Active Solutions is a Seattle-based consulting firm that helps organizations identify and implement ways to improve business profits. Specifically, Active Solutions helps businesses optimize processes through effective information management.
Since 1996 Active Solutions has been a leader in
- Integrating Enterprise Reporting software into the customer enterprise
- Deploying applications which provide important business reporting and insight to management, partners and clients
- Implementing website business optimization solutions
Developing Strategic Uses of Management Information System Capabilities
We help organizations turn ever expanding volumes of raw data into resources that enable them to get the results they desire.
Our vital goal is to supply our clients’ decision makers with accurate, relevant and actionable information, which in turn improves their profitability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
We address business challenges and deliver unique information to meet particular management needs. Our solutions are secure, reliable, maintainable, affordable, and scalable.
We specialize in helping MAXIMO users make the most of their investment by providing reports tailored to their unique business needs.
Delivering Information Quality
Information that is outdated, inaccurate, or hard to understand is not very meaningful, useful, or valuable to you or other end users.
We know that business leaders need high quality information – information with the timeliness, content and form that make the information most valuable to them.
This is what we deliver!
Monitoring and Control of System and Staff Performance
An important information system activity is the control of business performance. To attain this goal the information system must produce relevant feedback regarding the business’s activities. As this feedback is monitored and evaluated it is easy to determine whether the organization is meeting established performance standards. And, appropriate activities can be adjusted so that the business experiences improved results.
For example, a manager may discover that subtotals of sales amounts in a sales report do not add up to total sales. Relevant feedback would indicate whether data entry or processing procedures need to be corrected. Correction of any identified processes would then ensure that all sales transactions were properly captured and processed.
Operations and management need to see data accumulated, manipulated and summarized to make effective decisions. However, many organizations remain constrained by the out-of-box reports. For several years, Active Solutions has been a supporting member of the Maximo User Group and has provided custom reports for both the private and public sectors. Managing operations and making strategic decisions is much easier with custom reports. Active Solutions can provide your organization with a variety of different reports within the Maximo menu structure, as well as MS-Access® and Crystal® based reports.
The Port of Seattle Seaport Maintenance and Aviation Maintenance are utilizing the following custom reports created by Active Solutions:
- Workorder Reports
- Inventory Reports
- Labor Reports
- Purchase Requisition Reports
- Preventative Maintenance Reports
- Purchase Order Reports
- RFQ Reports
- Subclass Activity Report
- Project Activity Reports
Here is what PORT OF SEATTLE says about reports we generated for them:
“We’ve saved roughly 20 hours per month…compared to the process we had in place before” (Port of Seattle Seaport Maintenance)
“Our managers can easily view costs for budget comparison and forecast future budget variances. We can also look at costs for similar, upcoming work and observe trends.”
(Port of Seattle Seaport Maintenance)
“Our reports generate usually within a few seconds compared to hours before.”
(Port of Seattle Seaport Maintenance)
Attributes of Hiqh-Quality Enterprise Data Management Reporting
| Time Dimension |
| Timeliness |
Information should be provided when it is needed |
| Currency |
Information should be up-to-date when it is provided |
| Frequency |
Information should be provided as often as needed |
| Time Period |
Information can be provided about past, present |
| Content Dimension |
| Accuracy |
Information should be free from errors |
| Relevance |
Information should be related to the information needs of a specific recipient for a specific situation |
| Completeness |
All the information that is needed should be provided |
| Conciseness |
Only the information that is needed should be provided |
| Scope |
Information can have a broad or narrow scope, or an internal or external focus |
| Performance |
Information can reveal performance by measuring activities accomplished, progress made, or resources accumulated |
| Form Dimension |
| Clarity |
Information should be provided in a form that is easy to understand |
| Detail |
Information can be provided in detail or summary form |
| Order |
Information can be arranged in a predetermined sequence |
| Presentation |
Information can be presented in narrative, numeric, graphic, or other forms |
| Media |
Information can be provided in the form of printed paper documents, video displays, or other media |
Technologies:
- Actuate: Actuate Basic, Javascript, e-Report Developer Pro
- SQL: Stored procedures, functions, views
For a consultation please contact us at: (206) 241-7442 or email us at sales@activesolutionsnw.com
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