Proactive project delivery with Whitebridge that you control

"Organisations are finding an ever increasing need for a proactive approach when it comes to building delivery teams for CPM initiatives. At Whitebridge we have devised a model which allows customers to tap into the WB Associates network giving them control. Rather than working with a supplier who works reactively, Whitebridge are able to proactively give the client control of their resource planning against their pipelined demand. Too often when requiring tactical or strategic external subject matter expertise organisations find themselves restricted to working with suppliers who have a reactive approach, often proving damaging to project timescales and deliverables. The usual options are; to either work with a consultancy where their key performance measure is based on utilising an internal bench, where too often profitability takes priority over best fit for the job in hand,  or the recruitment company that taps into the wider independent skills market by posting job requirements or searching cv databases, this reactive approach to securing the expertise required can often prove detrimental to the end customer. At Whitebridge we have taken the opportunity to build a model which acts as an extension of the WB Associates network.   This model which allows, with careful proactive planning, an organisation to have a view of not only the availability of the required consultants months in advance, but also the ability to match this with their project pipeline. By ensuring the correct independent consultants are being tracked to match “potential” customer project timelines Whitebridge is able to offer a scalable model which can:

Track and blend expertise – blend, if required, Whitebridge Consulting capability with WB Associates (we are able to offer either types of support dependent on demand)

Scalability – the control of the WB Associates supply chain is under the direction of the client

Diversity of skills – WB Associates allows for cross skills coverage and growth of resources in key niche areas  

Retention of knowledge  - the model allows our clients to know at any point when a consultant is available to support them and allow for use of their retained knowledge

Visibility – regular visibility of consultant availability broken down into a skills matrix to match project demand  

"An increasing number of companies are turning to software applications to perform consolidated financial reporting, forming the basis of the figures provided for an audit. One of the major products in the financial consolidation space is IBM Cognos Controller, formerly Frango. The WB Partner Network has considerable experience of the IBM Cognos Controller application having been involved in the design, implementation and development at numerous companies throughout UK and Europe. Our consultants are not only accredited by IBM, they are all financially qualified and most have worked as auditors for one of the large audit companies. We therefore have an appreciation of the objectives of the auditing process. Over the past year we have had first hand experience of the auditors role and processes where IBM Cognos Controller forms the basis for the reported figures. In some cases it is the auditors themselves who have strongly recommended the application to the client. Our experience is that, in every case, the application itself and the questions asked were completely different not only between audit firms but also from different auditors and offices from the same audit firm. Whilst IBM Cognos Controller is a configurable application, the fundamentals of design and control functionality within the application are such that these remain constant from one company to the next. Based on the above, it is our firm belief that there is a standard audit approach that could be designed and adopted where a company uses IBM Cognos Controller as the financial consolidation application. This audit approach, once designed, documented and trained, could then be used as a blue-print for all audits where IBM Cognos Controller is in place. In our opinion the benefits of this approach to the client as well as the audit firm would be significant and include: ·         A standard approach reducing risk to the auditor ·         The blue-print would highlight areas of risk where further audit work is required ·         This would also provide high quality audit points to be raised with the client as a value add ·         Audit time could be reduced and work concentrated on areas of risk ·         The clients perception of the audit process would be significantly raised Please contact us for further information »"