Hi, I'm Andrew Joynson from Simply Effective Solutions.Spending the last 30 years in various management roles in Information Technology, Manufacturing, Planning and Logistics, Consulting, and Software Development has built a unique set of skills and experience that drives the successful results and enduring change my clients enjoy when they work with me.For the last 20 years, working as a business analyst with leading corporations like, Mars, Sanitarium, InfraBuild, ARC, Schiavello and others, and helping their managers develop and implement successful business systems has honed these skills and is what drives this success.The skills developed through experience that my clients tell me they find most valuable are:• Getting to the root cause of problems to identify and articulate true needs• Developing the most appropriate strategies to address these needs• Bridging the communication gap between business people and technical people• Being able to effectively engage people across the business hierarchy• Initiating and driving projects to implement the right strategies• Defining appropriate processes and measures to ensure projects deliver enduring returns• Keeping things simple, only adding complexity where absolutely necessaryThere are always gaps between the functionality provided by corporate systems and the functions managers need to do their jobs. To fill this gap, managers build homegrown systems, often in Excel, that let them extract and explore data from one or more corporate systems. Over time these Excel solutions can grow into complex business-critical systems that are unsupported and pose a significant business risk.I help managers reduce risk, improve efficiency, and get the functionality they need by identifying functional gaps in corporate systems, defining the most appropriate way to resolve them, and assisting in the running of projects to implement the resolutions. These projects typically involve process improvements, corporate systems training, and sometimes software solutions.As well as helping with business change, I also work with a software development team to provide complete, supported and robust software solutions. I work closely with IT departments to ensure that any new software enhances rather than overlaps existing corporate system functionality.Feel free to call me on 0400 994 512 to discuss functional gaps with your corporate systems or any Excel solutions that pose a risk to your business.