Solutions and Services
At Six S Partners our goal is for a lasting business partnership with manufacturing, engineering and distribution organizations.At Six S Partners - we act as an extension of your organization. We provide your team with high-quality Epicor implementations, application customizations, management consulting services and a variety of technical infrastructure services.
Whether you need a short, tactical fill-in or help managing the implementation of a large multi-national solution, we have the experience and expertise to meet the full range of your needs.
Six S Partners supports its Manufacturing and Distribution clients with products and services to:
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1. General Consulting for Manufacturing Companies
• Process flow changes
• Change management -- related to process changes and strategy
• Information Systems Strategy Alignment Workshops
• Best Practice Review
• Business Process Mapping
• Xsol Process Map SOP Documentation
• Theory of Constraints Consulting Services
• Constraint based Strategy Development
• Scheduling and Execution Solutions
• Distribution Solutions
• Sales and Marketing Strategies
• Lean Manufacturing Consulting Services
• Alignment of ERP Software to Lean Processes
• 5S
• Pull based Manufacturing
• Demand Based Replenishment Strategies
• 6 Sigma supported by ERP
• Cloud Services
• Propose all aspects of cloud solutions ( Departmental and Enterprise)
• Assist to evaluate and validate providers that will best suit customer’s needs
• Move and implement the chosen technologies to the cloud with a smooth transition
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2. ERP Support
• Process flow change
• ERP Selection Services
• ERP Implementation Services
• ERP Project Management
• Financial and Manufacturing training
• Custom application development - specification and project management
• Specializing in SharePoint, Epicor Vantage, Epicor 8 and 9 Customizations
• Virtualization
• Specializing in VMware, Microsoft and Citrix
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3. Strategic Planning
• Development of strategic planning process
• Linking strategy to KPIs and encouraging management to use it
• Balanced Scorecard implementation
• Strategy Mapping implementation
• Supply Chain Management training
• Project Management training -
4. Systems Projects
• Create a Management scorecard
• Development of strategic planning process
• Linking strategy to KPIs and encouraging management to use it
• Balanced Scorecard implementation
• Strategy Mapping implementation - improve system processes by analysis and documentation using advanced web enabled process mapping tools
• Hosted business systems deployment
• Optimize work flow
• Enable controlled information sharing
• Provide no worries outsourced ERP help desk and facilities management services to enable clients to focus on their core business
• Enable one view of the Enterprise by connecting core ERP systems and third party and/or heritage systems including warehousing, extended supply chain management, field service and business intelligence
• Allow direct communication between organizations, clients, suppliers and remote service agents through the use of e-commerce solutions including EDI & mobile technology
• Synchronize the supply chain including planning; strategic production, distribution, demand, procurement and shop floor sequencing -
5. Network Infrastructure and Database Solutions
At Six S Partners we match the IT systems from our clients to become complimentary to their business requirements and procedures. The IT strategy plan we create for our client will become the roadmap in supporting its future business growth. Information security is critical to every business. We can provide information security consulting services for our client’s information systems, applications and operational security. Today, information about people, applications, and resources is scattered throughout most corporate information systems. We can help our clients to integrate their different systems to reduce complex environments and maintenance requirements for the systems.
• Provide advice and the sourcing of hardware technology appropriate to client’s needs through system audits and risk analysis undertaken by experienced consultants.
• Best use technical infrastructure – be it Microsoft, Unix or Linux with PROGRESS or SQL including virtualized and clustered environments.
• Support clients’ systems and infrastructure including office solutions: Email, collaboration, scheduling, file and printing support.
• Facilitate business expansion by enabling international operations to be run from Canada by providing I.T. ERP infrastructure support
• Capacity Analysis & Design -Capacity planning involves all aspects of the business workflow involving the areas listed below:
Network Capacity Planning and Design
• Dedicated Circuits
• WAN
• LAN
Remote Access Planning and Design
• VPN (Virtual Private Networks)
• Dialup
High Availability Business Services
Some of the technical solutions provided to enable high availability of business services are:
• Web Server Clustering
• Microsoft Server clustering
• Messaging
• Exchange Server clustering
• Database Clustering
• Firewall Fail-over and load balancing clusters
• Citrix clustering
• Veritas high availability solutions
• Application Load Balancing
• Windows service redundancy
Thin Client Services
Thin client solutions provide the ability to have a distributed business model and still allow for centralized management and support.
• Remote Access and VPN’s
• Application Availability
• Call Centre Reliability
• Software license management
• Citrix Metaframe
• Microsoft Terminal Services
Network and System Security
Assist in most elements of security whether it is technology, people or process. Some of the areas that we provide strategy development design and implementation services are:
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Operating System Lockdown
• Policies and Procedures
• Employee turn over
• Management
• Internet use
• Actions for non-compliance
• Response plans for security breaches
• Network Connections and Encryption
• Virtual Private Connections
• Applications
• Email Security
• Business applications
Authentication
• Response planning
• Remote Access
• Assets Management
• Anti-Virus Solutions
• System Policy Enforcement
• Authorization/Authentication
• PKI
• Firewalls
Firewalls
Offers a wide range of firewall related services including:
• Planning and Design
• Conceptual, Logical and Physical
• High Availability
• Business services analysis
• Application service analysis (port usage)
• Policies and Procedures
• Management
• Log Analysis
• Checkpoint, Netscreen, Raptor and Gauntlet
Network Reviews and Audits
Can assist in effective use of your current technology investment and allow for organized growth and management. Network review services can include:
• Electronic and Physical Review
• Security Policy and Implementation Review
• Software Licensing Review
• Server Configuration Review and Assessment
• Bandwidth Analysis
• Documentation
• Recommendations
• Documentation
• Installation of Monitoring tools such as Hitachi Analyzer (More Information)
Storage Area Network
Offers planning and design in storage area networks for:
• High Availability
• Backup & Recovery Systems
• Disk Storage
Core Routing and Switching
Offers planning, design, implementation and support services for core routing and switching, including:
• LAN/WAN
• Wireless
• Architectural Solution Development
• Redundancy and Fault Tolerance Options
• Troubleshooting
• Network Monitoring
• Security
• Router and Switch lockdown
• Cisco, Nortel, Netscreen, GTA Associates
Directory Services
Offers planning, design, implementation services for:
• Microsoft Active Directory Services
• Novell Directory Services
Disaster Recovery Planning
Recommend and implement solutions that will address requirements current and future.
• Backup and Recovery
• Recovery strategies and implementation
• Geographically Distributed High Availability Sites
