Automation Outsourcing

    

Outsourcing is a popular strategic tool used by businesses to gain a competitive edge. ProTech Professional Technical Services offers an outsourcing service that is a virtual arm of your technology facility. Using this model you have access to the best talent in the industry working in our state-of-the-art development centers and providing you with value-added solutions. You gain this without the concerns of recruitment, attrition control, ramping up of infrastructure and spiraling costs, deregulation, soft markets, new competitors, changing marketplaces, and the Internet. Outsourcing enables you to focus on these core business opportunities instead of worrying about running an automation shop.

Just as you know your company better than anyone, no one knows our automation outsourcing solutions better than we do - how to implement them, how to tune them for maximum return on investment, how to leverage them to give you the greatest competitive edge. We can tailor a solution to your unique requirements, implement it cost-effectively and on-schedule, and provide product education that balances both theory and practice to insure you receive the full benefit from your investment.

Making each component of your IT system work together is critical to the success of your business. With ProTech as your technology partner you, our client, are an integral part of our IT solution. Our entire integration process is designed to keep you informed and confident that the solution being developed is exactly what you expect.

At ProTech we deliver:

• Applications tuned to work with existing operating platforms
• Network components that work seamlessly
• Databases that efficiently provide timely and accurate information
• A reliable solution to your I/T needs

Defining the Technology Partnership

Together, your organization and ProTech can be an unbeatable team. That teamwork is built on a mutual understanding of your goals--your definition of success... a clear vision of what you want to accomplish. Of course, some elements are constant in any company's definition of success. Measurable achievements, for example, such as faster inventory turnover, better service, improved on-time delivery and reduced costs. Many companies also share less tangible goals, such as improved interdepartmental cooperation and greater process efficiency. But in the end, the only thing that matters is defining and achieving your vision of success.

As your technology partner, ProTech's subject-matter experts will provide insight to help the project team establish up-front objectives and the best to keep you informed of our progress toward delivering them. The team will agree on reporting processes and performance milestones that will demonstrate business value quickly. We schedule frequent interim performance displays and efficacy checks that show success early.

Our staff of Project Managers, Designers, and Consultants provide the "instant expertise" you need to implement any technology solution. Our working methodologies are designed to ensure successful and appropriate solutions at a predictable cost.

Create A Roadmap To Reach Your Goals

At ProTech, up-front design is one of the keys to project success. ProTech can help your project team to evaluate varying approaches to solving a problem and to help answer fundamental questions like:

• How effective is the present system?
• What problem are we going to solve?
• How will we measure our success?

Time invested by a small concept and design team that includes key members of your staff to design and prototype possible solutions is much more cost-effective than rewinding an entire development team to fix a major flaw designed 'on the fly.' We take the time at the beginning of a project to define and allocate the necessary resources, to look for off-the-shelf solutions, prototype and script proposed solutions and design appropriate training programs to transfer knowledge about the new systems to your team members.

Establishing clear goals up front also makes it possible for us to help measure your success. To that end, ProTech will guide you through a comprehensive process designed to gauge results according to priorities and business concerns that you've defined. We can determine the resource allocation and activity schedule needed to achieve additional goals. And quantify the return on your investment. You can count on ProTech to take you from where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow - and show you how much you're gaining along the way.

Once you know where you want to be, it's time to determine how to get there. ProTech can be your guide. You need to have realistic expectations, as well as a firm grasp of both your resources and your constraints. You also have to remember that improving your organization's operations is a journey, not just a destination. As with any journey, there will be milestones along the way - none more important than the day you "go live." And while that's an achievement that deserves celebration, it's not the end of the journey.

The on-time and functional implementation of a new software system will bring significant strategic and tactical benefits to your company. Some, such as improved productivity and greater process efficiency, are ones you might have expected. Others, such as enhanced collaboration, decreased time to market and better decision-making, may come as pleasant surprises. The key to realizing these benefits is to plan for them, then maintain your focus so you can sustain them. These are important steps toward achieving the return on investment you desire. Steps ProTech will help you take.

Learn To Get The Most From Your System

We are there when you turn the key. Using test procedures developed during the design phase, ProTech will run the new solution through its paces to ensure the systems work as designed. Your success is our business.

Throughout the life cycle of a business system, product education is critical. ProTech's education division provides the training you need to maximize the benefits of your applications.

You can choose from hundreds of courses offered at ProTech's headquarters located just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Or, if you prefer, you may also arrange to have courses given at your location. Taught by experienced instructors, our courses cover a broad spectrum of topics addressing both technical and functional issues.

Maximize Competitive Advantage

The fact is, nothing in your organization ever remains the same. You may face reorganization, new competitive threats or the challenge of selling new products or services in new markets. That's why, wherever you are in the implementation process, you need to focus on maximizing the return on your systems investment. As your service and solutions partner, ProTech will work with you to align your people, your processes and the information that supports them with your business needs and priorities. Once the implementation phase is complete, we can extend the benefits of your investment by incorporating continuous improvement, additional applications and new system features designed to enhance your competitiveness and profitability

Put Our Experience To Work For You

If you're considering an IT upgrade or simply struggling with what to do to keep up or get ahead, call ProTech. It takes just one phone call or a visit to our Web site to find out more about how your organization can benefit from ProTech Professional Technical Services. Our professional consultants are ready to bring the benefits of superior business intelligence to your enterprise.

Last Update: June 3, 2011