Outsourcing Services
These days – more than ever before – car manufacturers and component suppliers have to focus on their core business and the strategic development of their company. For the information technology (IT) that supports their business processes it is also important that internal experts are able to concentrate on strategic tasks and applications and do not have to spend their time on technical IT development and routine work. Application Management is the order of the day: because by having certain applications managed externally it is possible to reduce IT complexity, which, in turn, improves the quality considerably and reduces costs noticeably.
How Application Management can benefit you
- Better planning and control – with more transparency in terms of IT performance and IT costs
- More user satisfaction – with specified targets and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in Support
- Lower costs and more quality - with standardised ITIL processes and the development and securing of knowledge with tried and tested tools
Targeted outsourcing with Cirquent IT applications
Cirquent is the perfect Application Management partner for the automotive and components supply industries. With more than 200 experienced Application Management experts we operate and maintain IT applications to support your business processes – for product data, production planning, production, materials management, procurement, sales, marketing, finance, vehicle logistics and parts distribution. We also advise our customers in the automotive industry when it comes to identifying applications that can and should be outsourced. For this purpose we develop a cross-process and cross-company sourcing strategy and provide advice in terms of optimising the processes.
Read how Cirquent takes over the operation and maintenance of "old" systems for car manufacturers and takes the pressure off its customers' IT departments.
Applications Prime of Life for Automotive – Application Management for "old world" systems
In the system world of the automotive and components supply industries there are still very many "old" applications in use. These "prime of life" applications have to be operated and maintained, which ties up personnel resources and prevents them from working on innovative projects. This is where Cirquent comes in, with its application management product "Applications Prime of Life": We take over the operation and maintenance of these applications for the "rest of their lives".
External operation and maintenance – internal control
The major benefit: Cirquent relieves the IT employees of automotive manufacturers and components suppliers of routine tasks in the long term and thus gives its customers' IT departments more time to work on innovative projects. However, the internal IT employees remain involved in controlling operation and maintenance of the outsourced "old" applications. The result: despite the applications being outsourced, expertise and control remain "in-house".
Our services at a glance
- Applications Prime of Life Consulting – Cirquent experts assess which applications can be considered for "Applications Prime of Life".
- Applications Prime of Life Transition – use of our tried and tested, efficient, simple methods, which can be adapted to suit customer's specific needs, for the rapid establishment of the necessary expertise at Cirquent.
- Applications Prime of Life Long-Term Shadowing – successive assumption of responsibility: The experts at Cirquent initially start application management in the "shadows" and gradually approach the light; in other words, they take over active management.
- Applications Prime of Life Outsourcing – after the successful transition with "long-term shadowing" Cirquent takes over operation and maintenance of the complete application until the "end of its life".
