Leading black owned IT company, Safmarine Computer Services Africa (SCSA), can now offer enterprises a low cost and low risk solution to manage both compliance and continual business improvement.
To many companies in South Africa the key concerns in compliance management are lack of controls and poor visibility of processes and information management. Even where compliance monitoring is working satisfactorily, any new compliance requirements and regulations can be difficult to implement. The Achiever Plus system was developed with this in mind.
Achiever Business Solutions (ABS), author of Achiever Plus Compliance Solutions, is focused exclusively on the development and implementation of enterprise management systems delivering continual business improvement.
The Achiever Plus application has been used globally to cover 38 areas of compliance. By delivering an effective compliance framework, Achiever Plus can cover both global and local requirements.
Robert Dent, CEO of ABS, explains: "Where other systems do little more than mirror regulatory requirements, Achiever Plus will enable companies to go beyond mere compliance, serving as the catalyst for enhancing the business improvement via consistency, efficiency and accountability".
Achiever Business Solutions is also an IBM Premier Business Partner.
Tonie Eilerd, Regional Manager, SCS Africa Port Elizabeth office, has a long-standing relationship with the Achiever System and has been responsible for various installations.
Says Eilerd: "Regardless of the scale of the project, we can implement the Achiever Plus system without interruption to any of the production processes, even across countries. If a company has various branches in Africa, we will roll-out the system alongside the daily operations and train the staff on site."
The Butler Group, the premier European provider of IT research, analysis and advice, recently completed a compliance technology audit, and had the following to say about Achiever Plus: "The greatest strengths of the Achiever Plus product are the consistency to process it brings across all parts of the organisation, along with efficiency and accountability. There is no single compliance 'solution', but in Achiever Plus there is a single interface for compliance management. In Butler Group's opinion, Achiever has a clear lead over those vendors who are 'bolting-on' compliance modules to their existing packages, both because of the reusability of the platform for multiple solutions, and the demonstrable domain knowledge that the company has across the compliance arena."
Achiever Plus compliance solutions include workflow, identification of roles and responsibilities around compliance e-mail notification, document and policy storage and monitoring capabilities.
Achiever Plus also has risk management features and reporting functionality. Achiever Plus supports ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 compliance as well as BS EN ISO 9001:2000.
In the decade preceding 2000, global enterprises spent billions of dollars investing in applications of information technology and their supporting infrastructure. The return was hugely disappointing. In the same period, several SCS Africa customers have invested in Achiever Plus and the return exceeded the expectations. This investment has brought about significant improvements in productivity, competitiveness, market share and profitability.
SCS Africa is planning the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Achiever Plus, which will allow it to accept responsibility for the more than 70 Achiever Plus users in South Africa.
SCS Africa also specialises in other business solutions such as collaboration, business intelligence, supply chain management, content management and knowledge management. SCS Africa has global reach and a local touch with a presence in all major centres.
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