Consultation and Advisory
Business, logistics, security and software advice, with the paperwork that follows.
Most technology decisions in a growing organisation are made without a full picture of what is already running. We start by reviewing your systems, network, contracts and processes, then work with your team to agree on what should change and what should stay.
The practice covers business, logistics, cyber security, software and intelligence work, for organisations of every kind: private companies, government bodies, schools and universities, and non-profits. Where we have not seen a problem before, we say so before the engagement starts.
You get the findings in writing, including the options we considered, what each one costs and the order we would do the work in. No slide deck without numbers.
Where the decision needs paperwork behind it, we draft that too: policy and procedure documents, security and retention rules, and the technical sections of tenders, expressions of interest and vendor questionnaires.
What is included.
The work this service is scoped around. Anything outside it is agreed in writing before we start.
Software and architecture review
Read the codebase, the database and the deployment path, then record what limits growth.
Network and infrastructure assessment
Map the topology, the hardware and the uplinks, and list the single points of failure.
Business process review
Trace how work moves between teams and where it is retyped, delayed or lost.
Logistics and supply chain review
Follow stock, dispatch and returns, and find where the record and the goods disagree.
Cyber security posture review
Check the controls you have in place against the threats your organisation actually faces.
Intelligence and open source research
Structured research on markets, vendors and adversaries, with the sources cited.
Policy, compliance and documentation drafting
Write the security policy, retention rules and operating procedures your auditors ask for.
Tender, EOI and questionnaire paperwork
Technical responses, compliance statements and vendor security forms, drafted with you.
Roadmap, budget and sequencing
Put the work in an order that fits the budget and the change your staff can absorb.
Vendor and tooling selection
Compare options on cost, lock in and exit path rather than on the sales presentation.
Scope it, price it, decide.
Tell us what you are trying to do. We come back with the options, what each one costs and the order we would do the work in.
- FivePractice areas: business, logistics, security, software, intelligence
- WrittenFindings with the options and their costs
- On needPaperwork, policy and tender drafting
- Any organisationPrivate, government, education and non-profit
Where we are called in.
Five practices, one team. Most engagements draw on two or three of them at once.
Business
Process, cost and organisation: where the work is slowed down, retyped or paid for twice.
Logistics
Stock, dispatch, returns and the paperwork that has to match the goods moving.
Cyber security
Posture, controls and response readiness, measured against the threats you actually face.
Software
Architecture, vendors, licences and the build-versus-buy decision, with the running cost in view.
Intelligence
Structured research and open source analysis for decisions that need evidence, not opinion.
Paperwork
Policy, procedure, compliance and tender documents drafted to match what you have agreed.
What an engagement leaves behind.
Every engagement is documented, so the reasoning is still readable after the people who made the call have moved on.
- Findings report
- What we found, in plain language, with the evidence behind each finding.
- Options and costs
- The realistic choices, what each one costs to run and what it costs to leave.
- Sequenced plan
- The order we would do the work in, and why that order.
- Policy and procedure drafts
- Documents sized to your organisation, not a template library.
- Tender and compliance input
- Technical and security sections answered with what you can actually evidence.
- Briefing session
- The findings walked through with the people who will have to act on them.
How an engagement runs.
Short, documented, and finished when the decision is made.
- 01
Intake
A scoping conversation to agree what the question is and who needs the answer.
- 02
Review
Interviews, documents, systems and site visits, as the question requires.
- 03
Findings
The written report, with options, costs and a recommended sequence.
- 04
Handover
A briefing, the paperwork you asked for, and a standing offer to review the plan as it runs.
In the room.
Workshops run with the teams who own the process
Reviews sit down with the people who will have to run the result
Everything agreed is written down
Questions we are asked.
You resell software. Does that decide what you recommend?
No. We carry what we carry, and we say plainly when something we distribute is the wrong fit, and when something we do not carry is the right one.
Can you handle only the paperwork?
Yes. Policy drafting, retention rules, and technical or security sections of tenders and vendor forms can be commissioned on their own.
What do you need from us to start?
A contact who can answer questions, read access to the systems involved, and the documents that already exist. We bring the rest.
Tell us what you need to build, protect or automate.
A 30 minute call with an engineer, not a sales script. You leave with a clear next step, whether or not we work together.