The full potential of a custom-built application can only be achieved when the application is designed top-down around core business objectives, and bottom-up around operational and functional needs.  A disciplined approach -- separting 'must-haves' from 'nice-to-haves' is a critical aspect of this approach.  PCA provides expert business application consulting to insure that your key business objectives and functional needs are clearly identified and prioritized.  

Common 'points of pain' that PCA consultants frequently encounter, where an existing system does not adequately support key business needs, include:

• Lack of data for profitability: lots of information; little actionable intelligence
• Poor data integrity: unreliable/inconsistent calculations and reports
• Inability to forecast: clarity thru the rear-view mirror, but windshield is foggy
• Lack of Security: inability to control application access at the funtional and data levels
• Errors and manual re-work: people supporting the application, not the reverse
• Over dependency on IT: hurry up and wait for help
• Poor application performance: takes 10 minutes to perform a 15 second function
• Lack of Compliance: low trust in application to support industry/regulatory needs
• Innefficient work flow: takes 20 clicks to perform a common business function

PCA will lead you thru a process to insure that every opportunity to increase your business capabilities and reduce operating costs is fully exploited.   This is where PCA really excels in helping our Clients.

Our experts will lead you through a process of getting clear answers to your core business issues -- so we can design and build a strong application foundation to meet your immediate business needs, and accomodatie go-forward requirements in a cost-effective and reliable manner.