IT-Controlling
IT systems are gaining in importance across all industries and pose new challenges for cost control and management.
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Planning, control and target orientation of the IT organization
IT systems are playing an increasingly important role in the business models of almost all industries. Regardless of whether the business model itself is a digital business model or processes of traditional business models are automated, the proportion of IT costs compared to the costs of other resources is increasing significantly. While business administration devotes entire chairs to the management of traditional input factors, IT is a hybrid between the two worlds and seems to elude discussion. However, anyone who has ever bought and configured a computer at a discount store and has a clear message from this experience believes they can have a say: IT is getting cheaper and cheaper - why not in our company too?
Transparency and new control approaches are needed here more than ever! The more automated the processes become - and Industry 4.0 is already beginning to show us where the journey is heading - the less suitable traditional instruments appear to be.
Framework
Basis of IT-Controlling
Effective IT-Controlling is based on a well-defined IT organization
Business processes
- Integration and role of IT in the context of process optimization
- Coordination of IT processes with business processes
Customer-Oriented Services
- Definition of services and commissioning process
- Standardization vs. flexibility of services and transparency of costs
- Standardization of IT processes (ITIL)
Pricing and Billing Model
- Definition of the billing model and the price parameters for each product and product variant or SLA parameter
- Definition of the calculation model
IT-Governance
- Business alignment of IT
- IT strategy and IT architecture
- IT management philosophy
- Depth of integration
- Program management
Organisation
- Centralized or decentralized IT organization
- Separation of projects and operations
- Definition of organizational interfaces
- Personnel strategy / qualification
Sourcing-Startegy
- Standardization
- Purchasing strategies
- Make-or-buy
IT controlling is consistent product and portfolio management
Effective IT controlling requires a solid foundation that answers the following questions, among others: In what way does IT support business processes? What services and performance levels are expected from the operating units? What is the IT production and sourcing strategy? What will the future IT landscape and architecture look like in the target picture? How will operating costs develop even under growth assumptions (run and grow) and which change projects can and must the company implement? Only when these questions are clear can the right levers be set in motion via a business management concept and an expanded portfolio management.
Why 4C?
IT controlling is the most neglected competitive advantage
In the uncertainty about the correct and effective use of IT, people like to call for benchmarking - in the hope that the others are already doing it right. Why not let the others muddle along and believe they are on top of things? Manage your IT in such a way that it becomes a real competitive advantage in the digital world of tomorrow. We can help you with this!
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Stephan Grunwald
Senior Partner
Master of Economics and Business Administration
For Stephan Grunwald, consulting is an entrepreneurial activity with many variations; in various industries, for companies of different sizes, in different management structures. Yet always with the same sense of entrepreneurship. The prerequisite for all this is a sound and broadly diversified foundation in business administration. For him, however, the consistent realization of a concept is the ultimate entrepreneurial aspect of consulting differentiating 4C GROUP from its competition.
His focus lies in the CFO Advisory covering all aspects of decision making and controlling, reporting & planning, cost management, new role of finance (Industry 4.0), HR digitization and innovation management.
He has extensive experience in various industries and consulting of owner-managed and family led companies.
Markus Noçon
Senior Partner
Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur
“People, who really want to move things forward” – are the ones Markus Noçon wants to work with. We are happily quoting Markus, since it expresses a central consulting challenge. Namely, mastering the balancing act between corporate decision-making concepts on the one hand and a pragmatic implementation of methods and instruments on the other. This works best with partners on the client, side who want and actively drive change.
His main focus lies within the CFO Advisory, especially in group accounting and consolidation, controlling & reporting, planning as well as performance management systems and consolidation systems.
He has extensive experience in many industries.
Stephan Grunwald
Senior Partner
Master of Economics and Business Administration
For Stephan Grunwald, consulting is an entrepreneurial activity with many variations; in various industries, for companies of different sizes, in different management structures. Yet always with the same sense of entrepreneurship. The prerequisite for all this is a sound and broadly diversified foundation in business administration. For him, however, the consistent realization of a concept is the ultimate entrepreneurial aspect of consulting differentiating 4C GROUP from its competition.
His focus lies in the CFO Advisory covering all aspects of decision making and controlling, reporting & planning, cost management, new role of finance (Industry 4.0), HR digitization and innovation management.
He has extensive experience in various industries and consulting of owner-managed and family led companies.
Markus Noçon
Senior Partner
Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur
“People, who really want to move things forward” – are the ones Markus Noçon wants to work with. We are happily quoting Markus, since it expresses a central consulting challenge. Namely, mastering the balancing act between corporate decision-making concepts on the one hand and a pragmatic implementation of methods and instruments on the other. This works best with partners on the client, side who want and actively drive change.
His main focus lies within the CFO Advisory, especially in group accounting and consolidation, controlling & reporting, planning as well as performance management systems and consolidation systems.
He has extensive experience in many industries.
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Claudia Bauer has a degree in business administration with a focus on online marketing and is responsible for marketing and business development at the 4C GROUP. She has more than 10 years of professional experience in B2B marketing, brand building and brand management based on psychological and neurological insights.
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Expert Marketing & Business Development
M.Sc. International Management
Maike Ring is an expert in Marketing and Communications at 4C. She holds an M.Sc. in International Management and has experience in Online Marketing, Communications, and Branding.
Claudia Bauer
Head of Marketing & Business Development
Claudia Bauer has a degree in business administration with a focus on online marketing and is responsible for marketing and business development at the 4C GROUP. She has more than 10 years of professional experience in B2B marketing, brand building and brand management based on psychological and neurological insights.
Maike Ring
Expert Marketing & Business Development
M.Sc. International Management
Maike Ring is an expert in Marketing and Communications at 4C. She holds an M.Sc. in International Management and has experience in Online Marketing, Communications, and Branding.
