PROPHIX EDGE Methodology

The PROPHIX EDGE Methodology encompasses a step-by-step process designed to understand the unique business requirements of each client, develop a tailored solution that addresses those business needs, and continue educating and supporting the client after the implementation. The consulting engagement is designed specifically to solve business issues identified by the client. Our collaborative project planning ensures that goals are mapped out and the correct resources are devoted to addressing issues in order of priority.

Given our extensive experience of implementing over 1000 customers, we have found that this process decreases the learning curve and deployment time, while providing valuable functionality that business professionals can use every day to be more effective in their jobs. The benefit is a workforce that can be more proactive and make decisions based upon fact rather than intuition. As a result, organizations can meet the challenge of a competitive market and stay ahead of their competitors.

Engage - Understand Your Needs

• PROPHIX Engages Your Organization - PROPHIX engages your organization and collaboratively develops a plan to implement PROPHIX while addressing your business issues.
• Needs Analysis - In order to truly assist your organization, PROPHIX consultants work to understand your unique business needs. In this stage, the PROPHIX Project Manager would match your key issues to PROPHIX functionality to determine what implementation method best suits your business.
• Implementation Scope - Using the business issues raised by the client, PROPHIX works in a collaborative fashion to determine the timeline of the engagement. PROPHIX clients can then have a good timeline as to when they will be receiving key deliverables.
• Prioritization of Tasks and Schedule - PROPHIX understands that organizations have different goals and timelines and therefore aims to achieve your goals in a timely fashion. By laying out a detailed project plan, we can determine if there are any issues prior to implementing a project.
• Shared Implementation Vision - We want to create a shared vision of what the client hopes to achieve during the implementation. PROPHIX is more than a software provider-we are business solution providers.
• PROPHIX Implementation Roles - During the implementation process, different tasks require different skills and expertise to complete a project. PROPHIX has worked to segment these different roles so that we can function as an efficient functional team. PROPHIX recognizes that every project's complexity is different. In some instances, one person may play one or many roles in the process depending upon the complexity of the project.

Design - Design the Solution

•  Resource and Responsibility Allocation - Assigning an internal project manager within an organization is very important to the process. The internal point person is responsible for the knowledge transfer and helps drive and mold the process.
• Defining Account and Organization Structures - PROPHIX works to map your General Ledger (GL) and organization structures. This hierarchy is used to help define security and determine how the client chooses to organize their information.
• Analyzing and Defining Model Logic - PROPHIX works towards understanding your organization's processes so that our solution is tailored specifically to how you operate.
• Building Beyond Just a Financial Package - PROPHIX allows you to extend the functionality beyond the finance department. PROPHIX can provide a world of functionality to every part of your organization. Going well beyond typical financial applications, PROPHIX can provide a world of business functionality and expertise for all lines of business.
• Faster Data Loading - PROPHIX is unique as it uses key tools such as data connectors and ODBC connections to quickly extract data. This drastically reduces consulting engagements and ensures that customers receive a high ROI and value for their investment.

Guide - Guide You to Success

• Forming a Collaborative Bridge Between Software and Finance - Organizations have a wealth of information that is seldom used effectively. PROPHIX breaks down this barrier and helps create a collaborative bridge that allows this data to be used effectively.
• Organizational Best Practices - PROPHIX works with your organization to determine the best practices of your organization. Whether it be budgeting or reporting, our consultants have a wealth of expertise in implementing best practices within an organization.
• Optimal Model Structures - PROPHIX creates business models that help you model and analyze your business. By analyzing key business requirements, PROPHIX can create models that mirror the way your business operates.
• Using PROPHIX as a Process Management Hub - PROPHIX helps you create an information platform for sharing data with multiple systems. PROPHIX allows you to manage data, key processes, and calculations within one secure system.
• Automating Processes to Increase Time for Analysis - Using tools such as Process Manager and Workflow Manager, PROPHIX can automate business processes and alleviate redundant and time-consuming tasks.
  
  

Educate - Continually Educate

• Applying and Understanding the PROPHIX Model - Part of the process is ensuring that the client is able to use the newly developed system to its fullest. One of the most important principles of our implementation is knowledge transfer. PROPHIX supports a number of education options, both during and after the initial implementation.
  
• Interactive Training - We employ a "train-the-trainer" mentality at PROPHIX. We want you to be experts on your own system so you can manage growth as your organization grows and changes.
• Specialized End-User Training - You can expect hands-on training that applies to your organization. This ensures a higher degree of adoption within your organization and allows you to apply what you have learned to your business models.
• Process Documentation - In today's corporate compliance-driven market, documentation is an important part of the process. During the implementation, PROPHIX documents key processes for reference by internal and external stakeholders such as auditors.
• Continued Support - PROPHIX provides continued support through both PROPHIX Professional Services and PROPHIX Support. Supporting our clients after the initial implementation is essential; we are ready to assist your organization as your needs and requirements change.
• PROPHIX Community - With over 1000 customers, PROPHIX knows that support is important; with that in mind, we offer an online community where customers, consultants and partners can interact and share information. Using this collaborative environment, people can share their experience with the entire community and apply it in their own organization. PROPHIX helps you stay ahead of the curve by providing the latest tips and suggestions to improve their implementation.