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Project Overview
DSA resources successfully completed a project for a large Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Supplier that provided the client with significant functional and performance enhancements to its Finance applications.
Our client had a portfolio of Finance applications which had ongoing functionality and performance problems. Additionally, there were many outstanding changes and enhancements that were needed for SOX and IRS audit, reporting, and compliance requirements. From a functional perspective, our client needed to ensure that key applications were sufficiently representative of the processes used during the course of normal Finance business operations. This required remediation of known functionality problems and incorporation of enhancements that provided further automation of key processes.
Solution Description
Our client’s chosen solution was the use of a DSA Senior Management consultant, experienced in proven project management methodologies and practices as applied to enterprise-scale projects. Industry-standard project management practices were applied, resulting in DSA successfully managing and executing multiple sub-projects of varying complexity in a matrixed, hybrid in/out-source environment.
DSA incorporated an iterative release strategy which resulted in deploying improvements and enhances throughout the year in a number of strategically-planned releases that coincided with key business milestones.
Return On Investment
In addition to saving over $120,000 in project execution costs, DSA’s approach provided an increased gain in functionality and quality. Such savings were realized much earlier than if one large release was executed at the end of the development cycle.
In addition to deploying corrections and enhancements, appropriate processes were incorporated that provided a consistent, reliable, and repeatable means of assisting in SOX evidence validation. As a result, audit compliance costs were significantly reduced across the enterprise. Our client was also able to realize cost avoidance in terms of repetitive re-work associated with inaccurate financial transaction reconciliation and reporting. This cost avoidance will continue to increase over time as additional technology and process enhancements are applied.
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