Overview
SDC requested WBD’s help in streamlining and stabilizing their acquisition operations. Their portfolio of high availability, interoperable, certified and accredited, multi-security level voice, video, and data services required an experienced set of consultants to analyze, manage, and improve.
Challenges
SDC, like many Federal divisions has a well-oiled portfolio of assets such as contracts and materiel, but a long list of new requirements. Their high-profile clientele need the most innovative, secure, and high-performing communications equipment and services available, and they need it yesterday. The typical timelines, bureacracy, and hurdles associated with Federal Acqusition needed to be streamlined to meet the needs of the mission.
Solutions
WBD consultants were dropped in and began instituting improvements from day one. Improvements included:
- Supply Chain Analysis and Overwatch
- Rapid Procurement Playbooks and Best Practices
- Auditability and Sustainability Audits
- Technology Business Management Analyses
- Category Management Analyses
- Requirement Elicitation
- Cost Estimations and Forecasting