In medical terms, taking a patient’s pulse is typically a first step in any diagnoses.  This quick check can tell a medical expert a significant amount about a patient’s health. In our world, getting a quick read of your business and operational health can tell our experts a great deal about the health of our “patient”.  Through an initial, high-level assessment service, IPS Consultants can gauge the relative health of various components of your operational world, provide a quick diagnosis of priority problem areas and offer a suggested course of action to provide financial relief.

Global Consulting can address this high-level “Pulse” Assessment from either a Business-level perspective or a more technical, Operational approach.   A business-oriented assessment is termed “Enterprise Pulse™”, and an operational assessment is called “Plant Pulse™”.  These assessment services are a catalyst for helping your organization realize a higher level of performance and agility by enabling your work processes, people, and technology investments to better serve your existing business processes.

Enterprise Pulse is a broader perspective assessment of your business operations.  It focuses on: 

• Business Performance Assessment
• Best practices review
• MES Effectiveness Assessment
• KPI review
• Solution Architecture & Opportunity prioritization

Plant Pulse digs deeper into your operations to uncover opportunities to improve performance and reduce costs.  Some of the primary areas examined include: