ATA Consulting Solutions ~ Features/Benefits

ATA Consulting Solutions Features/Benefits

Benefits Chart
Without ATA Consulting Solutions		With ATA Consulting Solutions
Time-consuming data gathering that can take weeks or even months.		Leverage time and personnel.
Lost productivity and very expensive use of senior managers' time.		Capture enterprise-wide performance data in hours or days.
Intrusive interviews that interrupt your business day.		Convenient, anonymous online 24/7-assessment system.
Fragmented, functionally biased perspectives.		Promotes cross-functional perspectives.
No direct tie to best practices.		Tied to proven metrics.
Limited input from workforce.		Capture input from entire organization and from customers/clients.
Reports and outputs take forever to receive.		Receive comprehensive reports immediately.
Reports are often text laden and difficult to interpret.		Reports are clear and action-focused.
Cost of Time: weeks/months		Cost of Time: hours/days
"Silo" barriers.		Removes barriers.
Difficult to navigate through functional bias and bottlenecks.		Immediately illustrates alignment or misalignment at the senior level and within the organization.
Meetings often get off point or focus on immediate or individual issues.		Keeps you focused on the big picture: organizational strategic issues and challenges.
Intangible business knowledge rarely captured or retrievable for benchmarking purposes.		All business knowledge is captured. Can be used for benchmarking progress over time.
Difficult to move from concept to actions.		Facilitates high-level, focused dialogue to trigger action planning.
Walls covered with flip charts and masking tape.		Interactive action planning software.
Lost data. Difficult to capture every item or nuance from planning sessions.		All data captured and warehoused electronically.
Time consuming to manually list priorities, objectives, ownership, key milestones, and measurement tied to ROI.		Virtual CEO™ Validation and Action Planning software conveniently captures all relevant execution data.
Time and momentum lost due to the time it takes to type the plan and then receive it back.		Print and distribute the plan immediately.
Tactical deployment may be buried by day-to-day demands or distractions.		Action planning software provides project owners with real time reminders tied to key milestones.
Takeaways from planning sessions often lost.		All execution data stored.
No discipline or structured approach to implementing plan.		Uniform approach to action plan implementation.
Groups or divisions often use different formats to track and report progress against objectives.		Standardized system that supports a common approach and a common business language.