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State of the Universe

Your organisation has to overcome a variety of challenges in today's business climate and one thing is certain, there will be further obstacles to overcome tomorrow, especially if your business is successful.

The challenges and investment in innovation are vital if you are to sustain the longevity of your business. However, I am consistently amazed how much time is spent unnecessarily in meetings and performing mundane tasks that should be second nature in a successful enterprise.

Many organisations employ hundreds or thousands of people who in most cases represents their largest cost. Yet few have visibility of what they are doing or how well they are doing their designated activities, or have no idea of what they are capable of doing.

How many organisations have visibility of their operational costs and deliverables? We read about projects being delayed all the time and of course it always comes as a shock to everyone?

Those who have recognised this and embarked on the implementation of traditional task based project and resource planning solutions have often come unstuck due to the complexity of these systems and their inability to obtain compliance throughout their user base.

Task based solutions were conceived from the engineering industry when they were trying to build a large building or giant ship. They tended to have a single project focus and concentrated on the timescales associated with achieving the goal rather than the cost of achieving the goal.

Most businesses today, including those in the engineering industry have very different pressures. They have to manage large portfolios of projects, requiring specialist skills from limited skills pools and are driven by strict project deadlines and budgets. Balancing your workload and your capability are the key to success.

Atlantic Global has focused on giving our customers real time visibility to these business fundamentals. This will remove the frustration of juggling and updating dozens of different spreadsheets, hold meetings based on little fact and will focus management on making real decisions based on a single trusted source of information.

Doing the basics well is key to Atlantic Global refreshing stance on this matter. We are proud to have raised the standards and performance of those organisations that use our products.

Eugene Blaine Managing Director