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Primary Services Offered by JRA (Clicking on a Service takes you to a definition of that service)
Business Strategies and Business Models define vision, establish corporate goals and objectives, communicate direction to shareholders and key stakeholders both internally and externally. They link the enterprise seamlessly together for greater market differentiation, leverage of resources and higher operating efficiency. Engineering Solutions drive technological leadership, breakthrough competitive advantage developments and solve complicated engineering problems. JRA's resources include some of the brightest minds in several engineering fields such as; mechanical, hydraulic, chemical, electrical, structural, plastics, and naval architecture. One of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering providers is the world class company of Tritec Marine Consultants LTD. of Glasgow Scotland, the birthplace of most of today's operating bulk ships. Best Practice Consulting brings a world of intimate knowledge about best practices to the fingertips of business managers at all levels. Leading companies and industries rely on external best practice knowledge sources to inform and close the gap between their existing processes and best practice. Best Practice is a benchmark of what is possible. We apply careful consideration of the relevancy and degree of application before we accept any best practice as necessary to your operating business environment. Sales Training can be the difference between lack luster sales revenues and high sustainable satisfaction of market demand. Knowing how to prospect affectively, identify customer needs, communicate value propositions and close the sale are all part of the sales process. On average, 70% of all company salesman receive little or no formal sales training. Our aim is analyze, train, motivate and monitor the organization to work as a cohesive sales force. This is part of any affective sales training initiative offered by JRA using the value added resources of the STI® sales training organization. Business and Marketing Plans lead the way in establishing the role of the enterprise in the marketplace. When these key business tools are lacking, members of the enterprise suffer from lack of direction and finance needs are questioned. Marketing Plans determine who needs the products and services of the enterprise, who can pay for those products and services and how those products and services should be delivered to those people or companies. Does you company operate with these basic tools in place? JRA can help. ROI Value Analysis is an essential tool to determine in a quantified way the potential impact of an enterprise's products and services to another enterprise's bottom line over a specified time period. Often neither the offering enterprise or the receiving enterprise has time, resources or skills to perform this type of analysis. We perform ROI analysis for small and large matters. Supply Chain and Sub-Contract Management drive cost reduction within your Supply Chain. Whether it is Engineer To Order, Make to Order, or Off The Shelf vendors, cost reduction of 15-40% is possible through effective Supply Chain Optimization techniques. We have the skills and the experience of billions of dollars in transactions using the most advanced methods possible such as automated vendor managed inventory, Target Costing, Collaboration Based Development and Strategic Sourcing. Business Process Re-Engineering is the heart of structured change within the enterprise. Reduction of waste, non-value added time and resource expenditure is possible through a host of Business Process Re-engineering methods including the new "Lean" manufacturing processes. Business Process Re-engineering is at the forefront of most change within the enterprise. Change Management is an essential part of every Business Process Re-engineering effort. Life Cycle Systems are a broad cross-enterprise view of "total cost of ownership" principals. "Life Cycle Systems" are a higher plane than life cycle practices. It basically means where the enterprise has rolled "Life Cycle" thinking into their everyday practices. It equally applies to both sales and purchasing environments. By definition it means simply looking at all aspects of costs (fixed and variable) over the life of a product or asset before making key decisions. It also directly affects the management of those assets over life. In a sales situation it means "what are the bottom line benefits and financial impacts of the offered product or service over the life of the product". It includes parts of advanced concepts such as Strategic Sourcing, Value Engineering, ROI Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis and Stock Value Analysis. ERP systems are playing catch-up with this concept as the algorithms are complicated and the scenario variables are endless. In reality though, all sales, engineering and purchasing decisions should be based on life cycle principals but few actually practice this rule because the skills and tools just do not exist inside the company. JRA has the concepts, tools and know how to instruct and implement life cycle systems within an enterprise. Knowledge Management and Information Processing continues to be at the forefront of today's enterprise agenda. In fact IT and Knowledge initiatives were the top three corporate agenda items in most larger brick and mortar firms. Whether ERP, or capturing internal knowledge, or building e-Learning programs, or managing internal information in higher value added ways, JRA has accomplished them all. Knowledge is power in today's information based economy. What can we help you with? We turn data into information. We turn text into interactive learning experiences. Business Process Mapping Services brings high visibility to internal and external business processes for stakeholders and management. Until this important effort is accomplished, re-engineering of existing business processes should not be accomplished. Business Process Mapping brings clarity to assumptions about how the business is really running, not how it was supposed to run. This value added service is also available to support internal ISO qualification initiatives. Business Sales, Mergers and Acquisitions are a regular part of business life. Increasing discovery of corporate wealth comes with hard work through due diligence processing and internal investigation of what is being bought or sold. We support all aspects of business sales from market investigation to closure and business ownership transfer. Software Solutions and Software Development optimize business processes by creating value through automating information flow inside and outside of the enterprise. Stakeholder needs are the principal driver of all software development, selections and processes. Selecting the right software solution does not have to be a daunting task when best practice providers are known. Our development capabilities work with your staff to build solutions that fit the current and longer term solution.
Project Management is an essential part of the regular needs of most all businesses. We follow the best practice rules of the Project Management Institute and work with companies to bring key Project Management skills online. We can also locate and qualify personnel when needed to manage almost any size of project professionally. Let us support your next capital or strategic project. Project e-Collaboration Systems are a leading method to get various disassociated people to work together using technology and process to drive results. Principally it involves putting the right information in the hands of the right people regardless of location and putting the tools in their hands to communicate in much higher value added ways. Assessment answers why you should e-Collaborate. The ROI of applying e-Collaboration to projects is astoundingly short...in most cases paying for itself in the first phase of any project. In many cases no hardware investment is required. Imagine your team finally working together. Detailed Cost Models expose hidden costs that reduce corporate wealth potential. Existing GAAP financial cost methods capture costs for reporting purposes but do not adequately show where costs can be reduced at a tactical level. Detailed Cost Models expose areas for cost reduction initiatives. One method to overcome the deficiencies of GAAP accounting is Activity Based Costing. We know how to find hidden costs that are prohibiting higher profits. Strategic Sourcing is the premiere method of supplier and internal cost reduction. Properly accomplished the results are spectacular in reducing overall cost within the supply chain. It takes seasoned consulting expertise to properly deliver the internal team skills necessary to engineer out cost from purchased goods and services. Strategic Sourcing investigates and exposes all costs originating from process, technology, people, sourcing, specification, commercial and internal/external drivers. Suppliers willingly participate in Strategic Sourcing as their offered value to the buying enterprise is greater than the current status quo. To be really successful, management must embrace change within their enterprise in ways not previously considered. Balanced Scorecard Implementation is a leading "best practice" initiative designed to formally link and communicate critical success factors, goals and objectives up and down the organizational hierarchy. Balanced Scorecard provides the feedback mechanisms necessary through key performance indicators (metrics) to ensure management goals and objectives are being accomplished at each level. In practice, it is a fantastic tool to bring a small, medium or large enterprises into a state of complete coordination of enterprise effort. Where Balanced Scorecard is accomplished many companies have reversed declining profit and revenue trends and taken leadership of their respective markets. Logistics Systems and Logistics Analysis are part of an overall CRM process to deliver goods and services to customers in accordance with buyer's expectations. Routinely companies fail to manage Logistics as part of their value delivery to customers beyond the loading dock. JRA can provide key information for making management decisions about improvements in Logistics that serve to increase overall customer satisfaction and reduce cost. Don't let a poor logistics system be the cause of your customers dissatisfaction. International Sourcing (China, Russia and Europe Specialist) is part of a global strategy of cost reduction through the analysis and selection of sources of supply based on highest value opportunities regardless of location. China, Russia and Europe continue to be quality sources of supply for certain selected technologies and materials which can bring about significant value. Castings, forgings, stampings, machining, metals processing and finished goods sourcing are some noteworthy areas of opportunity. Metals, Fabrication and Manufacturing Consulting is one of the many specialties of JRA. We routinely work to analyze and solve problems in these demanding areas or create opportunities where needed. We have vast experience in all aspects of metals conversion and processing from steel mills to advanced high powered laser cutting and CNC machining. Our fabrication experience includes large structures such as skids, ships and oil rigs. Whether high volume or low custom manufacturing we can add value through best practice solutions and our many resources in the metals industry. Product Work Breakdown Structures (PWBS) is at the heart of the production process to define the hierarchy of value addition in a coordinated way. Conversion of physical production systems to ERP systems is a complicated task and requires a full understanding of the PWBS in order to align actual production systems to information systems that manage that production. We have the skills necessary to define and map the PWBS for almost any product. Relating the PWBS to information the ERP system or other information systems can interpret is key to managing value recognition and tracking costs at the lowest level necessary. Legal to Enterprise Interface Needs are common for all companies that must relate to other businesses using legal terms. Often the lawyer or legal firm is not clear on the true needs of the company which results in many drafts to achieve the desired results. Someone who speaks both languages is necessary to drive the highest value from the work of the law firm. We speak the legal and business language and routinely act as a value added interface between companies and lawyers. Often we write the first technical drafts of legal documents to reduce the time lawyers take to bring value to the enterprise. Services On Request is a routine matter for JRA. We listen to clients needs and respond as appropriate in the highest manner possible. Just ask and we will if possible deliver on any request. "Autoship" and "AutoLoad" are both registered trademarks of Autoship Corporation, Vancouver BC "Cisco" is the registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc. USA "Manpower Software" is the registered trademark of the MSW and Associates, London England |
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