MEGA International Helps Recruitment Consultant Michael Page International Streamline Worldwide Business Processes
Michael Page International’s plans include implementing a comprehensive enterprise architecture, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) spanning the entire organization, and a new customer relationship management (CRM) system
RAYNHAM, Mass.--MEGA International, a global leader in providing enterprise architecture (EA), business process analysis (BPA), and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, announced today that one of the world's foremost professional recruitment consultants, Michael Page International, has implemented MEGA Modeling Suite software.
The MEGA International software will play a central role in helping to streamline processes throughout the organization, including the better alignment of IT with business demands, and the introduction of new initiatives to increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge. Michael Page International believes that using such methods is unusual within the recruitment sector and views this process as another step towards its global technical expansion.
Rapid expansion of its global business drove the recruitment company to find new ways to increase agility and respond quickly to change. A review of IT resources acted as a catalyst for a broader analysis and changes within the whole enterprise. Allowing for regional variances in working practices, methodologies and supporting software from MEGA International will be used to review and standardize the company’s business processes in 149 offices throughout 25 different countries, helping to improve working methods for over 5,000 staff.
In particular, EA techniques from MEGA International will accelerate further development of an EA program that was introduced by Michael Page International in March 2007. The solution will be used to ease the auditing or mapping of existing IT resources in relation to the business, then analyze, design and implement new processes and IT frameworks to make the right changes to meet business objectives.
This work will pave the way for the introduction of an SOA initiative, and the implementation of a global CRM system. The EA resources will also be used to help rationalize three separately located IT hubs that have been working in different ways.
Michael Page International selected MEGA International because it most closely met the customer’s functional requirements. The customer wanted a solution that was highly graphical, easy to use and provided an off-the-shelf set of robust tools that would allow complete traceability between business processes, services, information systems, data and infrastructure.
Using the ratings produced by an independent market research company, three leading suppliers, including MEGA International, were short listed by the recruitment company. Two suppliers’ products were stronger in some categories, but weaker in others. MEGA International was the only supplier to provide a consistent and comprehensive set of products, together with full customer support services.
Andrew Wayland, chief information officer, Michael Page International, commented, “We were satisfied with the level of expertise the consultants we engaged with demonstrated. We were impressed by their level of commitment, their patience, and the effort and support that was given to us.”
Regarding compliance to industry standards such as BPMN, Wayland continued: “MEGA International seems to be a tool that evolves very quickly to meet new standards in the industry, and that was a definite advantage to us.”
Michael Page International bought MEGA International’s entire range of EA and BPA products. Implementation of the MEGA International system began in April, 2008. In due course, the customer anticipates ongoing measurement and adjustment of processes. The consolidation of the three data centers will be accomplished over the next five years.
MEGA International (www.mega.com) offers the MEGA Modeling Suite for EA and BPA and the MEGA GRC Suite for governance, risk, and compliance. It is a privately-held company, founded in 1991, with 50,000 software licenses worldwide. Clients include AT&T, DirecTV, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Morgan Stanley, NASA, Nissan, and Wyeth, and the US Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, and Transportation.
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