Clearing the PathTransforming your Business

A Business Processing Consulting CompanyOffering Services to:

Reduce your Work FlowStreamline your Information and Paper flowGive you a User Friendly System using your

existing softwareMake your Business Lean and more

profitable

Data Transformation Systems will offer creative, innovative, and effective solutions to your business problems.

Too many consulting firms try to develop standard models to solve key business problems. I realize that business problems have a variety of solutions; what may be right for one business would not necessarily meet the needs of another business.

• How much paperwork?»What is the paper flow?» How easy is it to retrieve?» How easy is month-end?

• How many man hours is month end?

» How complicated is internal system?• How many spreadsheets?• How much “cut & paste” required?• How many man hours to transfer data?• How compatible to customer information?

• How much is necessary?

CLEARING THE PATH!

Flow Analysis

Software• Is it compatible to “Off the Shelf”

Software?• Can it be up/down loaded into

Microsoft Software?• Can existing Software be utilized ?

Manual• Are Forms and Spreadsheets

compatible?• Can they be integrated into a Database?

Department/ Process

The Process for each Department will be Analyzed:• Customer Service - Procedures – Paperwork - Software• Accounting - Procedures – Paperwork - Software • Purchasing - Procedures – Paperwork - Software • Service/Operations - Procedures – Paperwork - Software • Shipping/Receiving - Procedures – Paperwork - Software • Quality - Procedures – Paperwork - Software • Other

– BOM/Product structure -Procedures – Paperwork - Software – Outsourcing -Procedures – Paperwork - Software – Inventory -Procedures – Paperwork - Software – Scheduling/Planning -Procedures – Paperwork - Software – Product Development -Procedures – Paperwork - Software

Breakdown The InformationGeneral flow By Department– Function• Is it required ? YES/NO• Is it downloaded or Manual input?

Within Department– Function• Is it required? YES/NO• Is it downloaded or Manual input?

Documentation Flowchart

Answer these Questions:Find what is reported? Who requires it? How many copies?Is it necessary?How many Spreadsheets?How often updated?How complicated?Can they be consolidated?Can a Data Base be utilized?

General Flow/Paper Trail

More Questions to answer:Who processes External paperwork and files it?Who generates Internal paperwork and files it?

How often? Who receives Internal paperwork, Is there enough

information? Is it correct?Is it Hard Copy or Soft Copy? Using an ISO/QS 9000 Quality system procedures

Is it Necessary? YES/NO

Doing the Job for you: As Sole proprietor of DATA TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM

I have 20 years experience in Materials Management, Material Handling and Business Administration. I will design a comprehensive and integrated system that reduces the repetitive and manual entry of data at each stage. Therefore

reducing the throughput and related costs, while using existing systems/software.

Even More can be Done:More Services• Business Process Re-engineering• Business Analysis• Re-design process flow• Software applications – database• Needs assessment• Training• Systems Development/Implementation • Physical Distribution/Logistics

Thank you for taking the time to view my Presentation.

You can Contact me at:Data Transformation Systems

David WatsonBusiness Process Analyst

705-201-1709E-mail: data_trans01@yahoo.ca