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Posted 06/10/2009
Totalamber have been providing consultancy services to organisations that utilise Business Intelligence products such as Cognos for several years. Following a number of successful workshops this year aimed at sharing knowledge of value adding solutions for enterprise applications Totalamber are now holding a free ‘IBM Cognos 8 Dimensional Reporting Workshop’ at our head office in Knutsford, Cheshire on Wednesday 28th October 2009.
From our experience, although called Business Intelligence (BI), in reality, very little intelligence is applie......
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Posted 24/09/2009
Totalamber have assisted an organisation this year during the Testing Phase of their ERP upgrade project to Agresso v5.5.3.
Our client are also in the process of moving towards the adoption of International Public Accounting standards (IPSAS) for their financial and accounting reporting which is beginning January 2010 and once again approached Totalamber for assistance.
One of Totalambers Senior Agresso Consultants has now been brought into the IPSAS Implementation Team to assist in the process of designing, developing, testing and prov......
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Posted 24/09/2009
Following attendance at one of Totalambers recent Agresso Upgrade Methodology Workshops, a leading private equity organisation have engaged with Totalamber to provide them with a bespoke training programme during their Agresso upgrade project to v5.5.3.
Totalambers training team have already scoped their requirements and with their workstream leads will be developing bespoke training material for the following areas:
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Purchase Ordering and Requisitioning
• Fixed Assets & Work......
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Posted 16/09/2009
Totalamber were glad to meet with a large global technology company recently when they attended one of our Agresso Upgrade Methodology Workshops in London.
After receiving great feedback from the organisation, they decided to integrate Totalamber into their Agresso support network. Totalamber now provide them with on going system support services which have included:
- Report writing and skills transfer to end users
- Writing interfaces between Agresso and expense systems
- System configuration changes and developments......
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Posted 16/09/2009
Totalmaber have been providing Project Management and implementation consultancy services to a client in the health sector, who are upgrading their Agresso ERP system to the latest version 5.5.
Phase one of the upgrade process has been completed, which was a \'like for like\' upgrade of the system. Phase two is now underway and consists of the roll out of various modules including Procurement, Web Expenses and Planner.
Since December 2008, Totalamber have assisted our client in a number of areas including:
- Project Management
- Imp......
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Posted 15/09/2009
Totalamber recently delivered their fourth successful Agresso 5.5 Differences Training day in London. Totalambers\' Senior Agresso Consultant once again shared with Agresso users the major differences in key modules and processes available in the latest version, 5.5.
We highlighted some of the features, however our main focus was to offer a detailed insight into the clear, tangible benefits and impact v5.5 could have on your users, departments and the organisation.
\"I thought the day was very useful. It identified a number of practical......
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Posted 15/07/2009
Totalamber held another successful Agresso 5.5 Differences Training course at our Head office in Knutsford, Cheshire on 15th July 09.
We have mentioned in previous articles that we have developed an invaluable training day where we share with users the major differences, improvements and enhancements in key modules and processes available in 5.5. We highlight some of the features, however our main focus is to offer a detailed insight into the clear, tangible benefits and impact v5.5 could have on your users, departments and the organisation.......
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Posted 10/07/2009
Fuaad Buras – Senior ERP Programme Manager – July 2009
Too many projects start falling apart before the business even touches the keyboard! There are many phases and places where projects start showing the strains. Typically the implementation phases of a project draw out bugs and issues, but their visibility to the business is limited or even hidden. However, when a project moves into the testing phase, visibility of the project increases and business confidence and project credibility start taking big hits if bugs, issues and communicati......
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Posted 10/07/2009
Totalamber have been engaged with a University in the North West of England recently who utilised our knowledge of the Agresso Project, Costing and Billing module to gain advice and guidance on the benefits that the module could offer them once they upgraded to v5.5.
After a successful two day session on site providing an indepth demonstration of PCB we invited the University to one of our Agresso 5.5 Upgrade Methodlogy Workshops at our Head Office in Cheshire.
The University brought three project team members along to learn about the l......
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Posted 09/07/2009
Totalamber have recently engaged with a large retail group that have been distributing food and grocery-related products to the convenience retail sector for over 100 years.
Totalamber were approached to provide a technical performance review which will highlight potential areas of weakness with their current hardware platform. We were also asked to provide recommendations for improvements to enable their ERP system, Agresso Business World to run more efficiently and effectively within the business.
Following review of Totalambers audit m......
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Posted 08/07/2009
Following the success of both Totalambers Agresso 5.5 Upgrade Methodlogy Workshop and our follow up event, Agresso 5.5 Differences Training; organisations have now realised the benefit they can receive from our one day Differences session and we\'ve recently secured two on site 5.5 Differences Training courses with two local government organisations who are embarking upon an upgrade to 5.5.
The great benefit of having this training delivered on their own site of course is that we can tailor the agenda to meet their requirements and focus on ......
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Posted 07/07/2009
Totalamber held their second Agresso 5.5 Upgrade Methodology Workshop in London in July 09. The latest event was fine tuned, refined and improved following April\'s success.
Once again it was our objective in the morning session to share with Agresso users some of the strategies we’ve developed to overcome the common obstacles and issues that organisation’s face when upgrading to v5.5 .We also highlighted our structured methodology which incorperates a \'defensive strategy\' to help organisations plan and prepare for the worst.
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Posted 24/06/2009
Totalamber recently received interesting feedback from Agresso users at one of our 5.5 Upgrade workshops which highlighted that often, there is a lack of confidence to start the journey of upgrading to v5.5 as the organisation is uncertain of the tangible benefits and impact it will have on the business.
Many users have seen the new features, look and feel of 5.5, however this doesn’t seem to be enough to justify the project to the business and Project Sponsors.
Totalamber have developed an invaluable training day where we share with user......
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Posted 24/06/2009
Totalamber have recently engaged with a local government organisation to assist with the implementation of the Planner module within Agresso v5.5.
Currently our client use Excel and Agresso GL Budgeting to produce budgets, however Planner has now been introduced as a replacement of the Budgeting module. Planner will offer the following new features and benefits to our client:
- Timeframes for budgeting based on periods in AGRESSO Business World.
- Versions to group the budget transactions.
- Batches to group transactions within version......
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Posted 12/05/2009
Over the last 9 years, Totalamber has delivered over 800 Movex/M3 projects. A key component in the M3 module portfolio is the Movex Output Manager (MOM) which is closely integrated with the StreamServe application. Totalamber have worked on over 300 StreamServe/MOM projects to clients operating across a number of different sectors.
Our market research has indicated that many Lawson users fail to take advantage of extended functionality provided by the application, especially when an upgrade is implemented and new functionality is not suffic......
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Posted 30/04/2009
In March this year, Totalamber made the Agresso user community in the UK aware of its Agresso 5.5 Workshops being held across the UK in 2009, including invitations to our first Workshop being held at our offices in Knutsford, Cheshire on 23rd April.
This Agresso 5.5 Implementation / Upgrade Methodology Workshop was aimed at organisations who are about to embark upon one particular journey, the upgrade process from v5.4 to v5.5. Totalamber are currently assisting a number of clients with their upgrade process and there are some key strategies......
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Posted 02/04/2009
Totalamber recently engaged with a University in the North West, who required independent and impartial advice and guidance before commencing their implementation of the Agresso PCB (Project, Cost and Billing) module within Agresso v5.4.
Totalamber gave the University a live PCB system demonstration, highlighting ways of using PCB functionality and best practice processes. We also highlighted common issues, risks and constraints that we have come across when implementing PCB at other sites.
Following review we advised the University that ......
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Posted 30/03/2009
A large London Borough Council recently reviewed the performance of their Finance Function and their Agresso Business World Implementation. Following a Strategic Review, they defined a roadmap for improving the performance of finance and set up a programme to govern this work.
Totalamber were chosen to provide a Project Team consisting of Functional Project Management, Implementation and Technical Consultancy to assist with all technical aspects of the project.
As part of this programme a number of initial projects have been determined to......
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Posted 30/03/2009
Many Agresso Business World users have or are about to embark upon one particular journey, the upgrade process from v5.4 to v5.5. There can be many twists and turns along the upgrade road and many obstacles that can get in the way of your organisation reaching their destination … an improved Finance and ERP infrastructure.
Totalamber are currently assisting a number of clients with their upgrade process to v5.5 and there are some key strategies we have developed to enable our clients to prepare correctly and overcome the obstacles more easil......
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Posted 16/03/2009
Totalamber was engaged by a major UK provider of property solutions to both the private and public sector who were rapidly approaching Go-Live on IFS Apps 7 and required hands-on assistance with the final stages of the rollout. The project team required some urgent, additional hands-on support for a number of key aspects of the project and without this assistance, the Go-Live date was likely to slip.
Totalamber provided assistance in a number of areas, including data migration, security and administration set up of IFS to get them back on t......
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Posted 11/03/2009
Totalamber has recently been engaged by one of Europe\'s leading providers of chemical and boichemical analysis services to assist with their roll-out of IFS across a number of different sites. For the last three months, Totalamber has worked on the implementation of Apps7, setting up the security profiles, access rules and developing reports in Crystal Reports and Quick Reports.......
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Posted 02/02/2009
Totalamber are providing Project Management Services to a large Primary Care Trust who are part way through their major change programme, an Agresso Business World upgrade to version 5.5. The key vision is to help provide a common finance and procurement system throughout the trust enabling budget holders to take ownership for financial and business results.
Totalamber are working alongside the Trust to provide specific experience in the management of the project. Go Live is approaching and Totalamber have now also been selected to provide t......
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Posted 05/01/2009
Totalamber were approached by one of the world\'s leading patent translation and search companies to provide a Project Team to deliver their Agresso Business World system upgrade to the latest version 5.5.3.
Following an audit and review of their current configuration, business processes and future requirements, Totalamber created a Project Plan for a six month roll out of the latest version.
Totalamber created a five man Project Team which includes a hands on Project Manager, Application Consultant and Technical Consultant as well as pro......
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Posted 24/12/2008
Totalamber have recently completed the successful implementation of the Agresso Web Services module within Agresso v5.4, for a global leader in the research, manufacturing and marketing of electrical and electronic equipment used in communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy and transportation.
Totalamber planned the project and provided Implementation Consultancy to ensure quick system configuration. Totalamber also developed and delivered a short end user Training programme, mainly for Timehseets and expenses so re......
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Posted 18/12/2008
Totalamber were recently given the green light to commence the Agresso Business World 5.5 Upgrade Project with yet another organisation in the health sector.
Totalamber provided ad-hoc consultancy for this large NHS organisation based in London, early in 2008 and added great value in a short period of time. The time was approaching for the organistion to upgrade their system to the latest version 5.5 and Totalamber were once again approached as their preferred service delivery partner to provide Project Management and Implementation Consult......
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Posted 09/12/2008
Totalamber were recently approached by a global recruitment organisation with offices in five locations around Europe, to assist with their Agresso Business World multi site implementation.
Following successful implementations by Agresso Sweden in their Swedish and UK offices it was decided that Agresso Sweden continue to take responsability for the rollout to three other countries including Germany.
The german site had its own localisation pack and a very different working environment and culture and therefore they required a local Con......
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Posted 09/10/2008
We are sure you are aware of the global credit crisis that has slammed into Europe with stunning force over the last few days, triggering five major bank rescues and a near total shut-down of the region\'s credit markets.
Totalamber is the leading Consultancy Group providing software consultancy services to Agresso customers. Most of our clients are not impacted by these issues however, in the last few days a couple of organisations have had their budgets cut which has resulted in ongoing Agresso projects being deferred until the economic s......
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Posted 08/10/2008
Totalamber have recently engaged with a large Primary Care Trust to provide Project Management of their major change programme, an Agresso Business World upgrade to version 5.5. The key vision is to help provide a common finance and procurement system throughout the trust enabling budget holders to take ownership for financial and business results.
The Project has a number of Project Objectives including:
• Migration from the current version of Agresso 5.4sp5 to Agresso 5.5sp3
• Use of additional functions and features within Agresso to......
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Posted 03/09/2008
In spite of, or as a result of the credit crunch, merger and acquisition activity is set to increase. Within Totalamber, we believe that due diligence of the IT systems of all organisations involved in the merger and acquisition is vital. This is often overlooked and from our experience, this can make or break the deal. Computer Weekly published our comments on this and the article can be found here......
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Posted 20/08/2008
Totalamber recently provided specialist Agresso Technical Consultancy services to a life sciences company focused on the development and commercialisation of pharmaceuticals targeting neurological and other disorders. Our Consultant built a secure Test system to enable them to test a newer version of Agresso Business World v5.5. Totalambers Consultant installed the new version of Agresso, then built the new Test environment, comprising 2 servers, one to host the Agresso application and web servers. Data was then upgraded from 5.4sp3 to 5.4sp5, ......
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Posted 14/07/2008
Totalamber recently completed the successful implementation of Agresso Business World’s Invoice Manager within v5.4sp5 for one of the leading producers of materials for the global metals industry. This module allows organisations to improve their departmental efficiency through optimization of workflow, especially where movements of documents between locations would otherwise create delays. Users achieve considerable benefit from the ability to combine tasks, such as archiving, book-keeping and document distribution for approvals. Cost savings ......
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Posted 15/11/2007
The continued expansion of Totalamber has resulted in the need for 6 new Sales Executives. These sales people will undertake an intensive 3 month training programme and become responsible for our entry into a number of new markets. If you or anyone you know is interested in this opportunity, please have a look at our video and submit your CV in response.
www.totalamber.com/salesexec......
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Posted 01/11/2007
Our client is one of the leading global operators in the helicopter services industry. Following their decision to upgrade their IFS application to App7, they approach Totalamber to provide a lead consultant to assist them with the upgrade. We allocated one of the most experienced IFS application specialists and he is currently working with this client on their upgrade project, which is successfully progressing according to the project plan.......
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Posted 30/10/2007
Totalamber have been actively working in the food processing sector for some time. Working with some of the leading food processing organisations, our consultants have combined generic skills and expertise with the specific business requirements of the implementation and maintenance of ERP systems within this sector. Our experience with Movex/M3 Release 12.4 has been utilised within a new client, based in the Republic of Ireland. This client required advice and guidance to undertake local market modifications to support French tax and fiscal re......
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Posted 30/10/2007
Totalamber have been assisting clients in the enterprise asset management sector with their Movex/M3 implementations for some time now. Our knowledge and experience of this sector, combined with specific expertise of the materials handling sector enabled us to provide strategic advice and guidance for the re-engineering of business processes to support enhanced reporting requirements for this client.......
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Posted 30/10/2007
Our client, operating in the vehicle component industry, was undertaking an upgrade to App7 of their IFS system. They required Totalamber assistance to support both the project management of the upgrade and application consultancy on the implementation of the service management module.......
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Posted 29/10/2007
Totalamber’s consultants have developed a reputation as skilled and experienced problem solvers. A number of our consultants are ex-vendor and have combined in-depth application training with client-focused technical and business consultancy services. A client, in the marine industrial and safety sector, had been experiencing a problem for some time with the configuration of Streamserve within their IFS implementation. They had requested help from other sources, however, a fix or resolution of their problem was not forthcoming. On contacting T......
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Posted 11/10/2007
For over seven years, Totalamber have been successfully delivering consultancy and services to the ERP market. The nature of these projects and the type of organisation implementing these projects requires our consultants to be available to work in any location. One of our clients required support for the implementation of Movex/M3 into their Chilean operations. They required an elite financial consultant to evaluate their financial procedures, evangelise about Movex and provide a pragmatic approach for the implementation.......
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Posted 10/10/2007
Our client, a leader in the automotive component manufacturing industry, had recently reviewed their purchasing and machine shop orders processes. Following the review, a number of changes to their IFS system were required and our client requested Totalamber provide the specialist expertise to support their change project. Through our network of experienced IFS consultants, we were able to identify the two most experienced consultants with relevant experience in both IFS purchasing and shop order machine interfaces to provide business and techn......
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Posted 05/10/2007
Totalamber have been working with a leading global manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment for over a year now. They recently embarked on a long term global roll-out of the Movex/M3 (version R12.6F RPG) application and required a project team to provide consultancy and technical services in a number of functional business areas. Through our existing involvement with this client, Totalamber were approached to provide the project team to provide expertise in areas including finance, manufacturing, distribution, plant maintenance and project......
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Posted 05/10/2007
This client operates distribution facilities, importing products from different countries and distributing finished goods to retail outlets. They have implanted M3 to support their distribution operations and rely on the correct configuration and implementation to maintain competitiveness. Their phased implementation of Movex has so far been successful and Totalamber is providing consultancy services for the second phase of their M3 implementation.......
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Posted 02/10/2007
Totalamber have been actively working with Movex/M3 clients in the chemicals sector for some time. Combining relevant sector experience with expertise in the implementation and configuration of the Streamserve/MOM modules within Movex/M3 enabled us to provide consultancy services to support the modification and enhancement of the reporting and output requirements for a new client in the chemicals industry.......
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Posted 19/09/2007
To support our expansion and planned move to new Headquarters in Knutsford, we are now recruiting to fill a number of internal, permanent positions. For more details, please click on the "Opportunities" tab and filter on "Internal Jobs".......
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Posted 17/09/2007
Knutsford based Software Consultancy Group Totalamber strengthens its Service delivery commitment with the appointment of Professional Services Director Mr. Bryan Brunt.......
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Posted 09/07/2007
Totalamber wins a project to assist the UK’s leading supplier of courier and freight road vehicles. Our client currently uses the Northgate ResourceLink HR&Payroll application and needed to identify how they could maximise benefit from their investment in the system. Totalamber provided a complimentary scoping workshop with two of our senior ResourceLink/Cognos consultancy experts. The aim of the workshop was to fully understand key issues with the existing system and the drivers for enhancement. Following the workshop, our consultants devised ......
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Posted 02/07/2007
Totalamber secured a training project with the UK’s leading “not for profit” organisation, providing support and services for the elderly. Our client had an integrated ResourceLink HR&Payroll system and required a bespoke training course to be developed. They felt the traditional “off the shelf” training course from the vendor did not meet their requirements. Our expert ResourceLink/Cognos training expert, with over twenty years of experience, very quickly identified how our client could improve and speed up their working practices and trained ......
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Posted 25/06/2007
Totalamber secured a two-phase roll-out for a HR&Payroll project with a Government Agency. Totalamber HR&Payroll experts were asked to undertake a detailed healthcheck on our client’s existing Northgate ResourceLink HR&Payroll system and report back to the Agency on recommendations to review and update the system. Following our review and assessment, the Agency required help with the re-configuration of their ResourceLink system and the integrated Cognos business intelligence components. Totalamber consultants identified and agreed a number of ......
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Posted 25/06/2007
Our client is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction equipment, employing over 6,000 people across 4 continents. Their existing HR&Payroll application was based on the Northgate PSe application and our client required help from Totalamber to update and modify the application for their one-off annual company payroll run.......
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Posted 19/06/2007
Unit 4 Agresso has experienced a 40% increase of its high-end deals in 2007 and exceeds last years’ number of + €1 million deals already in the first 5 months of this year. Unit 4 Agresso’s ability to increase its success is tightly linked to Agresso Business World 5.5’s differentiating ‘Post Implementation Agility’ capabilities. The launch of the 5.5 release at the end of 2005 has not only resulted into higher win-rates across the business, but in particular in winning more complex and larger orders. This has also led to a growing interest fr......
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Posted 19/06/2007
@UK PLC and Agresso have developed integration to allow the Agresso eProcurement module to seamlessly integrate to the @UK PLC eMarketplace, enabling both online procurement and transactional document exchange. Agresso web requisitioning now connects to @UK PLC supplier sites using ‘punch-out’ technology so Agresso Business World users can auto-populate requisitions from approved suppliers. XML data exchange facilitates the electronic transmission and reception of Purchase Orders and Invoices between the two systems.......
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Posted 18/06/2007
Our client is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and services to secure digital transactions. With €1.7b turnover and operations in over 30 countries, this organisation needed to undertake a full review of their existing global HR & Payroll system to determine its suitability to support the strategic growth of the organisation. The existing HR&Payroll system is based around the Northgate PWA EmPower software suite and our experience and knowledge of this application enabled us to provide the strategic advice and guidance our cli......
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Posted 05/06/2007
Totalamber assists a subsidiary of one of the largest global manufacturing organisations in their requirement to consolidate their StreamServe implementation. This organisation has individual StreamServe installations in a number of European country operations and they have difficulty in the provision of support and maintenance of the system. They urgently need assistance from Totalamber to provide advice and guidance in the consolidation of the StreamServe environment into a centralised service which also support local configuration requiremen......
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Posted 01/05/2007
Totalamber provided advice and guidance on the implementation of IFS for a warehousing and distribution project.......
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Posted 26/04/2007
A number of factors can require the migration of data. In this instance, our client had been growing through acquisition and required the migration of data from acquired companies into their corporate IFS application. Totalamber experience of IFS allowed us to recommend a migration consultant to provide assistance with the migration of existing, legacy data into IFS.
Data migration needs to be carefully planned to ensure the relevant data is extracted from the legacy system and correctly incorporated into the new system. Totalamber provided......
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Posted 30/03/2007
Totalamber assists Scott Bader with a successful Movex roll-out to over 200 users, across 7 countries.......
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Posted 30/03/2007
Totalamber wins new Movex project with Nutreco - Netherlands to support new business operation.......
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Posted 28/03/2007
James Pickford will contest the 2007 Porsche Carrera Cup GB with continued support from Totalamber. Following the last minute withdrawal of his previous team, Pickford has now joined QME Sport, and Totalamber is pleased to continue its sponsorship agreement for the 2007 season.......
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Posted 26/03/2007
Totalamber wins new project with Kavli for the support and development of MOM.......
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Posted 16/01/2007
Totalamber wins project to support and deliver Selecta's Streamserve application. ......
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Posted 31/12/2006
Totalamber is pleased to announce that we have finished 2006 with 29 Movex consultants capable of providing techncial and consultancy services.......
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Posted 17/11/2006
BT Europe select Totalamber to deliver key Movex business consultancy services.......
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