decision/analysis partners delivers a team of seasoned professionals with the depth of experience, technical know-how and industry insight to help organizations compete in today's complex and fast-moving world. We have led major transformation initiatives in the areas of mission-critical logistics, supply chain management, information and communications technologies and the postal industry. Clients benefit from our ability to provide consulting solutions tailored to their specific needs and objectives, our implementation expertise and our proven experience and leadership in change management — a critical component of any transformation initiative.
We specialize in selected areas: Supply chain management & logistics, acquisition management, information and communications technology and the postal services. In these areas, we cover the spectrum of professional management consulting services as well as event management services.
SERVICES
Supply Chain & Logistics Management
decision/analysis partners offer a broad range of supply chain management & logistics services: from strategy development that provides a clear road map for action, to hands-on operations improvement engagements with immediate business impact. Our services cover three distinct lines of business:
Mission-Critical Logistics
Mission-driven organizations depend on the availability of their assets, and the ability of their logistics infrastructure and systems to deploy and sustain peak performance in real-time at any time. decision/analysis has significant experience in leading and assisting the transformation of mission-critical logistics organizations.
Supply Chain Management
decision/analysis partners assist organizations with supply chain network analysis, design and optimization, sourcing analysis and optimization, procurement and collaborative strategies, distribution and warehousing strategies, and financial issues such as cashflow and working capital fund strategies.
Trade and Transport Security
Logistics and supply chain management increasingly relies on technology and systems for securing cargo and information across borders and transportation modes. decision/analysis has significant experience with trade and transport security, assisting customs organizations, ports and Governments with business and system requirement definition, technology assessments, research, preparation and evaluation of tenders for all types of security technologies and equipment.
Postal, Mailing & Shipping
decision/analysis partners is a leader in postal service management and technical consulting. Our services include:
Enterprise Transformation and Postal Sector Restructuring
Working closely with postal operators, we support postal enterprise restructuring, including the legal/regulatory framework, business strategy, network redesign, operational strategies, the definition of new product lines, change management, and the underlying information infrastructure. We also assist governmental agencies with postal sector transformation, providing policy development, regulatory and market analysis.
Design Center of Excellence
Improving operating efficiency and saving money are key to the survival of postal administrations around the World. decision/analysis partners has the qualifications and experience to guide your postal administration through its operational transformation, using experts in address management, sortation and distribution, production planning and control, network management, material handling, postal processes, large acquisition program design and implementation, and construction management.
Technology Evaluation and Procurement
We help postal or private organizations evaluate the business case of technology investments and/or specify technology solutions to that improve the effectiveness of operations through enhanced visibility in the mailstream, seamless handoffs, automated processing, and continuous monitoring and control of operations. Our consultants define technology specifications that are aligned with strategic orientations, user needs, and financial considerations.
Information & Communications Technologies
decision/analysis partners offer information and communications technologies consulting services in three technical areas. Our work is always vendor-independent, practical and actionable. We have successfully developed and evaluated international tenders on behalf of clients. A needed, we will supplement our in-house management consultants with experts in specific areas such as SCADA, GIS, or environmental assessment.
Network Evaluation and Design
decision/analysis focuses on the analysis, evaluation and/or design of complex nationwide or multinational, multi-technology, multi-echelon networks. Our analysis starts by examining the overall business objectives and by ensuring that the methodology used for evaluating or designing the network fully integrates its business intent.
Service Enablement and Revenue Assurance
Buyers and sellers of telecom services increasingly depend on sophisticated operation support (OSS) systems for provisioning and billing. decision/analysis partners has a proven record of accomplishment in assisting clients with OSS implementation and testing - from a client or provider standpoint - to ensure that service is enabled and revenue an be accounted for. [more]
Emergency Management & Public Safety
Emergency planning & management, police and other rescue organizations depend on fixed, mobile and deployable communication infrastructure for a variety of data and voice services before, during and after disasters and emergencies. d/ap has significant experience in this field both in the areas of emergency management and public safety.
Organization Support
decision/analysis partners provides a range of organization support services and solutions to Government as well as private clients, including:
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
At decision/analysis partners, our professionals work with you to develop a change management strategy that suits your needs—providing the appropriate roadmap and tools to best prepare your people for change and new ways of doing business.
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Our human capital consultants employ both quantitative and qualitative methods to address the growing demand for agencies to manage their people programs more effectively.
Learning and Development (LD)
decision/analysis partners consultants have extensive experience helping government agencies define performance needs, design training, and evaluate training alternatives.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Serving the customer requires a balanced alignment of strategy, operations and culture. At decision/analysis partners our professionals have developed a holistic view of CRM that is based on a set of tightly interrelated capabilities
Acquisition Management
decision/analysis partners provides a range of acquisition management services and solutions to Government as well as private clients, including:
-Acquisition Planning
-Procurement Implementation & Analysis
-Program Design & Policy Development
Event Planning & Management
The DecisionEvent division of decision/analysis partners specializes in the organization and implementation of events requiring technical as well as logistical expertise. These activities include:
-Conferences
-Trade Missions & Reverse Trade Missions
-Technical Expos
-Training & Technical Seminars
Every seminar, event, visit or trade mission starts with a business objective. As a management consulting firm, achieving the event's business objective is our first priority. We provide expert-level technical expertise in many technical fields, including IT, Telecom, Logistics & Transportation, Manufacturing, Energy & Power, Construction, etc...
Our experienced team helps identify key business issues, select the right content, design the right program, and provide the right resources. We will also supplement our team with specific, hard-to-find expertise, provide context and interpretation, identify and recruit sponsors, provide follow-up business assistance, and coordinate site visits.
Government Services
decision/analysis partners provides Government Agencies in the United States and overseas with a wealth of experience in a number of industry areas. decision/analysis partners also makes available to its customers a number of contract vehicles with pre-approved professional services rates making it faster and easier to do business with us.
