Systrends Consulting
Systrends consulting experience and
expertise is unique in the EC/EDI industry.
Our early involvement in EDI projects, our
leadership in standards design and
development, and our participation in EC
organizations have provided experience that
we have built on over the last 15+ years.
Our management and staff have project
management and systems analysis experience
that spans IT and EC over the last 25+
years. Systrends consulting includes
many areas of expertise:
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Comprehensive project management and
life-cycle implementation and
integration. |
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Technical and business EC risk
assessment. |
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Design and development of EC standards
and formats. |
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Custom transaction-set mapping. |
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Implementation and management of EC
(EDI/EBT/XML) transactions. |
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EC and Internet security. |
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Market analysis and testing. |
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Design and implementation of transport
protocols. |
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EC implementation guides and functional
specifications. |
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Outsourcing analysis and implementation. |
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Documentation design, development, and
management. |
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Technical training and user training. |
Systrends works with your organization's
management and staff to assess the full
scope of a project; we define and address
issues; we document and recommend
alternatives; and we implement and test the
chosen solution as it moves into a
production environment (either in-house or
outsourced). Our methodology for
managing an EC project includes the
following stages:
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Business analysis - to determine the
strategy and business (B2B) goals of the
EC project. |
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Technical analysis - to review the
current technical environment (existing
EC, data base setup, application
interfaces, technical issues, trading
partner issues) and determine how the
future EC objectives will be met by the
project. |
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Project proposal - to document, from the
business and technical analysis,
Systrends understanding of the
requirements and our plan to satisfy
those requirements. |
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Project plan - the technical
specifications (e.g., transaction
specifications, transport mechanisms,
delivery mechanisms) and the business
specifications (resources, budget,
parameters) that move the effort
forward. |
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Project implementation - the integration
and implementation of the new system
and/or process including hardware
configuration and software development
and testing at a modular and then
comprehensive level. |
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Project production - a summarization of
the project and whether objectives have
been met. Ongoing problem and
issue tracking and resolution. A
hand-off to EC/IT staff or a migration
to ECtrends™
Service Bureau production. |
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Project documentation and training -
delivery of documentation and training
for system/process users. |
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