Consulting Services

Our Integration Consultants provide integration expertise by participating in telephone or on-site consultations, information gathering, writing specifications, and managing the integration project and timelines.  To request information regarding Integration Consulting services; contact one of our Integration Consultants.

Are You a Consulting Candidate?

IDI can analyze your integration needs to determine if consulting services are required. Candidate needs typically include one or more of the following features:

• Integration with ERP systems (e.g.; Oracle, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, SAP, etc.)

• Complex logistics (such as the coordination of multiple sites)

• Complex technology (such as extensive data manipulation or integration of multiple systems)

• Intricate implementation process requiring extensive management

• Large-scale accounts (3,000+ employees)

• Connections to custom applications (i.e. in-house developed applications)

• Accommodate FLSA calculation requirements

• Accommodate union contract requirements/calculations

Preliminary Estimate

An IDI Integration Consultant will discuss your requirements with you to determine feasibility and estimate a cost for the project, including software. We can generally gather the necessary information for an initial estimate in our first phone conversation, but this is ultimately dependent upon project complexity and availability of information.

Within two days of receipt of this information, the consultant will provide a Preliminary Estimate of the project costs.

Review and Acceptance of Preliminary Estimate

Upon your acceptance of the Preliminary Estimate, there are several ways for you to provide IDI with a purchase order for development of the Statement of Work and ultimately the software.

Statement of Work and Detailed Consulting

After receipt of the authorization to proceed with consulting services, the Integration Consultant will work closely with you to gather information and identify the areas requiring further analysis.

The result of this consultation is the Statement of Work, which clearly presents project requirements, technical specifications, assumptions, timelines, and costs. The Statement of Work minimizes late project changes that can affect cost and delay implementation. It also helps identify issues during the planning phase rather than at implementation.

The Statement of Work consists of the following sections:

• Project Overview
• Functional Specifications
• Technical Specifications
• Operational Overview
• Multi-site Planning
• Assumptions
• Deliverables Schedule
• Project Timeline
• Project Cost
• Revision Log

Review and Acceptance of Statement of Work

The Integration Consultant will work with you to refine project requirements presented in the Statement of Work. The goal of these meetings is to discuss any new or outstanding issues identified since the analysis phase. IDI will work closely with you to discuss and incorporate revisions. Subsequent to these conversations, IDI will create a revised Statement of Work with a detailed list of changes. Client sign-off of specifications finalizes the project specifications and ends the review process.

Development of Your Software

Integrated Design’s Custom Support Analysts begin the software configuration based on the requirements accepted in the Statement of Work. This phase includes development, testing and QA.

Client Testing and Final Acceptance

At completion of configuration, IDI delivers the finished product to you. Upon receipt of the software, you are encouraged to initiate at least two test runs of the processing cycle. After testing, it is recommended that you run two live cycles. After two successful live cycles, the project is considered complete.