Strategic IT Architecture Development Archives

New Gaming and Hospitality Operation Uses Technology for Successful Launch

New Gaming and Hospitality Operation Uses Technology for Successful Launch Client Situation A new gaming and hospitality company was in the process of building its first gaming and entertainment facility when the Executive Team recognized the importance of coordinating the planning and implementation of IT systems so that operations could open with useful technology and provide a foundation for growth. Making a broad scope of systems compatible up front [...]

New Gaming and Hospitality Operation Uses Technology for Successful LaunchAnn2021-01-28T17:34:13+00:00

Consumer Packaged Goods Business Unit Accelerates Growth Despite Stiff Headwinds from the “Great Recession”

Consumer Packaged Goods Business Unit Accelerates Growth Despite Stiff Headwinds from the “Great Recession” Client Situation After weathering the “great recession,” a major outdoor business undertook an organization restructuring to put the emphasis back on its core brand assets, moving from a shared resource platform to business unit platform focused on its brands to accelerate growth and gain market share. There was a dire need by the then-current president [...]

Consumer Packaged Goods Business Unit Accelerates Growth Despite Stiff Headwinds from the “Great Recession”Ann2021-01-08T18:13:16+00:00

Privately Owned Outdoor Recreation Consumer Products Company’s Digital Transformation Results in Topline Sales Growth, Improved Service Metrics and Increased Brand Engagement

Privately Owned Outdoor Recreation Consumer Products Company’s Digital Transformation Results in Topline Sales Growth, Improved Service Metrics and Increased Brand Engagement Client Situation A forty-year-old privately owned Northwest consumer packaged goods business in the outdoor recreation space was based on a traditional wholesale model, but that model had been deteriorating for 15 years. Ownership was slow to react and embrace the changing landscape until a leadership transfer that moved [...]

Privately Owned Outdoor Recreation Consumer Products Company’s Digital Transformation Results in Topline Sales Growth, Improved Service Metrics and Increased Brand EngagementAnn2021-01-08T18:07:03+00:00

Power BI Implemented to Improve Processing and Provide New Insights for Efficiency and Cost Savings

Power BI Implemented to Improve Processing and Provide New Insights for Efficiency and Cost Savings Client Situation An underground cable restoration company used various applications and systems and the process to compare and aggregate data across those systems was very cumbersome and unwieldy. There was also a sense that a significant amount of money was being wasted through unnecessary employee travel expenses. Solution A Business Analyst, now a NextLevel [...]

Power BI Implemented to Improve Processing and Provide New Insights for Efficiency and Cost SavingsAnn2020-10-19T21:21:02+00:00

Oil Field Scheduling for Risk Mitigation

Oil Field Scheduling for Risk Mitigation Client Situation A controlling oil company in a rich oil field had approximately 5,000 workers at various processing facilities at any given time. The work being performed by any of those individuals could have a destructive impact on other work happening in the area (e.g. one crew venting gas in the same area as another crew working with open flame could cause an [...]

Oil Field Scheduling for Risk MitigationAnn2020-10-19T21:14:40+00:00

Besieged ERP implementation is transformed into a template for global growth and profitability improvement

Besieged ERP implementation is transformed into a template for global growth and profitability improvement Client Situation The international branch of one of the top six consulting companies in the world was struggling to deliver on a very complex ERP implementation and a management re-engineering project for their top branch customer, a large mining company. The project was critical as it also represented the foundational cornerstone for the consulting firm’s [...]

Besieged ERP implementation is transformed into a template for global growth and profitability improvementAnn2020-10-07T17:47:09+00:00

Redesign of Inventory Control System Improves Customer Service Resulting in Revenue, Profitability, and Cash Flow Growth

Redesign of Inventory Control System Improves Customer Service Resulting in Revenue, Profitability, and Cash Flow Growth Client Situation A mid-market, multi-channel consumer products company with more than 30 product categories, 7000+ active SKUs, and involving extensive supply chains and two dozen global factories, was experiencing difficulty maintaining inventory for delivery of at-once orders (including direct-to-consumer orders) because of reserved inventory for pre-orders. These pre-orders were collected six to twelve [...]

Redesign of Inventory Control System Improves Customer Service Resulting in Revenue, Profitability, and Cash Flow GrowthAnn2020-01-15T00:21:52+00:00

Systems Improvements for Large Pacific Northwest Non-Profit

Systems Improvements for Large Pacific Northwest Non-Profit Client Situation A $50M non-profit serving the state of Washington struggled with multiple disconnected data systems. Attempting to manage volunteers, donors, grants, and finance as well as several large warehouses was draining valuable resources from the organization’s primary mission. The organization was also inhibited by outdated applications and lack of support for highly customized critical functions. Solution A NextLevel partner who previously [...]

Systems Improvements for Large Pacific Northwest Non-ProfitAnn2020-01-15T00:24:00+00:00

Two National Wireless Carriers Achieve Successful Acquisition Integration

Two National Wireless Carriers Achieve Successful Acquisition Integration Client Situation After over a decade of mergers and acquisitions, a large wireless carrier was preparing for sale and had to address the underutilized and underperforming technology assets they acquired on their way to becoming one of the top national wireless carriers. Additionally, they had to prepare to integrate technology assets with an acquiring company of equal size and meet an [...]

Two National Wireless Carriers Achieve Successful Acquisition IntegrationAnn2020-01-15T00:30:51+00:00

Large Healthcare Organization Overcomes Migration Challenges for New Transaction Platform

Large Healthcare Organization Overcomes Migration Challenges for New Transaction Platform Client Situation A large healthcare company consolidated seven home grown, disparate core transaction systems into one unified vendor developed platform. When the customer migration was 30 percent complete, the project team turned over the daily operations to the production team to run the system and finish the migration. As the customer migration progressed, system performance declined until it reached [...]

Large Healthcare Organization Overcomes Migration Challenges for New Transaction PlatformAnn2020-01-15T00:31:07+00:00