How We Help Manufacturers

David Caruso and Associates use a proven, rigorous approach to identify which of your many possible IT projects will bring the highest financial reward. We provide a roadmap that prioritizes IT projects and implementation steps. We also tell you the best measurements to watch as you travel toward your business objectives.

Engagements cover a full range of services and may be comprehensive in nature or as targeted as a half day seminar. We’re mindful of the time you can commit and your budget constraints as we work with you to develop your roadmap.

A comprehensive engagement may include the following steps:

· Assess the Business Value IT Provides

Analyze and profile your IT environment, including IT systems, processes, and staff, and evaluate relationships with Line of Business management. This analysis may include review of specific performance data, budget allocations, and interviews with customers and key members of your teams.

Use proven tools, analytical methods, and metrics to decipher where your best opportunities are, or where you are missing the mark.

Our advice is based on fact and the application of rigorous analytical tools.
(In simple language, we don’t come on site, hang around distracting your staff, and then tell you what you told us.).

· Develop the IT Roadmap To Higher Profitability

We’ll work with you to determine which deliverables will help you most to achieve your goals. Typically, depending upon the client’s situation, our deliverables have been:

A roadmap pointing out your best IT opportunities and where to curtail spending.

Reports detailing our objective analysis of the IT organization’s productivity and how it compares to benchmarks. Advice about the next steps to take.

Methods to use to improve the interface between IT and LOB executives; we help you develop processes for IT and business goal alignment.

· Deliver Tangible Programs Tailored To Your Needs

You can reach objectives faster when everyone knows why you’re headed in that direction. Seminars and Roundtables, kept interesting with fresh ideas, direct relevance to your business, and participant interaction, are an excellent way to launch initiatives or speed their adoption.

Seminar Series

Program Management Office (PMO): Getting your money's worth
High Performance IT in Manufacturing Companies
The IT Budget Workshop
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) – How to get it right
Metrics That Matter – Measures for higher performance
Becoming Demand Driven - What it can mean to your business and your IT plans

Executive Roundtable - Align business and IT goals

Position papers and other internal communication explaining IT strategies and plans to your employees

Written Research and Tutorials

Helping Manufacturers:

Assess The Business Value IT Provides

Develop IT Roadmap To Higher Profitability

Deliver Tangible Programs Tailored To Your Needs