Government Contractor's Business Solutions
Government Contractor's Business Challenges
Managing all customer and prospect contacts
Proposal creation and submission processes
Accurately and efficiently managing projects – schedules, resources, and budgets
Effective internal communications and collaboration
Managing internal resources and their allocations
Time and costs associated with contract closing
Effective client communications and status reporting
Meeting ANSI 748-A criteria for earned value management and OMB reporting requirements
GC’s Primary Business Goals
Increase opportunity identification
Increase hit rate
Better resource management
Increase Earned Value Management (EVM) compliance & competency
Better project & resource tracking and status reporting
Decrease operational costs
There is nothing typical about a Government Contractor's business process workflow solution
Consider the productive time and business opportunities lost to the inherent inefficiencies of disparate data sources, geographically dispersed teams, and document transit alone. Microsoft takes the work out of the workflow and eliminates these inefficiencies by providing an integrated set of solutions for the business processes that government contractors typically experience. Create, organize and manage projects, digitally sign approvals and contracts, maximize network operations, manage clients and finances with precision — all within the familiar Office environment. Microsoft gives you the tools to compete.
The inefficiencies and added expenses o f doing business with subcontract ors and teams in multiple locations are all but eliminated with Microsoft's Digital Signing feature. Forget about waiting for a contract to circulate between signatories while business stands still. Eliminate the costs of shipping and couriers, document loss and storage, and printing. Microsoft's Digital Signing solution delivers documents for signature instantly, so your business can keep moving, and ensures that all organizational source files are secure, tamper resistant, completely traceable, and preserved with full integrity.
Microsoft's Proposal Generator is a Web based collaboration portal designed to manage every aspect of the proposal process. Research resumes, technical materials, photos — all from a centralized database that allows you to quickly compile proposal data from a centralized knowledge base. Share calendars, timelines, and tasks t o better collaborate with y our teams, regardless of location — and keep reporting and sales management data just a glance away with Microsoft's Web based dashboards.
When it comes to project and portfolio management, Microsoft's Office integrated approach to data management makes it easy to optimize your use of resources and promote seamless collaboration among teams. Fully EVM compliant, Microsoft gives you the option of reporting by project, program, or cost code and integrates directly with other EVA reporting tools. Get an overall view of all work across the enterprise — or use one of the Executive Dashboards for an on-demand look at the project and program status. Match the right people with the right jobs at the right time by tracking and mat ching skills. Microsoft empowers you to manage your resources and project schedules more efficiently and build better collaborative relationships.
Microsoft's ERP and finance management solutions are particularly intuitive and powerful tools for government contractors. Take advantage of completely flexible financial reporting, Web based project manager reporting, as well as an Executive Reporting Portal. With the ability to integrate strong third party tools and automate manual tasks, such as invoice generation and project reporting, it is likely the most versatile ERP solution available.
Microsoft's single-point infrastructure features, such as network load balancing, component load balancing and cluster services, enable you to improve availability and performance for end users, minimize the downtime associated with system failu e, and cut costs associated with systems and data that are inaccessible. This translates to increased reliability across your operations.
Minimizing your security vulnerabilities is an issue of absolute importance. Microsoft's single-point infrastructure provides features to aid in implementing security , including centralized management, role-based security , delegation o f administration, improved password security , control of the desktop, and encryption of network traffic.
Reducing costs while increasing capacity is a thematic priority for organizations. The inherent flexibility of Windows Server 2003 allows government contractors to consolidate and scale their systems to meet their changing business needs.
Additionally, Microsoft's single-point infrastructure empowers you to drastically increase the functionality of your business applications — and your productivity — by integrating Active Directory, Exchange and Office.
Microsoft offers government contractors a truly integrated and streetwise combined solution to the business processes associated with everything from initial opportunity development and proposal to contract and project management — and back again. It is indisputably the most comprehensive business process tool set available for government contractors.
