25 May 2013 | Last updated Wednesday 3 April 2013 at 16:38 | Subscribe to our feed

ICT-enabled change - the key to achieving savings

 

Saving money on voice, data and mobile communications

How can you source ever more complex voice, data and mobile services and at the same time deliver the cost savings demanded in a time of financial constraint? Tracking the various technologies and pricing tariffs on offer is virtually a full-time job. You may believe there are potential savings to be made but not have the bandwidth to pursue them.

Smart working - big savings

Flexible working is an opportunity to work differently, more effectively and leaner - and to make big savings by adopting a radically different approach. Achieving it across the organisation is a major leadership challenge. In short you need to think in a radically different way about how you work, then do it.

Mobile working technologies

"Wireless networking, thin client architectures or similar technologies to enable hot-desking, home working and mobile working." 

Home and mobile working strategy

Client name: 
Wyre Forest District Council
Wyre Forest District Council has a fully integrated strategy for rationalising Council office space, supporting home and mobile working and implementing Information Management best practice following a comprehensive review by Socitm Consulting. The Council’s primary consideration is moving to a single site operation, as the savings in real estate running costs will be considerable. With our support, the Council has a strategy that is executable around a single site, but which is adaptive if multiple sites are retained. Its implementation will realise significant efficiency gains for the Council and contribute to more effective delivery of customer services.

Real-time booking and mobile working

Client name: 
Scarborough Borough Council

The project issues
The Council needed to implement the programme for e-Government in respect of Real-Time Booking and Mobile Working for Priority Outcomes. The provision of ISU monies enabled the Council to free up internal resources by using Socitm Consulting to manage and monitor those projects.

Mobile working review

Client name: 
Office of Government Commerce
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has a comprehensive road map for implementing and developing home, flexible and mobile working following a Socitm Consulting review. The review advised on the most appropriate and future-proof technologies for implementing mobile, flexible and home working. This included a security review, in line with government guidelines, of OGC policy and requirements. The review highlights the importance of mobile working for government departments and enables OGC to realise significant efficiencies through implementing its recommendations.

Corporate mobile and flexible working business case

Client name: 
London Borough of Bromley
The London Borough of Bromley has a business case for implementing mobile and flexible working following expert support from Socitm Consulting. We developed a mobile and flexible working business case that included the impact on the Council’s accommodation strategy, a Service Cost Benefit Analysis and the technological requirements and ICT implications. As a result, the Council has a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits of implementing mobile and flexible working, and the tools to analyse and develop further efficiency gains in the future.

Our services

Socitm Consulting brings best practice from the public and private sectors, and a range of services developed over the years to best meet the needs of our public sector clients.

Our track record shows us to be capable of delivering successful outcomes that address the increasing rate of change and citizens’ demands for better services, and that we can operate effectively at every level in the stakeholder community to deliver what’s required.