Factsheets

These short documents, which are described briefly below, seek to explain the approach which we adopt in undertaking various types of project. They are intended to help you appreciate the task which you are setting yourself and when you might need assistance.

If you wish to obtain copies of any of these documents, go to Downloadable Documents, where all the relevant information is available. If you are not sure about whether you want these documents, please read the brief explanations set out below and then, if you would like a copy, click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Computer Systems Selection

If you are seeking to select and install new computer systems for a business, and need to acquire applications software, whether for commercial, financial, production, or other tasks, there are a series of activities which need to be undertaken, to ensure that you reduce the potential problems. This guidance note identifies these activities, whilst the full guide provides the detail.

Business Planning / Corporate Strategy

If you need to plan the future of your business, whether at the Strategic level, to produce a Corporate Strategy, or at the detailed level, to produce a Business Plan, there are a number of different steps which need to be undertaken, both to enable you to identify your current position and the options available to you. There are also different types of document, depending on the purpose for which the plan / strategy is being produced. This guidance note provides a brief summary, whilst the full guide provides the detail.

Business Planning - Implications

A number of clients, who have wanted us to assist them by producing a business plan, wanted a document identifying the implications, on the business, of producing the plan. This document was produced to satisfy that need, and may be of use to you.

Achieving ISO 9000

This guidance note summarises the steps required to achieve ISO 9000. It is, however, only an outline and, again, our full guide provides details of the required steps, with examples.

Please note that the note, and guide, are both several years old and, while the general principles are still valid, they have not been updated to reflect the more recent changes to the standard.

Managing Sudden Success

We have had clients who have been overwhelmed by a sudden, spectacular, increase in business. This creates many problems and this factsheet helps to identify what can be done to alleviate the situation.

General Business Advice

For many years, we have provided 'hand-holding' general business advice to small, and medium-sized, businesses. This factsheet seeks to identify suitable frameworks for that advice, so that such businesses know what they can expect from such advice, and the basis for any charging.

For details of any of these, click on Factsheets

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