Removing the roadblocks to
delivering real improvement
Recent assignments
To request further examples of how Hartswood Management might deliver real improvement in your organisation email enquiries@hartswoodmanagement.co.uk
Care Sector
Andrew Kearns is currently providing IT consultancy support to a business start-up in the Care Sector. This support includes advice on resolving some current IT issues and involvement in the next stage of system development to meet an enhancement to the company's market proposition. The new development partner has been selected (Endava - www.endava.com) and we are awaiting the completion of the creative material being developed by Works MC and which is due in mid November.
Collaboration with ConsultAvila
Andrew Kearns has completed 3 assignments with ConsultAvila. The first assignment was an Operational Review for a private equity company looking to make an acquisition in the aerospace sector. The second assignment was an inventory programme and Operational Excellence training programme for a division of Meggitt plc. The third assignment involved the facilitation of an organisation design activity for a division of Cobham plc.
Technology Director at JATO Dynamics
Between August 2007 and April 2010, Andrew Kearns of Hartswood Management Ltd worked as Technology Director for JATO Dynamics Ltd, the world's leading provider of automotive business intelligence, news and data (see www.jato.com).
Inventory Reduction with JustOne Consultancy
Hartswood Management has been working with JustOne Consultancy(http://www.justoneconsultancy.com/) to deliver a multi-site inventory reduction programme for a major aerospace manufacturing company. The JustOne client has a good track record of manufacturing improvement. However they identified JustOne as having an approach which would assist them to deliver a major programme of inventory reduction by building on their improvement experience. Hartswood Management worked with JustOne to develop an appropriate approach which would work in a wide variety of manufacturing sites. In particular Hartswood Management developed an Inventory Reduction Mini Guide which describes some vital approaches and techniques for delivering the necessary improvements.
NAA Business Requirements (November 2005 to July 2007)
Hartswood Management is providing project management support for the development of a solution specification for a system designed to administer the Diploma (a new qualification scheduled for first teach in September 2008).
NAA Modified Papers (May 2005 to January 2006)
Project Management expertise was provided to the National Assessment Agency (NAA) in the development of a major enhancement to the CDAA web-tool (see below). This tool allows schools and colleges to apply on-line for modified papers for visually-impaired and hearing-impaired students for general qualifications (GCSEs and GCEs). Exam centres are able to make one on-line application for all awarding bodies rather than using separate paper forms as at present. The tool also allows centres to select papers from the results of searches rather providing the details of the papers themselves which can result in errors. This project forms part of the NAA's modernisation agenda which is seeking to reduce the administrative burden associated with the exams system in schools and colleges. This web tool can only be accessed by authorised users.
NAA Centre Consultation (February to May 2005)
Hartswood Management provided project management and facilitation support to the National Assessment Agency (NAA) for running a programme of consultation with exam centres in England. The purpose of consultation was to obtain feedback on proposals for reducing the administrative burden associated with the exams system for general qualifications (GCSEs and GCEs). During this period over 200 exams officers from schools and colleges in England were consulted. The NAA team for the consultation consisted of facilitators, business analysts, information architects and process experts and was supported by staff from the 3 unitary awarding bodies in England. The consultation programme consisted of 3 phases - phase 1 was used to obtain feedback on proposals developed with the awarding bodies; phase 2 involved workshops to develop more detailed proposals involving the use of wire-framing; phase 3 involved a wider consultation on these detailed proposals. The output from the consultation programme was used to specify the business requirements for a system to modernise the administration of exams.
NAA Centre-delegated Access Arrangements web-tool (Oct 2004 to Mar 2005)
Hartswood Management provided project management support to the build and implementation of a web-tool which allows exam centres to register the access arrangements provided for candidates with particular needs, on-line. This web-tool was developed by a third party supplier to a specification developed with 4 awarding bodies. The implementation required actions associated with centre training, awarding body implementation as well as the hosting arrangements. This project forms part of the NAA's modernisation agenda which is seeking to reduce the administrative burden associated with the exams system in schools and colleges. This web tool can only be accessed by authorised users.
NAA Inter-board Searchable Timetable (Oct 2004 to Feb 2005)
Hartswood Management co-ordinated the NAA input into the development of a web application which provides exam centres with the ability to develop their exam timetables on line. This tool was developed in partnership between the NAA and the 5 awarding bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was necessary for the partnership to agree both the functional requirements and the data input. This project forms part of the NAA's modernisation agenda which is seeking to reduce the administrative burden associated with the exams system in schools and colleges. This site is available to the general public and can be accessed through the URL below -