A
few more reasons why ATR™ technology and Results First!™ represent a
superior approach...
Platform and Application Independent
Results First! solutions using GRPMAX's Automated Task
Replacement™ technology can be applied to a wide variety of business applications on a wide variety of platforms. These solutions are not restricted to specific “vertical” markets or narrowly defined applications and can enable improvement throughout your entire organization.
Immediate Results
The larger and more complex any given project is that an organization tries to deploy, the longer the timetable for the project becomes and the greater the chance of failed expectations. Computer technologies can literally change before such "stretched-out" deployments even near completion, which is why projects that take less time to deploy are almost always more successful. Because
ATR™ is a highly modular and advanced approach an automated solution for many of your processes can often be prototyped or even fully implemented in a very short time (days or weeks, instead of months).
One ATR-based project, for example, involved an existing process of updating PC-based documentation by taking information directly from a 3270 mainframe screen. Two of the client’s technical staff had taken the project to about 60 percent completion by working on it off and on for three months. An
ATR solution was designed and implemented in just two days and the entire project was completed within 48 hours after initial design. A 92.5% savings and increase in productivity!
Another project involved taking thousands of existing Microsoft Word documents that contained no stylistic or HTML formatting information whatsoever and converting them into HTML documents, complete with hyperlinks that could easily be navigated on the Web. The client agreed that conservatively it would take the average operator, at minimum, at least 1 hour per document to manually convert the documents and create the necessary hyperlinks. A prototype solution based on
ATR technology was developed in a matter of weeks capable of processing the same documents automatically at a rate of less than 20 seconds per document. A 99.9% savings and increase in productivity!
While you would still be waiting (and paying) for other solutions to get up and running,
ATR-based solutions can already be at work for you showing
results.
Use The Software and Hardware That You Already Have
Frequently ATR-based solutions do not require the purchase or installation of any additional software or hardware other than that already in use within your organization. The point at which the capabilities of preexisting or newly installed applications and solutions leave off is where
ATR technology enters the picture by further automating your processes to significantly increase productivity and reduce workload.
Empowering Your Own Organization’s Staff Can also Reduce Your Dependence On Outside Vendors
The terms "consulting" and "contracting" both carry actual as well as perceived differences in interpretation, and the meanings have also become blurred over time.
For the client, true consulting is often the preferred mode of acquiring services and typically creates the best value. Consulting includes: 1) Assessing your existing processes as well as any solutions you are already considering. 2) Determining what solutions can be applied. 3) Determining software and hardware requirements. 4) Vendor and/or consultant selection. 5) Developing a project task list, timetable, and cost projections. 6) Providing assistance and/or training to your systems-level staff to help them implement all of the above.
”Contracting” is really the actual development and/or implementation process, where the items on the above task list actually get carried out. This would include: 1) Programming and/or systems setup and development. 2) The creation of documentation to support the project and any new systems created as a result. 3) End-user training. 4) Hardware and software
installation. True consulting provides the best value to the client because it empowers your own systems-level staff with a greater degree of the knowledge needed to develop and maintain ongoing solutions in house, as opposed to continued reliance on a vendor
(GRPMAX included!).
Efficiency Experts
Numerous large organizations have on staff, or bring from outside, efficiency experts whose job it is to do walkthroughs of various departments and processes to see where increases in efficiency can be gained. Within the context of what is normally meant by "efficiency," this is fine. However, because
ATR
technology can automate processes otherwise thought doable only manually, ATR
should be viewed quite apart from, and can achieve significantly greater results than, routine efficiency analysis.
We Don't Know What We Don't Know...
ATR technology enables the automation of a wide variety of applications and processes that can result in productivity increases and
time savings in excess of 90 percent. Yet, because most end users and even systems-level people are unaware that such automation is possible they may easily feel that the existing process is working just fine!
Not all processes can be automated. But it is almost certain that your organization is currently spending substantial sums of time and money on processes that could be largely if not entirely automated!
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