The CIO Advisory Services offered by Blum Shapiro Consulting focuses on effectively aligning Information Technology (IT) with your company’s business strategies. Blum Shapiro works with you to develop a roadmap for increasing IT efficiency, integrating new or upgraded technology while minimizing risks and costs. The primary goal is to enable your IT organization to perform as a business partner and a competitive corporate asset.
Growing companies face ever changing IT needs. An aging or ineffective system can be a costly drag on critical business objectives. By focusing your IT resources on both long-term strategic initiatives and efficient handling of day-to-day operations makes IT an effective business asset. Since Blum Shapiro Consulting’s CIO Advisors have helped numerous companies improve their IT organization’s operating performance, we know what needs to be done.
Core Services
- Perform IT Organizational Assessments and Reviews
- primary deliverable are recommendations on what should be done to improve the IT function
- Develop IT Business Plans
- A comprehensive IT Business Plan laying out what system projects are necessary in order to support the overall business goals – included are project priorities, estimated levels of effort, anticipated benefits, and resources required.
- ERP Package Selection
- We have helped many clients select manufacturing, distribution and financial software packages that best meet their needs. We stay on top of the ever changing software landscape to ensure you choose the best package for your business requirements. We know the common pitfalls to avoid and challenges faced when working with software companies or value-added resellers.
If you are looking to extract information out of your existing systems or link disparate systems together, Blum Shapiro’s Technology Consulting practice can design and write the necessary programs to accomplish these needs.
Blum Shapiro’s Process & Controls consultants can help in the review and assessment of your company’s internal systems controls but from an internal and external perspective.