System & Vendor Selection

Most technology analysts agree that the vast majority of systems selection projects fail.  The reasons for failure can vary, but typically include incomplete or changing requirements, lack of clear vision and objectives, failure to thoroughly screen vendors and “test drive” vendor solutions, and inadequate user involvement.

Cartesian's objective and disciplined approach in the capturing, analysis and prioritisation of your business requirements, efficient production of a high quality RFI/RFP, and delivery of an objective and measurable analysis of vendor responses, can effectively manage the risks involved in system and vendor selection-risks involving long term obligations and significant costs.

Cartesian will help you select the right systems and applications to drive business performance and ensure instant delivery of actionable business intelligence.

Our Solution
Cartesian and parent company TMNG Global’s deep understanding of our clients’ processes, systems and applications and our technology-agnostic, vendor-neutral approach assures an objective and thorough vendor/systems selection process.

We have worked with hundreds of communications providers and technology companies to guide them through the entire process from requirements analysis to RFI/RFP development to technical assessments and vendor selection, and through the vendor negotiation process.

To access that depth of experience and employ it to your advantage, we utilise our highly structured, web-based tool, eLexicon™ to:

• Identify, develop and prioritize system requirements
• Quickly and thoroughly create a RFI/RFP
• Efficiently score and evaluate vendors and their solutions
• Assess systems and operational efficiency

In addition, eLexicon™ can also be used to facilitate:

• Technical evaluation of hardware/operating system environments, architectures, production, change control, and testing
• Functional evaluation of customer relationship management, order management, provisioning, billing and accounts receivable
• Vendor business evaluation including general company background, implementation support, ongoing support/maintenance, and other capabilities

Building Upon Experience
Continually updated to ensure both relevance and completeness, eLexicon™ is a living repository of knowledge that captures the work product and lessons learned from our real-world experiences, gathered and refined over the past 13 years. It represents user requirements gathered from numerous client engagements involving over 250 carriers, both domestic and international and provides our project teams with ready access to a baseline of relevant vendors and product information.

Why Cartesian
Cartesain, TMNG Global and eLexicon™ provide greater efficiency, lower costs, and improved quality in the system/vendor selection process for our clients:

• Weighted and prioritised requirements are used to rapidly develop comprehensive RFIs/RFPs
• Standardised scoring provides efficient evaluation of vendor products and solutions
• Cycle time to generate outputs is reduced, contributing to shorter delivery timeframes
• Fewer project resources are needed to deliver the project, lowering the investment from Day 1
• Investments of limited development pounds is reduced, including prioritisation of future enhancements
• Effective, neutral evaluations of vendors/products is conducted, based on our standardised scoring method

Cartesian’s vendor and systems selection process delivers useable, robust and sustainable systems that maximizes your limited investment bugdet and gives your organisation a competitive edge.