Automated Business Systems
Automating business systems transforms specific business functions into computerized, turnkey solutions. They can be implemented to streamline (and also integrate) the efforts of any aspects of the strategic operations. They cut costs and increase revenue and make the existing workforce more efficient without increasing the work burden. They can be implemented to streamline the efforts of any aspects of the strategic operations such as:
- Administrative
- Financial
- Inventory
- Sales and Marketing
- Client Management (contact, quote, orders, invoices, etc.)
- Facilities Management
- Report Generation and Dissemination
- Online Publishing
- E-commerce
- Employment and Human Resource Management
- And More!
For many companies, several off-the-shelf systems are already in place, automating the efforts of separate strategic operations. Unfortunately, they do not communicate. Systems that are not seamlessly integrated severely limit their contribution to the overall business enterprise. A system that shares information increases the value of that information exponentially and empowers the business with seamless interactivity of all business operations. Let ITHIKON build you a custom, automated business system or integrate the seperate systems you currently have in place.
Development Overview
- Strategic Business Systems Automation
- Customized Computer Solutions Development
- Database Integration and Development
- Internet/Intranet Web Development
- Security Interface Integration
- Facilities Management
- Properties Association Management
- Estate Planning and Investment Management
- Professional Association Management
- Enterprise Resource Management (ERM)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Supply Chain Execution (SCE)
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
Consultation Overview
- Software Consulting
- IT Resource Consulting
- Network Administration
- Business Development
- Online Employment Programs Integration
The Strategic Advantage
Automating business systems have many advantages but none as important as their ability to deliver the same, consistent, high level of service to many clients as easily as to a few. This consistency can also be delivered by a staff whose only requirement is to have a skill level capable of operating the system. This keeps the company from being expert-dependent and limits the impact of exiting employees.
Automated business systems are vital to the scalability of growing companies, the continued ability of downsizing companies to deliver consistency to existing clients, and to those companies that are discovering the advantages of so-called �High Road Strategies�.
Whether your company is a fast growing business or if you aspire to be one, creating business systems that automate your operations will position you to allow growth to happen . No company will achieve consistent, breakthrough production or provide value to a client like one that is system-based. On the other side of the coin, any company that is thinking about downsizing should first explore which aspects of their operations can be automated. Automated solutions can allow for downsizing to occur without extending the remaining staff or affecting the consistency of the service you provide to your customer.
Building Consistency
In order to properly automate a business process, we must first define how work within a business is done and how the service the business provides is delivered. This entails white-boarding, brain-mapping and structure/requirement documentation. All businesses can benefit from the establishment of a documented business system that defines and implements the productive aspects of their operations. The more automated the resulting system becomes, the more value it adds to the business. The more documented it is, the more control management will have over operations, especially those operations that do not coincide with the specific expertise of the company principles.
Successful businesses have a tested, formatted, standard operating system that is proven in the real world. Automating this system provides a documented, repeatable mechanism for producing consistent business results.
Transformation
System-based businesses provide freedom and profit for their principles, operating standards and uniformity for their employers and excellence and consistency for their clients and customers. This breeds entrepreneurial satisfaction, employee retention and client loyalty. From a performance evaluation standpoint, automated business solutions deliver a positive ROI and in many cases, pay for themselves very quickly.
Implementing a proprietary, turnkey operating system in a business empowers the owner to duplicate the successful operations time and time again regardless of who they hire to manage it. It creates a work environment where ordinary people can produce extraordinary results over and over again. It correlates business development with people development. It connects automated business systems with people who now manage the system and are no longer burdened with performing the task themselves.
People run the system and the system does the work. It also integrates all the elements required to make the separate business operations �talk� to each other which increases the value of the data collected exponentially. For example, one of our applications empowers our client with the ability to use information collected at the point of sale to be immediately available to their financial applications, which in turn can provide immediate information to their inventory systems, which in turn provide immediate information to their purchasing applications, and so on.
This transforms the business into an automated system-based operation, orchestrated by the integrity of its quantified parts and working in concert toward a strategic objective. It creates a consistency in a product that meets the customer's expectation � one they can rely on � time and time again.
It is the job of the business to develop the tools of the system, integrate those tools and to teach employees how to use them to the point where they produce the same extraordinary results over and over again. Each element of the system should be an integrated solution designed and implemented to produce a marketing result.
Database Applications
The database is the nerve-center of the information system. It is where information is not only stored, but provides the system with a source where digital applications can be fully automated. For example, the database can be programmed to generate statistical analysis, to build specific reports and maintain a contact manager and a program manager.
The more powerful database is one that is Web-based. A Web-based application is a point of reference where the Internet provides secured access to all information in real-time. All updates will be immediately available to all users from anywhere Internet access is available, including wireless connectivity.
Ultimately, ITHIKON can help you to define and automate the best possible process for performing one or many of your business operations. These automated processes will be in the form of a computerized, turnkey application that can be managed by employees with a low-level of professional expertise. All systems are secure, scalable, and customizable and can be seamlessly integrate with other applications. Every automated element will become a proprietary component that becomes part of a complete, system-solution designed to produce a positive result and add value to your company.