The post-investment phase is when the business strategies that informed the transaction must be executed and the expected ROI must be realised. This may often involve the difficult task of integrating technologies and processes to realise expected gains in efficiency and cost reduction.
If our pre-investment Information Audit has been undertaken it will already have highlighted risks that need to be addressed and opportunities that can be exploited in the post-investment environment. Our post-investment service portfolio can then be selectively deployed to ensure that these risks and opportunities are addressed through an optimised change programme that supports the realisation of planned investment goals.
Our portfolio of services cover the following categories which can be used stand-alone or in combinations appropriate to the needs of the transaction.
- Business Process Management. Key value-generating business processes can be optimised, re-engineered or designed from scratch to ensure smooth, non-disruptive post-deal integration, remove single points of failure, increase automation and business flexibility and reduce the cost of doing “business as usual”
- Infrastructure Consolidation and Integration. Detailed analysis of IT infrastructure maturity to show how diverse technologies can be rationalised, infrastructural elements consolidated and the cost of running the IT estate reduced to ensure a fully integrated IT environment. Analysis of financial and business capability requirements to determine the optimum strategy for IT service insourcing/outsourcing in the post-investment world.
- Information Management Strategy. Analysis and implementation of an optimised strategy for corporate information management ensuring the right information gets to the right people at the right time, with no exceptions. This encompasses both technical solutions and the required management roles and skills within the business to ensure that information is managed as a valued strategic corporate asset.
- Programme Management. Assistance in creating the programme of post-investment change required to realise planned ROI. This includes setting up an effective project/programme office, mentoring the required project/programme management skills and coordination of resources to ensure delivery.
- Organisation Management. Working closely with the board, we provide a professional management mentoring capability at both individual and team levels to ensure that the post-investment management team has the skill set, attitude and motivation to deliver the required business goals.