position on the market are solidified.
Whether you wish to migrate further towards digitalization, make acquisitions, please or attract investors, as well as generate growth and enhance your customer experience, GPS is designed to guide you and lead you to success!
Capital markets: The impact of business process operations improvementsGenpact Ltd
While Lean Six Sigma techniques reliably contribute to operational excellence, they do not necessarily identify the full impact of business process improvement programs. Specifically for Six Sigma, there has been reason for much criticism in the past. This article uses a real-life case related to the enhancement of a Capital Markets global business service delivery operation, and describes how to engage “client” and “delivery” executives in order to tightly align technical project execution with business strategy.
Driving Competitive Advantage In Uncertain TimesGreg Meyers
Reimagine business processes by extending digital’s power all the way through to the middle and back office where it can generate growth, cost efficiency, and business agility.
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Transform GDPR from an administrative burden to a competitive advantage.
In a world where data is a comodity, why not have it all in one place and secure?
Introducting PRESTO GDPR, an all-in-one GDPR implementation solution ensuring that GDPR is integrated into your company's DNA.
Your team will be up and running in 30 minutes or less!
Articulate GDPR business-as-usual discipline at the team level and roll it all up to get a real time 360° company view. Use a rich set of out-of-the-box reports created together with a team of Swiss French engineers to comunicate to your customers what is being done to ensure that their data is safe.
Pre-loaded with a rich databank of EU-certified methodologies, self-assessments, and business practices to ensure a quick, company-wide installation of GDPR awareness.
Contact us at www.toppti.com
Digitally mature organisations are more competitive. But how to get there? We help measure your digital maturity. Both quick wins and a structural approach result from it.
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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GPS brochure - EN
1. Global Perfomance System
A technology solution designed by
Business Investigation SA
Your guide to success
2. Takingonamarketrequiresnotonlyenduranceandskill
but also having an accurate assessment of each situation.
Just like mountaineering, management consists of obser-
ving, anticipating, and deciding.
To make a successful climb to success, it is important
to rely on an experienced guide who can help you choose
thebestpath.Becauseheisfamiliarwithhissurroundings,
this expert knows how to stay on course and avoid the
obstacles which will slow progress. He checks that the
techniques used are safe, and makes sure that all relevant
rules are observed.
Thankstohisinsight,yourcompanycanmoveontowar-
ds its chosen summit with confidence and peace of mind.
3
Prologue
3. Heading to
the summit The environment in which companies strive to grow today is both complex and
constantly evolving. The market has never been as unstable, the competition ne-
ver as fierce, and customers have never been as inflexible. In addition to these
difficulties, managers must also continuously integrate new technical advances
and deal with increasingly onerous regulatory frameworks. To meet these requi-
rements and keep moving forward, a business must achieve and maintain optimal
performance.
To help companies face this challenge, Business Investigation has implemented
an innovative, cutting-edge, and extremely high-performance tool : GPS (Global
Performance System). Thanks to this unique solution, managers can consolidate
their company’s key competencies, basing their decisions on an accurate, com-
prehensive and continuously updated view of their company and their market.
Developed in partnership with academic partners and IT and management ex-
perts, the GPS solution is the result of 7 years of R&D and implementation. In
perfect step with the reality of business on the ground, it is suited to any kind of
organization (local, international, public sector, banking, insurance, SMEs/SMIs,
industry, logistics, retail, telecommunications, healthcare). As a sign of its rele-
vance, GPS is today used by large Swiss and foreign companies towards a goal of
continuous optimization.
Companies must continuously be high performing in or-
der to succeed in an increasingly tough climate. To meet
this challenge, they can count on GPS (Global Perfor-
mance System), a highly efficient management solution.
4
GPS solutions : for successful and targeted direction
4. CA-DG
Strategy
Coordination
Reporting, monitoring
Operational
Management, actions
A unique management solution, GPS (Global Performance System) offers
real-time tracking of your company’s value and performance. This remarkably
accurate audit helps you consolidate your company’s processes and potential
while ensuring its compliance with current standards and regulations.
To generate state-of-the-art mapping, GPS processes a host of internal and
external parameters. This includes, in particular, the company’s “knowledge
capital”, as well data concerning the market in which it operates.
A system of risk-factor and performance indicators provides simplified ac-
cess to key information. As soon as an abnormality, change, risk, or opportu-
nity is detected, GPS sends a detailed report to the relevant person. These
alerts allow an excellent level of responsiveness and relevance in decision-ma-
king and are complemented with the proposal of various action plans.
Combining pragmatism and innovation, GPS makes it possible to deploy a
coordinated strategy at all levels of the company in regards to strategy, coor-
dination, and operations. Guaranteeing consistency and proactivity, this solu-
tion favors high-performance management of goals implementation. It is un-
deniably a key to success.
GPS offers a unique solution for risk and performance
management. An analytical audit allows growth in the
company’s value to be tracked in real time.
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Extremely accurate performance management
A guide to a safe
ascent and staying
the course
5. A three-dimensional
view of performance According to GPS, performance is made up of three basic dimensions :
Results, what the company makes. Know-how, the skills used in achieving the
results. Means, the costs incurred to achieve the results.
This three-dimensional performance measurement enables the output of
high quality information.
Comprehensive analysis
Far from being restricted to the accounting and financial aspect, calculating
the value of the company incorporates the concepts of know-how, skills, expe-
rience, and processes. Together with the requirements of corporate gover-
nance, this 3D analysis measures overall performance and identifies the source
of the creation of value as well as of potential risk.
Real-time analysis
Offering a continuously updated SWOT, GPS allows you to determine, at
any time, whether a performance gain or loss is related to know-how, means,
or the conditions. Just like a stock index (representing the value of the com-
pany), performance variations are highlighted by indicators, enabling maxi-
mum responsiveness.
Analysis with a standards compliance rating*
Mastering standards and regulatory mechanisms is a crucial factor in com-
pany performance and longevity. With true legal expertise, GPS integrates the
standards and laws relevant to the business sector in question and sends an
alert in the event of non-compliance.
GPSoffersthree-dimensionalperformanceassessment,
in terms of results, know-how, and means.
This three-pronged approach enables continuous and
comprehensiveperformanceanalysis.Itissupplemented
with a rating of compliance with regulations and stan-
dards.
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Three-dimensional performance mapping
*Various mandatory standards, such as Basel
for the banking sector, Solvency for insurance,
5S for logistics, and COBIT for IT may be
considered quality objectives and benchmark
standards. Moreover, soft laws and best
practices, such as CSR, may also be integrated
and monitored by GPS.
The result, know-how, and means ratings
provide you with a state-of-the-art analysis.
6. Implementing GPS involves two approaches :
Training users through workshops
Participants will benefit from full training focusing on performance and risk ma-
nagement. These results-oriented workshops use a minimum amount of resources
and time for maximum relevance. Users learn to use the solution in concrete ways,
in particular through custom scenarios.
Integrating the company’s “knowledge capital”, data, and information
within the GPS
GPS does not affect the company’s management system nor its existing tools:
in fact, it capitalizes on acquired knowledge and optimizes it. During the imple-
mentation phrase, GPS smoothly and easily integrates information about the
company. It works towards the goals set out by management, while fully respec-
ting the company’s values.
The preliminary “general status report” and “control implementation” stages
last three and four months respectively. With a view towards growth, they are
followed by a permanent “continuous improvement” phase.
Implementing GPS aims to be simple and effective.
Users are trained in performance management through
short workshops.
At the same time, knowledge capital and information
about the company are integrated into GPS through ta-
king stock of its overall status.
Implementing GPS: training users and integrating existing data
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Experts at the service of users
Once GPS has been implemented, your
company can count on assistance that
combines performance and easy accessibility.
A multilingual call center staffed by IT
specialists and sector experts is available
to customers 24/7.
In addition, continuous training and
certification courses are offered to users
in partnership with an international network
of universities.
With comprehensive and personalized
assistance, GPS remains focused on
continuous optimization of its solution.
Two-sided
implementation
and cutting-edge
assistance
7. Decision-making
strength at the
summit
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GPS, the fruit of multiple skills
Designed by a team of IT and management experts, and under the direction of
two specialists with degrees from EPFL (one being an expert in databases and risk
management, the other in information systems development), the GPS solution is
the result of more than 16,000 working days and 7 years of research and updates.
The research and development phase was carried out in partnership with re-
nowned universities such as EPFL, Lyon III, Bordeaux IV, and Ubis University. Key
strategic partners also played a part: Kurt Salmon, an international consultancy
firm in management and strategy, CH&Cie, a consultancy firm specializing in fi-
nancial services and the service sector, ELCA, one of the largest Swiss IT groups,
and Keyrus, experts in Business Intelligence.
With GPS, Business Investigation delivers a unique solution that combines
ease of use and avant-garde technology. It is wealth of intelligence and efficiency
at the service of entrepreneurial success.
With a wealth of expertise in IT and management, GPS
is proving to be a unique management solution within its
market.
It is an innovative tool that is easy to use and dedicated
to helping your company succeed.
Academic partners
Key strategic partners
8. With GPS, users have a state-of-the-art instrument at their
fingertips for managing the performance of their company in a
way that is highly relevant and responsive. It strengthens key pro-
cesses while strictly following defined objectives.
The decision-making process is optimized through a variety of
indicators and alerts. GPS provides all the information needed to
make the best decision within a limited period of time.
A proactive application, GPS “goes” to the user as soon as it
detects any change or abnormality. Managers and employees
consequently gain time and efficiency.
Important data is only conveyed to the relevant person(s), with
pinpoint targeting of recipient(s).
Users have available detailed reports and strong arguments
for outlining their proposals to decision-making bodies, such as
the board of directors. Performance management enhances
credibility and generates agreement.
By choosing a unified solution, the company reduces costs
linked to managing performance and invests for the long-term.
It can rely on the guarantee of a permanent and continuously
optimized solution.
Taking standards and regulations into account ensures com-
pliance of entrepreneurial action, a key factor to long-term success.
GPS enables you to think “globally” and act “locally” thanks to
an operational action plan. This consistent and efficient perfor-
mance management allows managers to smoothly plan for the fu-
ture.
Adapted to all types of enterprises (public sector, banks, insu-
rance, SMEs/SMIs, industry, logistics, telecommunications, retail,
healthcare), GPS integrates the parameters which concern the
sector in question to produce a solution which perfectly matches
the reality on the ground.
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A unified solution, GPS integrates each dimension of perfor-
mance and operates in sync with all levels of the company.
Existing company data and information are integrated in a
relevant fashion to capitalize on and extract value from existing
resources.
The dashboard provided by GPS offers highly accurate
tracking, a key to optimal performance management.
Data mining provides answers appropriate to each level of
the organization.
Thanks to GPS’ real-time predictive analysis, users can an-
ticipate the impact of problems and quickly recognize the po-
tential for creating value. As soon as an abnormality or change
is detected, a summary report is created and conveyed to the
relevant stakeholders.
GPS bases itself on the company’s actual situation, genera-
ting osmosis between users and the application. The company’s
IT environment and issues linked to the client’s operations are
fully integrated.
The solution offers overall performance index tracking, en-
suring that gains in value do not involve risk-taking or non-com-
pliance with regulations or standards.
In addition to a high performance solution, GPS offers highly
available customer service, both in terms of industry expertise
andgeographicalareas.Thispersonalizedassistanceissupported
by a network of specialized partners.
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9. Contacts
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