European Business Consultants was formed in 1998 to help organisations, primarily in the financial services sector, develop their capabilities in the rapid analysis of information.
This includes:
definition of critical data
identifying the source of data
building a process to capture this data on a timely and consistent basis.
analysing data in a powerful environment using the latest OLAP technology.
EBC focuses on providing solutions, which yield real value to the client, via modular solutions and rapid development of the business model.
EBC staff have a thorough knowledge of the financial services industry and have an excellent grasp of the information requirements in the sector.
EBC works with clients who have operations in many countries or have grown through mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a complex organisation structure. Frequently their IT environment is spread over many legacy systems. EBC works as a catalyst between the IT function and the end-user environment.
The problems which many organisations face, include the following:
Many systems developed on a stand-alone basis that do not share information.
Information derived from these systems is hard coded and changes to information requirements can’t be quickly updated. Also end-users struggle in accessing the critical data.
IT functions are under pressure to maintain the transaction systems especially when there are major updates required resulting in non-implementation of necessary changes to provide management information of a superior quality.
The end result is that the end-users are under pressure to provide better analysis while the IT function is under pressure to maintain transaction systems. This divergence of needs results in a high level of frustration and a low level of productivity throughout the organisation as end-users strive to meet the information requirements of the organisation.
EBC helps clients bridge the gap between end-users needs and the raw data. EBC builds management information tools which will help management in the decision making process in an environment of continuous change.
