Benefits of Advisory & Optimisation

Advisory consultancy provides a comprehensive grasp of a prospective client’s distinctive hurdles, ambitions, and corporate framework. Such in-depth insight equips consultants with the vital information required to customise EPM strategies that are absolutely aligned with the client’s particular requisites, thereby ensuring that the solutions are of utmost fit for the organisations ecosystem.

Through this bespoke approach, our consultants are able to deliver targeted and impactful guidance that resonates with the specific context of the client’s business, ensuring that the delivered EPM solutions foster an environment of enhanced performance and sustained growth.

By offering specialist counsel on EPM methodologies and industry-leading practices, our consultants possess the capability to guide potential clients in refining their performance management tactics. Such enhancement typically encompasses the rationalisation of pertinent business functions, including financial planning, budgetary controls, prognostic modelling, and the dissemination of financial information.

As a result, this professional assistance strives to improve the overarching robustness and productivity of the organisation’s financial operations.

Bolt Consulting specialises in guiding organisations towards aligning their technological infrastructures amongst the overarching business goals. This strategic partnership encompasses the discerning recommendation—or direct implementation—of bespoke EPM software and tools, expertly tailored to meet the distinctive needs of the organisation.

The aim is to facilitate a more cohesive integration of systems, which in turn catalyses enhanced operational performance, thereby underpinning the organisation’s journey towards its stated objectives with a robust technological foundation. Typically this is a step missed by vendor-resellers and other consultancies.

The implementation of EPM typically necessitates modifications to the organisational culture and internal processes, a facet often underappreciated in the pursuit of business optimisation. Enlisting the services of an advisory consultancy like ours can be instrumental in navigating this intricate landscape, as our expertise in effecting change management strategies is vital in facilitating a seamless transition.

We can play a pivotal role in bolstering the prospects for successful integration of EPM solutions throughout the organisation, by equipping clients with the necessary tools and knowledge to embrace this transformational journey.

Advisory Consultancy engagements offer a distinctive platform for the dissemination of specialised knowledge from our experienced EPM professionals directly to a client’s internal teams, thereby fostering the development of their in-house expertise.

Such a proactive collaboration serves as a catalyst for empowering clients, equipping them with the requisite skills and competencies to perpetuate the refinement and flexible adjustment of their EPM tactics over an extended period. This enables clients to consistently enhance their operational processes and strategic frameworks, securing sustained improvements and a robust competitive edge in their respective markets.

Engaging a consultancy service, whoever the provider, entails a financial outlay; however, the prospective advantages that such an investment can unlock—namely heightened efficiency, diminished risks, and enhanced performance—frequently eclipse the initial costs.

This value for money becomes increasingly apparent when set against the potential financial setbacks that might arise from suboptimal or inadequate performance management. Investment in advisory consultancy, therefore, not only aligns with sound fiscal prudence but also underpins the strategic imperative for robust organisational growth and stability.

An effectively integrated EPM system is instrumental in affording businesses a vital competitive advantage through the facilitation of enhanced decision-making processes, optimal resource distribution, and judicious strategic planning. By engaging with a knowledgeable advisory consultancy such as Bolt Consulting, clients can effectively harness the capabilities of EPM systems to secure a competitive edge within their respective industries, thereby maximising their operational efficiency and strategic foresight.

In summary, advisory consultancy in the context of Enterprise Performance Management offers a strategic partnership where expert guidance can lead to customised, efficient, and effective solutions that drive organisational success.

The Optimisation Study represents Bolt Consulting’s tailored approach, crafted to meet the unique requirements of our clients while addressing their individual organisational needs rather than any preconceived notions. Central to its success is a collaborative ethos, necessitating the client’s commitment to grant access to key stakeholders throughout the engagement process.

This ensures that both strategic and tactical objectives are identified and agreed upon by all parties involved – the client and us. Our goal is to execute this Optimisation study in an efficient timeframe, typically spanning a few weeks, contingent on the availability of all concerned parties’ schedules. Through this partnership, where the client is integrally involved in refining the final report, they also share ownership of the study’s outcomes.

The success of the Optimisation Study hinges not only on the merit of its recommendations but also on the dedication of appropriate resources from the client and Bolt Consulting throughout the entire duration of the advisory engagement.

Ultimately, the study aims to equip the client with a comprehensive, clear direction for future decision-making, enabling them to make well-informed choices that align with their company’s aspirations and operational goals.

• An Agile Methodology – Fast, can be days, typically up to a few weeks. This can be tailored depending on the speed with which the business needs to move, but doesn’t compromise on the approach.
• Highly Customisable – We aren’t literally optimising something already there, we’re optimising the strategy to work in harmony with the rest of the business.
• Jointly Prepared Report – This is key as it becomes the client’s owned business case providing rationale and a handbook to turn to for validation on decisions being made.
• A Safe Platform for Engagement – We aren’t selling or proposing anything until it becomes requested and is appropriate.
• Evaluate a Potential Delivery Partner – Bolt Consulting is able to establish itself as a credible partner and we gains our stripes during the process.
• Allows Cognisance of Wider Strategy – This turns the implementation from just a point purchase oblivious to all else to a pre-planned & road-mapped process.
• Longer term approach – This can help put the client on steps to meet their initiatives and strategy.

• The Optimisation Study supports opinion to evidence driven decision making capability.
• Technology vendors push technology minus the holistic thinking, and this study overcomes that.
• By using this process clients can avoid large consultancy costs and drawn out timeframes, and receive a consumable report detailing the roadmap.
• The Study reduces the risk of departments and functions buying isolated solutions and proliferating the technology landscape.
• It forces the consultancy to prove their delivery partnering credentials before you commit to a full implementation.

Organisations with…

• Multi data siloes/data bases needing a single combined view.
• Functional challenges and limitations through processes & systems.
• Rationalisation challenges & a need to reduce duplication of systems, processes and resource utilisation.
• A need to control software proliferation.
• Merged or divested organisations requiring a single-point-of-truth platform.
• Environments where projects haven’t…
• Delivered fast enough
• Delivered within budget
• Delivered at all!

By partnering with Bolt Consulting, you gain the advantage of our extensive expertise which will guide you through any challenges that may arise during your EPM journey. Our seasoned insight ensures that your decision-making process is informed and strategic, paving the way for a successful and durable EPM implementation.

Your organisation can expect a transformative experience, marked by improved performance management that is not just effective in the short term but sustainable in the long run.

Allow our consultants to be your compass in the complex landscape of EPM, ensuring every step you take is calculated and leads to the desired destination of enhanced operational efficiency and business intelligence.

If these challenges and our proposed solutions to overcoming them resonates with you, don’t hesitate to book an introductory call with our team today to find out more. You can contact us at info@boltconsulting.co.uk, or call us on +44 (0) 208 058 7005 choosing option 1.

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