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ActiveBiz provides business solutions to enhance the productivity and efficiencies of your business. Please select which services you require.
Business Start-ups Management & Project Accounting Bookkeeping Services
Secretarial Services Business Analysis Business Plans
Functional and Non Functional Requirements Software Selection Project Management
Business Start-ups - (back to top)
        Are you starting up a new business or division? Want to know how to set up the Accounting department? What about Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, Production, etc, processes? Have you considered the type of people you need for each position to maximize efficiency?
Here's a sample of what we offer:
  • Establish employment criteria for selection.
  • Create and implement internal and external procedures & systems.
  • Software selection.
  • Company policies.
  • Research analysis.
  • Review existing policies, procedures & systems.
Management & Project Accounting - (back to top)
        Is your company maintaining budgets? Does your company require a reforecast? Why are there variances between budget and actuals?
We can help you with:
  • Cash flow analysis.
  • Costing.
  • Variance analysis
  • Reconciliation's.
  • BAS Preparation.
  • Balance Sheet.
  • Profit and Loss.
  • Trial Balance.
Bookkeeping Services - (back to top)
        Are you on top of your creditors? Are your BAS returns correct? Do you know your bottom line at any given time?
Here's just some of what we offer:
  • Accounts Payable/Receivable.
  • Credit control.
  • Reconciliation's.
  • BAS Statements.
  • Accounting to trial balance.
Secretarial Services - (back to top)
        Does administration 'bog' you down? Are you tired of having to organise your business life? Do you need organising? Are you getting the best deals for travel?
We can help you with:
  • General Typing.
  • Administration duties.
  • Travel arrangements. We guarantee to get you the best price for the type of travel you require. Let us take the worry out of your trip.
  • With our consultant's extensive 'hands on' travel, we know what our clients want.
  • Let us handle your appointments.
Business Analysis - (back to top)
        Not sure what a business analyst does? What defined paths are in place? Are there other possibilities?
  • A business analyst is a communicator, a researcher, a translator, a designer, a planner, a provider of possibilities, a liasor and above all a listener.
  • Cost benefit analysis.
  • Software requirements.
  • Assist you in determining what your company's requirements and wants are and provide focus and a plan to achieve these.
  • Translate and analyse companies practices and methodologies.
  • Analysing research across all business units.
  • Analysing spreadsheets, documents, research and information accuracy.
  • Gain control of internal practices through creating standardised procedural documentation.
  • Reduce overall costs of each business unit.
  • Provide liaison between developers and users.
  • Improve Employee morale and reduce staff turnover.
  • Training issues.
  • Greater team productivity and problem-solving effectiveness.
  • Finding and leveraging expertise across your enterprise. This cross-pollination of knowledge enables employees to increase their knowledge of new technologies and applications.
  • Proactively identifying knowledge gaps.
  • Capturing and reusing knowledge gained from departing employees.
  • Greater leveraging of expertise and best practices across the organisation.
Business Plans - (back to top)
        Do you require further investment? What direction is the company going? What will happen to your company in 3 years or 5 years time?
We can help you with:
  • Financial Planning:
    • Do you know how much capital you will need to start up?
    • What will be your monthly expenses?
    • How long will it take for the business to start showing a profit?
    • How much money is required to start and run the business until it is profitable?
    • Cash flows.
    • Profit and Loss Budget.
  • Accounting and Financial matters - Do you know:
    • How to keep records?
    • Where to obtain bookkeeper's help?
    • How to prepare a cash flow statement?
    • Can you prepare budgets?
    • Can you reconcile accounts and bank statements?
  • Costing the products or services:
    • Calculating salaries and hourly rates.
    • Do you know how to cost the materials?
    • How are the overheads allocated?
  • Break-even point - What is the minimum production level to cover the cost of running the business?
  • Starting the business - Let us prepare your plans for:
    • Marketing - market research and promotion, competitive advantage, packaging, etc.
    • Personnel - employment, rules and regulations, workload, etc.
    • Finance - where are you going to obtain finance? Exploratory, initial, ongoing costs, etc.
    • Production - costing, tools, machinery, operation methods, etc.
  • Feasibility - How feasible is the business proposal?
Functional and Non Functional Requirements - (back to top)
        Do you know what your company's requirements are? Do you know whether your employees are operating at maximum efficiency? Are your employees happy? Are your employees happy? What management strategies are in place?
We can:
  • Outline companies objectives.
  • Identify & Establish business requirements to achieve your companies objectives.
  • Identify users requirements.
  • Assess current practices and procedures.
  • Create Project Plans.
  • Employee analysis.
  • Management analysis.
  • Establish any constraints on the identified processes.
Software Selection - (back to top)
        Having trouble determining which software is the right total solution for your company? Do you feel that the technological age is all about keeping up with next door? How do you know the 'nifty' tools and what the software vendors are offering are what you really need? Confused about support, maintenance and implementation times?
We can help with:
  • Package Evaluation - CRM/Sales/Marketing/Finance/Point of Sales/Telesales/Accounting/ERP/Reporting/Procurement/E-business/ASP.
  • Assess, understand and evaluate your company's business processes, requirements, expectations and limitations.
  • Provide companies with an outline of your plans, or a high level overview or a Request for proposals/information (RFP's, RFI's).
  • Assess and evaluate software packages against your business requirements to identify the most suitable package for the company.
  • If there is no current suitable software available, or package compliance is insufficient for the company requirements, we will identify the need for a software development package.
  • E-commerce analysis:
    • Assess the need for E-commerce and Web pages.
    • Reduce the cost of selling.
    • Extend their marketing reach.
    • Improve customer loyalty.
  • Provide totally independent and unbiased practical advice.
  • Provide added value by:
    • Improving information access via reporting packages, processes and analysis.
    • Selection of added value software.
Project Management - (back to top)
        Who is in control of ensuring all departments/units are working towards the same goal? Are you implementing software or another type of project? Have timeframes and goals been outlined? Do you have a point of contact?
We are able to provide:
  • Central contact Management.
  • Task Management.
  • Our professionals will ensure that the project is on budget and on time.
  • Client & staff management.
  • Creating and implementing project methodologies.
  • Conducting Rollouts.
  • Schedules, Rosters & Timesheets.
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