Continuity is Key to Success For a company operating in a real-time environment, heavily dependent on its own precise scheduling, downtime can be fatal – business continuity is everything. When a complex, $10 million IT consolidation and integration initiative stalled after two years, Concentric3 was called in to perform an audit of the project. After discovering a range of problems – from no project accountability to a lack of essential milestone dates – Concentric3 was asked to take it over. Ultimately, we saved the client millions of dollars, completing the project and allowing the business to maintain its operations without interruption. Read More…

SCOR Process Framework Helps Rescue SAP ERP System Upgrade The upgrade of seven business units to SAP ECC 6.0 leverages SCOR models to define business process requirements and map out an effective implementation plan. An SAP ERP upgrade and centralization project had fallen months behind schedule and teetered on the brink of failure. Concentric3 was brought in as an external project manager. Though still focusing on the technological requirements, we deepened the focus on specific businesses processes and proven change management practices. As a result, the implementation went live on schedule and dramatically reduced IT support and management costs. Read More…

Trusted Advisor Clients turn to Concentric3 as objective, trusted advisors to plan, implement, and run large-scale IT projects. IT implementations can fail at any level, at any time, for any number of reasons: lack of understanding of how business processes interact with technology, poor alignment of IT strategies with business processes, or basic corporate politics. That’s why clients have turned to Concentric3: Because they need an objective, trusted advisor who is on their side, looks out for their best interests, and understands that technology is a means to an end – not the end itself. Read More…