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Project Management
Aitchison Consulting staff have experience and expertise in:
Identification of client needs
Translating defined needs into goals, objectives, activities and effectiveness indicators
Liaison with project stakeholders over project framework and implementation activities
Development of management & responsibility structures
Identifying project risk and risk aversion strategies
Design and implementation of project quality plans
Recruitment, briefing and management of specialist technical staff
Financial management and reporting
Application of Internationally Accepted Tools and Techniques for Project Management
Management of project completion activities
Transformation and Migration Projects
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Aitchison Consulting has extensive expertise in assisting public and private sector organizations in the development of business. This expertise covers:
Identification of business development needs
Conducting business plans, feasibility studies and strategies
Conducting development needs analysis for markets, products and staff training
Developing strategies to ensure maximum return on investment and sustainability of the business enterprise
Reviewing the effectiveness of operations
Supply chain management
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Aitchison Consulting provides a broad range of specialist constancy services across many discipline areas. These include:
High end Data Analysis and Collection Systems
“Pit to Port” Dashboard Development
Feasibility Studies including site evaluations
Economic analysis of projects
Setting up joint ventures and advising clients of appropriate resources to use including managing the activities of other professionals to optimize performance and cost
Analysis of technical and human resource needs
Development management
Project and activity design and costing
Project appraisal, review and evaluation
Provision of specialist short and long term specialist staff at the professional and technical level
Technical assistance programs, including institutional strengthening, management development and Human Resource Development.
Facilities design and procurement management
Business and export development programs
Civil and Structural Engineering
Transformation and Migration Projects
IT systems setup
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Project Design and Evaluation
Aitchison Consulting staff have experience in a large number of large scale projects. Expertise is available in:
IT Infrastructure design and rollout
Relational Database design and implementation
Granite mining, beneficiating, export and international sales
Investor Funding development
Bankers/Funders due diligence management
Pre Feasibility and Feasibility Studies
Project Design and Documentation
Project Controls
Project Appraisal and Review
Developing responsibility and management structures
Project Risk Analysis
Mining and Bulk Materials Handling systems Data Analysis (Manganese and Coal)
Monitoring and System improvement in the energy sector
Monitoring and Evaluation of quality activities and outcomes
Project Evaluation
Project Execution and Monitoring
Construction Management
Transformation Management
Migration Solutions
Data Analysis
IT Solutions
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Aitchison Consulting has procurement management expertise covering a large number of specialist sectors. This expertise covers:
Procurement planning and implementation for new projects
Development of systems, procedures and training for effective procurement management
Aitchison Consulting Staff have been responsible for the full range of procurement management activities that include:
Defining procurement schedules and financial planning
Establishment of procurement management infrastructure and staffing
Development of manuals and staff training materials and implementation of training programs
Management of tender and purchasing involving competitive tendering
Management of the purchasing processes including requisitioning and invoice control , Business Development
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Aitchison Consulting Staff have been responsible for a large number of projects in this area including:
Development of logistics strategies and structures
Institutional strengthening of administration
Establishing MIS for management & records
Developing IT and database solutions for specific project management processes including cost control, budgeting, and project status monitoring
Change Management and Transformation Projects and capacity building