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ComOpsThis is a discussion on ComOps within the Local Vendors and Service Providers forums, part of the Vendors and Service Provders category; Does anyone have any experience with local company ComOps? I cross-posted on the Microsoft forum as they seem to be closely aligned. Thanks! Jane.... |
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11th August 2008, 11:08 AM
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 |  ComOps Does anyone have any experience with local company ComOps? I cross-posted on the Microsoft forum as they seem to be closely aligned. Thanks! Jane.
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11th August 2008, 11:19 AM
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|  ComOps Hi Jane, I don't know much more, sorry. Here's something I read from one of their announcements I think: "The Company develops, sells and supports software solutions in the ERP, Business Intelligence, Mobile Sales Force Automation, e-Commerce, Retail and Human Capital Management markets. These solutions are used by a range of blue chip clients such as Toll Holdings, Coca-Cola, Berri, Golden Circle, Australia Post, Toshiba, Orica, Lexmark, Canon, Queensland Government, NSW Lotteries, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and AMP"I have worked with a couple of these companies and I never heard of ComOps while there. They were both large organisations, so it is possible they were used in one of the many hidden BI silo's! Jo |
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11th August 2008, 01:54 PM
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| .net body shop? I thought that they were mostly a Microsoft .net code shop. |
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9th January 2009, 05:33 AM
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| direct experience with both ComOps and Zap. I worked with some f the guys from ComOps when working at Toll (Holdings/Australia). They were initially in at Toll because of their Unibis (Accounting [i think it's more than that, more like a full EPR]) product and then expanded to include the use of their BI tools. In general, the BI tools were great. Reasonably speedy, generally stable and users seemed to be pretty accepting of them. They have some nice functions/features (one that come to mind is around setting the 'time') though in some cases, our user base wasn't at the right BI maturity level to see/use the value in these. At roughly the same time, we had the ZAP tool in there also. While there were remnants of a religious war over the 'better tool', it was truly a case of using horses for courses. In particular, we used ComOps as almost a Cognos Powerplay (yep, were still using Client) replacement for more matrue BI community members and Zap for remote and/or newer converts. At the time (circa 04 through 06, it may have changed) ComOps required an ActiveX installed to the client (bad karma IMHO) whereas as Zap was fully browser based. With that local dll though, ComOps could provide some much richer/nicer UI and functionality. Zap has continued to innovate in this area though too, so may be inline or ahead there now also. Just a couple of cents worth of opinion, hope it helps someone out at some point. IMO both companies have some forward thinking people who continue to do good work on their respective toolsets. |
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12th January 2009, 08:45 AM
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| Administrator | Latest ComOps News Here's some recent news (PR stuff mostly) from the company. They have been on a bit of an acquisition spree since early 2008. Hopefully they didn't overpay when the market was overheated. In 2008 they took over Microster and Australian Workplace Software. ComOps Deploys Corporate Performance Reporting Solution For Healthcare Test Manufacturer 02/12/2008 10:09:00Also: AWS Joins The ComOps Group (September 2008) |
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1st June 2009, 10:10 AM
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| Administrator | ComOps BI Business Partner Strategy PR News Release: ComOps Reaps Success From BI Business Partner Strategy Company Looks to Recruit New Partners in Australia and New Zealand Sydney, 26 May 2009 - ComOps, a leading Australasian provider of business software products and services, is looking to recruit additional partners to fuel its burgeoning success in enterprise business intelligence (BI) deployments. Over the course of the past two years, ComOps BI solutions have been deployed in a number of ComOps Business Partner clients to enhance the applications they provide with purpose built analytics. Promax, Sterland, and Satori Group are three ComOps partners which have deployed ComOps Microsoft based BI, Dashboard (Sharepoint), reporting, and analytics and Excel add-in functionality integrated into their offerings. “Our partner channel is an integral part of our business model and it enables us to further capitalise on the growing interest in BI solutions across diverse markets. We are always on the lookout for partners who have expertise in enterprise software deployments and want to complement their existing offerings with a robust analytics option,” says Cameron Brown, Sales and Marketing Director, ComOps. Promax, a ComOps partner since 2007, has successfully integrated the ComOps BI OLAP and relational reporting tools within its own offering known as Analytx BI. “With a heritage of success in the fast moving consumer goods market, we wanted to concentrate on our core capability in trade promotions software and ComOps successfully complements the solution with feature rich business intelligence functionality. “As customers increase the sophistication of their trade promotions management they need to view information in different ways aligning it to their tactical and strategic goals. Analytx is key to this because it provides our customers with richness, visibility of it’s KPI’s and flexibility. “ComOps has allowed our company and product to go to market quickly and reliably. Our customers love the ease of use and graphical nature of the product and we remain pretty bullish about the outlook for the next 12 months,” says Ian Jansen, Chief Executive Officer, Promax. Sydney-based Satori Group’s Business Development Manager, Phillip York, agrees with this assessment. “ComOps has successfully filled a gap in our own planning and forecasting product offering over the past year. We’re now able to offer clients the option of deploying a robust, proven and feature rich ComOps solution in budgeting, forecasting and reporting while at the same time providing our business with a new revenue stream. “Not only do we have a successful, strong working relationship with ComOps management but we are delighted with the results to date across all the verticals which we target including media, retail and financial services.” Similarly, ComOps partner, Sterland Computing has integrated ComOps BI into its ProStix business management software designed specifically to deliver benefits for the timber, building and plumbing industries. We evaluated several products on the market and concluded that ComOps provided us with the most valuable enhancements to our product portfolio. Customer feedback on ComOps has been extremely encouraging,” says Greg Thomas, Chef Executive Officer, Sterland Computing. “Sterland Computing, Promax and Satori Group are well respected and experienced companies with strong knowledge of enterprise business application requirements. With a broad base of customers and a consultative approach, we have appointed these partners to take our proposition to their prospects to complete the solutions they have to offer. We are working with each of them on new opportunities across Australia and New Zealand,” says Brown. |
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4th August 2009, 01:24 PM
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| Watpac Awards Safety Reporting Contract to ComOps PRWire Sydney, 29 July 2009 – ComOps, a leading Australasian provider of business software products and services, has won a contract to deploy its safety and risk management reporting software at Watpac, one of Australia’s leading publicly-listed construction and property companies. The SHE® (Safety, Health and Environment) software from Australian Workplace Software (AWS), a ComOps company, will enable Watpac to standardise and enhance safety reporting across the company’s Construction division following a period of rapid growth and multiple acquisitions. Watpac’s Construction division is the cornerstone of the company’s success and has earned a reputation among clients and partners for delivering products of the highest quality on time, and on budget. The company has over 750 staff based in offices and on sites in Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Vietnam. In addition to its permanent staff the company also provides work for thousands of sub-contractors across Australia, on projects ranging from zoo landscaping, to the construction of major sports stadiums, commercial and educational facilities. Recent acquisitions and fast growth have resulted in previously stand-alone businesses conjoining Watpac with their existing individual occupational, health and safety reporting systems which were autonomous, home built and had evolved over time. “While these existing safety reporting systems were appropriate for the previously existing businesses, we wanted to standardise safety reporting across the entire organisation in order to effectively scale with our growth. We had reached a point where we needed to consolidate out safety reporting into one seamless system across all the states,” said Martin Monro, National General Manager Construction. The decision to deploy ComOps followed a structural change in the company earlier this year which created a stronger national brand for the company’s Construction business and resulted in a decision to go to market for a comprehensive safety reporting system. Watpac chose ComOps following a review of several solutions. “Ultimately, the ComOps solution was the most flexible to scale for our needs and could provide consistency across al the states in terms of accommodating variance in local legislation. We liked the logic that stood behind the SHE® architecture and the way in which information could easily be captured. In addition, ComOps presented a professional approach in terms of customer service, technical excellence and pre-sales support,” said Monro. SHE® automates the management of occupational health and safety and risk information ensuring that companies remain compliant with legislation. Watpac will use SHE® to record and analyse incidents and produce detailed web-based dashboard reports using a common language to manage its workforce of project managers, design manager, supervisors, engineers, plant operators, estimators, contract administrators, design managers, and site managers. At the same time, the company’s senior management will be able to compare performance, spot trends, identify weaknesses and act in cases where safety performance may not be up to the stringent levels required. Watpac have previously been recognised for their innovative solutions and commitment to safety with recent awards from the Queensland Government and the Master Builders Association. “SHE® will assist our continued pursuit of improved safety by removing inconsistency in reporting and enabling our management team to immediately identify trends whether it be by individual construction site, work group or geography. This will help us to prevent injuries. Ultimately, our aim is to improve the chances of all our staff and contractors leaving the workplace in the same condition as when they arrived,” said Monro. Watpac’s clients include local, State, and Federal Government agencies, private developers, investment groups, corporate entities, schools and universities, and community and sports organisations. Earlier this month, it was awarded a contract for the construction of the RMIT University Design Hub in Melbourne and last month it was appointed the contractor for the construction of a data centre for Woolworths Limited at Eastern Creek, New South Wales. Watpac is also undertaking several significant contracts for the Australian Department of Defence in Queensland. “SHE® will help engrain a consistent and failsafe reporting system which will enable us to visualise the risks which we deal with on a day-to-day basis in real-time. It will help shape and nurture discipline and provide a common reference point in terms of safety performance across the business,” said Monro. SHE® will be fully deployed in Watpac’s construction division within the next three months. About ComOps Limited ComOps Limited has a 37 year history in the IT industry in Australasia and listed on the ASX in 1999. The company develops, sells, implements, hosts and supports software solutions in the ERP, Business Intelligence, Mobile Sales Force Automation, e-Commerce, Retail, Risk Management & Safety Compliance, Workforce Management and Human Capital Management markets. These solutions are used by a range of blue chip clients such as Toll Transport, Universal Publishers (Sensis), RACQ, Steinhoff Asia Pacific (Freedom Furniture), Golden Circle, Australia Post, Toshiba, Orica, Lexmark, Canon, Queensland Government, NSW Lotteries, DP World, Virgin Blue and Commonwealth Bank to name just a few. ComOps is a Microsoft Gold Partner, Progress Premier Partner, is ISO 9001:2008 Quality Accredited and Government Endorsed. |
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25th November 2009, 08:00 AM
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| Administrator | Selective 'right-sizing': A tool for tough times Human Capital Magazine For many organisations the current economic downturn means only one thing - cost reductions. However, in the past 12 months most of the easy cut-backs have been made and now those struggling organisations are being forced to consider staff lay-offs. But how do you decide how many and which staff to cut? The decision to lay-off staff is never taken lightly. The instruction to 'lose 10% of staff' is both a difficult one to hear and to execute. For the sake of organisational morale such decisions should be well-considered and carried out quickly. Unfortunately, even in large companies, lay-offs are often executed using basic or even primitive means - otherwise known as the phone list and shiny pin approach. All too often organisations reduce a layer of middle management, assuming that the lower rungs of employees can take on the operational aspects of the organisation while upper management will pick up any additional strategy and ongoing management. This often has dire results. Upper management are not exposed to the nitty gritty of current projects, and the lower rungs have no power to make decisions. Projects stall, reporting stops and revenue is affected. Getting it right More mature organisations should be able to rely on a wealth of human capital data to assist with making the right decisions. Talent management information overlaid with performance management data is the most robust and detailed method of selecting the correct candidates for downsizing. Measuring an individual's past performance ratings alongside current performance and other potential factors will support more informed decision making. It also provides information that will help to evaluate the likely impact of letting certain sectors of the workforce go. It is important to consider all the elements about an employee that may be relevant to your organisation's position before deciding who to terminate and who to keep. Examine each candidate's historic and current performance management review ratings and flight risk data or career aspirations. Ask yourself three key questions: Is the person nominated as a successor to any critical roles? What is their potential rating within the organisation? What is their performance rating against organisational competencies? Good human capital management tools should be able to give you this data quickly and easily. They can also help to filter staff by division, location, salary bands or any other desired metric. Measuring employee performance versus potential is important because performance alone doesn't tell the whole story. An employee who is under-performing may still show latent potential. The problem could be something as simple as the fact that they are in the wrong role or that they aren't currently challenged. Such data is typically drawn from a variety of employee and management reports and provides a good guide to changes in an employee's attitude and performance over time. It will also assist decision makers to identify the low performance and low potential employee population quickly and easily. Organisational impacts Experience shows that when the middle management layer is slashed en masse, ex-employees return as contractors to 'plug the holes' in the ensuing months. Not only is this financially obtuse, the returning incumbent will no doubt be embittered, smug and will probably under perform. This then impacts the entire team or business unit and demonstrates to all that management made the wrong call in the first place. There is no doubt that some businesses are doing it tough. The leading international economies are still deeply troubled and this fact will continue to negatively impact the operations and outlook for Australian organisations for some time to come. If laying-off staff becomes necessary at your organisation, think carefully about who you are willing to lose. Use talent management tools and technologies to help weigh up and make the right decisions. Human capital is an investment that is built up over time; you don't want to blow that investment with ill-considered responses. And once the good times are back, those same talent management tools will provide the foundations for future growth, delivering valuable insights into your organisation, showing you where its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities lie. About the author Andrew Roberts is the human capital solutions manager, ComOps. For more information visit http://www.comops.com.au |
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