Depth and breadth in Business Architecture,
Operations, Systems, and Processes 

I provide three distinct services:

1. Help your company improve profitability;

2. Help your company improve business and IT operations;

3. Provide JD Edwards ERP software consulting services if your company is or will be a JD Edwards customer.

To learn more about how my services have benefited my clients, please click on the hyperlinks above, or click on the menu selections in the header section to review case studies.

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Below, I answer key questions about my services to help you better understand how I differentiate myself from my competitors:

Why should you consider my services, and how do you benefit?

1. My clients typically recognize return on investment exceeding 500% when engaging my services to resolve a business issue;

2. I'm the one and only primary consultant that will be with you from start to end;

3. I have a holistic skill-set encompassing strategic, tactical, operational, functional, and technical knowledge and capability that is rare in the consulting industry;

4. I have a proven track record of helping companies become more profitable;

5. I provide mentorship to you, managers and employees helping them become more knowledgeable and productive;

6. I implement frameworks that you can adopt and effectively manage without my support;

7. I care about the people I work with, and I'm as concerned with their success and welfare as I am with mine.
    

How do I perform my services?

1. I collaborate with you and key individuals until we have the issue(s) well defined;

2. Based on my experiences, knowledge, industry and academic research, best practices, and frameworks, I develop an approach to resolving the issue(s);

3. Once we agree on the approach, I help you develop a detailed project plan with defined deliverables and milestones;

4. We identify all internal and external employees and consultants required;

5. Using a proprietary business architecture application I developed, I design / define the roles, processes, and systems that are required to support the solution;

6. I setup a prototyping environment / model to begin rapidly implementing through an iterative refinement process.  This step is critical to success and incorporates the complete business architecture developed for the solution;

7. Finalize, and prepare for 'go live'.

8. 'Go Live' and provide post-implementation support for a pre-defined period.

How do I price my services?

1. For Collier & Associates proprietary solutions, or solutions that are customized specifically for your organization, I typically negotiate a fixed price plus travel expenses;

2. For JD Edwards implementation or re-configuration work, I typically bill a daily rate plus travel expenses.

What are some of the key concepts I focus on?

1. The Management System

2. The Business Architecture

3. Data Corporatization

To learn more, please contact me for a free, no-obligation telephone consultation.    Please see my contact information at the top of the page.