At Zenith we focus on offering our clients end-to-end solutions, not just one piece of puzzle. Our solutions start with experienced and qualified staff who assess your unique data and information management issues, recommend options for improvement and implement the preferred option.

Our clients choose to take advantage of our experience when confronted with the following business issues:


MERGER & ACQUISITION: Zenith plan, design and implement data integration strategies that deliver consolidated, accurate and timely reporting and establish trusted and reliable data sources supporting your business initiatives.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE: From Sarbanes Oxley to ASIC regulatory requirements, organisations comply to industry standards or regulation.  Zenith performs audits on your data, highlighting the level of compliance, which ensure your company is meetings all of its obligations, thereby avoiding fines, potential lawsuits and negative publicity.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:  A review of your existing IT department, from staff skills to architectural best practices as well as the latest innovations in data management, can take your company to the next level.  Zenith will assess your organisation, individual teams, departments or the organisation as a whole, and make recommendations for improvement based on your current capabilities.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Poor data quality can be the difference between you and your competitors.  A whole of customer view or product master data management can drive efficiencies and benefits that give organisations a competitive edge.  Real-time data access and trusted information are solutions Zenith specialise in which deliver real value back to the organisation.

COST REDUCTION: Inconsistent data structures, lack of focus on data quality, and out dated technology all contribute to increased overhead and cost through additional work by your staff.  Investment in teams of people are made, where improved data architecture and the latest solutions can alleviate much of the manual overhead. 



CORE COMPETENCIES

STRATEGY 
Strategies can range from broad enterprise level views, or focused on particular areas of the organisation.  Our strategies provide roadmaps which move an organisation forward in incremental phases or significant advances incorporating many phases at once.  Zenith considers the organisational readiness for the required action in building the roadmap. Therefore each strategy is tailored to the existing People, Process and Technology of your organisation – not a “cookie cutter” strategy that is used for every client regardless of their situation.

  • - Information Management
  • - Business Intelligence
  • - Data Governance
    • Case Study
  • - Data Quality
  • - Data Migration
  • - Data Warehouse
  • - Data Architecture
  • - Data Cleansing
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RISK MANAGEMENT
Data driven projects require experienced practitioners who understand the key control points and risks that affect the project’s timeline, budget and ultimate success.  Zenith provide risk management through project governance, setting up structured processes around project management and reporting that ensures a smooth, effective project.  Additionally, specific assessments relating to data compliance help give the organisation peace of mind that they are meeting the all necessary requirements. 

    - Information Risk Assessment Case Study
  • - Project Governance
  • - Regulatory Compliance
  • - Project Review and Independent Audit

ARCHITECTURE
The value of architecture is clear when it does not present obstacles to business operations.  The structure of data that does not align can cause business issues when exchanging data both internally or with external parties.  System architecture can create bottlenecks and unnecessary complexities.  Zenith will assess your data and system architecture and provide a pragmatic way forward to improving your business effectiveness through its IT architecture.

- Data Modeling
  • - Information Modeling
  • - Solution Design

DATA QUALITY
Understanding the quality and content of your data can be a time consuming and costly exercise.  Zenith has solutions with unlimited scalability to handle the largest amounts of data while providing comprehensive metrics around your data, including referential integrity and data pattern analysis.  Unknown data quality issues erode most company's margins through increased overhead in manual checking and human intervention in fixing data, which is why detection is the first step for any company wanting to understand what data quality is costing them today.

- Data Profiling
  • - Data Matching
    • Case Study
  • - Master Data Management
  • - Business Rules Validation

DATA TRANSFORMATION SERVICES
Data transformation services include data migrations from existing systems to new platforms or the consolidation of data into a data warehouse.  The Extract Transform Load (ETL) process and strong Metadata Management, underpin these projects.  Zenith bring best practices in developing ETL for data migrations and warehouses, which include audit and reconciliation points, checks for data quality, optimisation design, and common standards for the development and testing phases.   

  • - Data Migration
  • - Data Warehousing
  • - Extract Transform Load (ETL)
  • - Metadata Management

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Business Intelligence (BI) is about presenting the key facets of your business in a manner that is easy to understand and allows you to quickly act on changes in your business.  BI software is about presentation; however there are many layers of data that need to come together in a timely and trusted fashion in order to ensure the value of your BI solution.  Zenith’s methodology provides the right blend of architecture and database management, with the powers of BI tools to ensure you realise the outcomes that a strong BI solution promises.

  • - Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • - Dashboards
  • - Business Performance Reporting

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
A Data Quality Centre of Excellence drives organisations to optimal business processes and bottom line through improved data.  With data and information being the lifeblood of an organisation it is important to harness and cultivate this critical asset to drive competitive advantage.  Zenith have experience in assessing organisations and helping them fill in the gaps required to achieve a world class Centre of Excellence.

  • - Skills Assessment
  • - Process
  • - Technology
  • - Training