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| | |  | Summary: Westinghouse Digital set out to be a key player in the LCD/HD TV market. They required a website that would project their image as an industry leader. | Solution: 6th Street Consulting created an attractive site that utilized cutting-edge design and functionality. The site included a Content Management System (CMS) that was user friendly and met all business requirements identified by the client. The CMS system enabled Westinghouse Digital Staff to make daily changes to the website without requiring support from technical staff which ultimately reduced their website maintenance costs. | Technology Consulting | Electronics | SQL Server 2005 | | 4 |
| | |  | Summary: Under direction from the Department of Defense, the Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) initiated the development of software to increase counter-insurgency capabilities.
AFRL required support to design an intuitive and easily deployable system for combat personnel in the field to be able to plan and publish Warning Orders and Patrol Orders in a counter-insurgency environment. Upon completion of the patrol, intelligence gained on the patrol needed to be organized efficiently to be used by future patrols and counter-insurgency efforts. | Solution: 6th Street Consulting developed a locally-hosted web-based system where combat personnel could rapidly and intuitively create and publish Warning Orders and Patrol Orders. Since this method of creating the necessary documents to engage on a patrol was faster than traditional methods, it increased adoption rate among users.
Minimal typing was required as a lot of the interface was point-and-click and/or drag-and-drop including mapping the patrol route using local map imagery. The system would automatically generate route instructions (bearing and distance). The debrief process was conducted in an interview format with the system asking the personnel specific questions related to the patrol.
Logic was applied to narrow the questions from a larger all-inclusive set of questions to only those relevant to the patrol. Incidents were logged with geographic coordinates and a date/time stamp. The data could then be used by future patrols to brief on past incidents close to their projected patrol route. The system was deployed in a test environment by the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq in 2006. | Technology Consulting | Aerospace & Defense | SQL Server 2005 | | 3 |
| | |  | Summary: The City’s current intranet system was not up to speed with the current technology trends, so in order to maximize efficiency and maintain consistency they felt that an upgrade to SharePoint would be highly beneficial. The main objectives for the project were to allow City staff users to manage data that they were responsible for, and for staff members to be able to update the Intranet internally. By upgrading, the City would also be able to save time and cut costs in the future.
Before proceeding with the project, the City had already decided that they would use SharePoint as the framework for their new intranet site. With this already decided, they then had to choose if they wanted to run with MOSS 2007 or the new version SharePoint 2010 which was scheduled to be officially released the following month. To determine the which would best fit their needs, the City went through a selection process with their chosen vendor, 6th Street Consulting. They ultimately decided to run SharePoint 2010.
| Solution: 6th Street Consulting approached the project by developing a proof of concept (POC), designing and developing themes, and then testing these themes to ensure functionality. This process was funded through Microsoft as part of the SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS) program. Next, they trained the City on using the software and themes before turning the final results over to the Poway team upon completion of the project. The 6th Street Consulting team worked closely with the City’s IT members throughout the project to ensure that all of their questions were answered. Since SharePoint 2010 has so many features and different tools, the City did not want their staff to be overwhelmed by or unwilling to use the new site. They are able to effectively roll out specific parts of the software at different time intervals so that employees are able to effectively learn at an appropriate pace. Overall, the social/collaboration tools from SharePoint 2010 are working toward the City’s benefit, and they were able to effectively meet their project goals. | Technology Consulting | Government | SharePoint 2010; SQL Server 2008 | Full PDF | 2 |
| | |  | Summary: RVI Group, the world leader in residual value insurance, needed to develop a measurable strategic plan that would enable them to double revenue within five years. Just "doing more of the same" was not an adequate strategy. | Solution: RVI engaged 6th Street Consulting to help them develop a five-year strategic plan including measurable benchmarks that the CEO could use to measure the performance of his division managers.
| Strategic Consulting | Finance | | | 3 |
| | |  | Summary: Passenger, an online brand community company, based in Los Angeles, CA required strategic and financial modeling support to convey their business plan to potential investors. | Solution: Passenger engaged 6th Street Consulting to build a Fully Integrated Financial Model that accurately reflected the company's business plan. The financial model included:
- Dynamic Graphical Dashboard
- Reconciled Monthly with Actual Results
- Changeable Key Assumptions to Drive Model
- Integrated Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements
- Required Funding amount and timeline
In addition to producing the financial model, 6th Street Consulting served as an interim CFO through two rounds of venture capital funding.
| Strategic Consulting | Media | | | 2 |
| | |  | Summary: BV Resorts, a high-end real-estate development company based in Beverly Hills, CA needed to develop dynamic financial models that would accurately represent their business strategy.
| Solution: BV Resorts engaged 6th Street Consulting to fully integrate many disparate models into one fully integrated financial model that could account for : - Construction Financing Terms
- Construction Schedules
- Construction Budget
- Sales Strategy and Commission Plans
- Multiple levels of Investor Returns based on seniority in the deal
| Strategic Consulting | Real Estate | | | 1 |
| | |  | Summary: The Festival Companies is a large commercial real estate management company with three office locations and 200+ employees. Due to the large amount of intra-office email generated, they outgrew their externally hosted email solution. They sought to reduce bandwidth usage and improve email performance. | Solution: 6th Street Consulting team provided a turn-key migration service for The Festival Companies. Our team identified the appropriate hardware, software, and labor required to migrate their externally hosted email system to an internally hosted email system. We successfully performed the migration. No email accounts or emails were lost in the process. In addition to significantly improved email performance, the company dramatically reduced its external bandwidth usage by the email system which resulted in an overall improved internet experience for the company.
| Managed Services | Real Estate | | | 3 |
| | |  | Summary: Keller Williams Beach Cities operates a 130+ real estate agent office in Hermosa Beach, CA. Rapid support response is critical and may be the difference between closing or losing a sale.
| Solution: 6th Street Consulting provides on-site support in a timely manner for their 130+ agents. Support includes on-boarding new agents to the Keller Williams network, building agent websites, recovering data from crashed hard drives, setting up new computers, etc. | Managed Services | Real Estate | | | 1 |
| | |  | Summary: Stuart Cellars, a boutique winery located in Temecula, CA required a complete technology refresh cycle for their entire company. The company was using an old Windows XP desktop as their primary server. | Solution: 6th Street Consulting provided a turn-key solution to upgrade their entire organization. This included the complete replacement of all desktops and the setup of a new Windows 2003 Small Business Server. Data from various desktops had to be recovered, reconciled and stored on the new server. | Managed Services | Food and Beverage | | | 2 |
| | |  | A large aerospace company, located in Southern California, was having difficulty finding a solution to reduce the cost of managing suppliers’ delivery schedules. The company provided solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. As one of the largest defense contractors in the world, the company employed over 100,000 people with revenues exceeding $30 billion. The company needed an application to interface with SAP to help manage supplier delivery schedules. Their existing mission-critical application was cumbersome, provided
outdated information, and was over a decade old. After years of development with other vendors and technologies that did not meet their needs, the company selected 6th Street Consulting, a recognized Microsoft Partner for their Portal Competency, and the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007) platform for a solution. Working closely with the company’s internal team, 6th Street Consulting developed a ground-breaking web-based Inventory Forecasting System (IFS) that provided up-to-date information and helped ensure the on-time delivery of parts. The IMS application reduced costs and allowed the company to remain a leader in the aerospace industry. | Over the course of four months, 6th Street Consulting worked closely with the company’s management, business stakeholders and internal IT teams to develop a solution using the MOSS 2007 platform. MOSS 2007 was chosen due to its robust and extensive out-of-the-box functions. Due to the complexity of the company’s business requirements, several documented limitations in MOSS 2007 might have lead to performance bottlenecks. However, 6th Street Consulting’s depth of expertise enabled them to break through these limitations and fully take advantage of the MOSS 2007 framework. 6th Street Consulting delivered a ground-breaking application that allowed the company to dramatically streamline its supplier delivery status process. The application, IFS, provided additional functionality over its predecessor that allowed the company to reduce costs and remain a leader in the aerospace industry. | Technology Consulting | Aerospace & Defense | SharePoint 2007; SQL Server 2005 | Full PDF | 1 |