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Echelon Learning Ltd
Darwin House, 236 South Ealing Road,
LONDON W5 4RP
Tel: 020 8568 1500; Fax: 020 8560 6612;
Web:
http://www.echelonlearning.co.uk
AND
Live Software Solutions Ltd
The Old Forge, Hatfield Park,
HATFIELD, AL5 9NB
Tel: 01707 267933; Web: www.lss.co.uk
20th March 2009
Echelon enters partnering agreement with Live Software Solutions
Organisation development consultancy Echelon has agreed a partnering
arrangement with software developer and Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner, Live Software Solutions (LSS).
Under the terms of the partnering agreement, the companies will deliver
a single client interface for systems development and implementation.
The service will leverage Echelon's expertise in business analysis,
process improvement and training with LSS's experience in software
development.
The one-team approach will overcome the typical planning and
communication issues faced when implementing IT change into the
organisation.
Alistair Morrison, CEO of Echelon, explained: "We are joining with LSS
to produce specific, high quality software solutions that deliver
identified business benefits by being designed exactly to requirement
and implemented efficiently for quick and sustained return on
investment. This will see the combination of Echelon's expertise in
business and process analysis, procedure documentation and training
with LSS's competence in systems analysis, software design and
development.
"IT affects every aspect of working life, offering competitive
advantage on many fronts. New systems need to drive efficiency, speed
and customer service.
"We believe that successful systems deployment requires that both the
right system be designed and also that the organisation be properly
prepared for its introduction," he said.
LSS's managing director, James Boother, added: "LSS and Echelon offer
discrete but complementary services. Each company has impressive
performance records and we share an ethos based on client satisfaction,
quality and efficiency.
"We believe strongly that this partnering agreement will work to the
advantage of both LSS's and Echelon's clients. In particular, this
agreement enhances LSS's skills set - giving us access to expertise
beyond the ‘IT' sector of business, allowing us to contribute to all
areas of business development and profitability."
Under the partnering agreement, Echelon and LSS will offer a
‘one-stop-shop' providing consulting on organisational change;
performance improvement; customer satisfaction; employee engagement; IT
and systems advice. It will also provide software that drives business
growth; simplifies business processes; improves productivity, economy
and speed, and delivers a return on investment by swiftly gaining the
confidence and buy-in of users.
The two companies will complete the holistic offering by providing
training in the application of consequent revised business practices
and workflow as well as in the use of the new system.
"We believe that the current economic climate is an ideal time to
launch this partnering agreement," said Echelon's Morrison.
"Now is a good time for organisations to strengthen their procedures
and processes to ensure that they are effective and efficient as they
can be - and that their staff are using these to their fullest
advantage. That will help these organisations provide a better customer
service today and put them in the best position for taking full
advantage of the up-turn in the economy as and when it happens."
Echelon provides organisational development consultancy and services to
a wide range of government, corporate, and not-for-profit organisations
including the NHS, T-Mobile and the Royal Town Planning Institute. LSS
has specialised in developing and delivering software for the insurance
and publishing sectors, and numbers leading insurance comparison
website Gocompare.com and publisher Bauer Consumer Media among its
recent clients.
-ENDS-
For further information please contact
Media contact: Bob
Little, 00 44 (0)1727 860405; Email:
bob.little@boblittlepr.com
Sales contacts:
David Hill, Echelon, 00 44 (0)20 8568 1500; Email:
david@echelonlearning.co.uk
Tom Boother, LSS, 00 44 (0)1707 267933/ 07967 633102; Email:
tboother@lss.co.uk
About Live Software Solutions
Live Software Solutions (LSS) makes software that creates a difference.
Focusing on helping businesses that use Microsoft technologies, LSS -
founded in 2004 - uses its business and software expertise to provide
end-to-end solutions, from concept to implementation. In addition to
software development services and consultancy, LSS also provides
off-the-shelf packages. LLS's approach is based on four core values:
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Service Excellence -
achieving client confidence by truly understanding the business drivers
and the project requirements, delivering the agreed solution to plan,
managing issues and communicating clearly and regularly - while being
easy to do business with and enjoyable to work with.
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Integrity - applying
professional and technical expertise to ensure the right solution for
the right reasons, as well as being open, honest and fair in all of our
dealings.
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Teamwork - deploying
the right blend of talent and experience to get the job done, and
integrating effectively with client and third party personnel and
activities.
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Development -
continually seeking to enhance our own capabilities and processes,
enabling us to remain innovative and challenging - and sharing this
with our clients.
About Echelon
Learning Ltd
Echelon is an organisation development consultancy with a 20-year track
record of delivering targeted communication, training and performance
support solutions that really make a difference to corporate,
government and not-for-profit organisations and professional bodies.
The company helps its clients create and sustain improved operational
performance by developing high levels of employee engagement and
competence that leverage their ability to achieve outstanding results,
particularly in times of change.
Echelon publishes a wide range of business and management solutions
that offer job support and lifelong career development:
www.learningmatters.com
Clients include:
Channel Tunnel Rail Link
London Overground Rail (LOROL)
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
Department of Work and Pensions
Festival Housing Association
NHS
Royal Town Planning Institute
T-Mobile
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