Virtual Partners

Collaborative Solutions for Practical Problems

Solutions

Virtual Partners was established to deliver innovation and expertise into situations where people and organisations require solutions that extend beyond the traditional functional boundaries and processes. Alternatives would either take too long using traditional programming methods, or may be too challenging because there have been no previous protocols established.

The founders have over 20 years of experience in the delivery of informatics solutions into the logistics and supply chain management arena. They are recognized innovators and pioneers in many aspects of the application of information technology within the industry. They have worked across the globe for both commercial and government organisations. This provides a unique insight into emerging innovations, significant trends and their potential impact on operational effectiveness.

Connection means ‘Context’

Recent developments in information technology have made the connection, capture and analysis of data much easier. In many organisations data is captured by a large number of different systems, however, any advantages that might be gained from a shared view of this are few and far between. This is not simply a case of systems integration; it is more one of ‘understanding’ and applying the relevant meaning or ‘context’. Linking it together and applying the necessary context enables the exploitation of the real value of this data. The resulting information can then be shared across the organisation in ways not previously considered.

Information Systems Collaboration

Many organisations find themselves with a variety of operational and support systems spread across the enterprise. They have resulted from departmental development, acquisitions and from the need for a short-term solution. The problem is that these systems all contain data that has some value, but may be of greater value if combined with data elsewhere in the organisation.

The growth of industry standards for data exchange and the open protocols for communication, provides the opportunity to access this data and derive value from it. Large systems integration projects can seldom move fast enough to achieve the same goals, as organisations are changing too quickly.

Virtual-Partners can show you how to exploit these standards with solutions that can help to unlock this hidden value.

Resource Pools

To deliver these solutions, Virtual Partners calls on a broad range of expertise from a network of people and partner organisations with industry expertise in Logistics, Supply Chain management, Aerospace, Electronics and Information Services.

Focus and Communication

Virtual Partners acts as the contract manager and the primary contact point. We assemble the appropriate resources, develop the solution design and estimate budgets. We believe in close and constant communication at each stage of the project and our focus is on making sure the customer understands what is happening at each and every point. This helps to build confidence and also provides early warning of any issues or changes that may impact the solution.

Assessing the strategic impact of major node failure on supply chains and global trade.
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Identification of behavior patterns and processes used to exploit supply chain vulnerabilities.
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Understanding dynamic demand signals across collaborative communities.