Our company has recognized the importance of Project Management to improve efficiency and profit for years. Over those years we have created many policies and procedures that were effective … for the 1 or 2 or 3 months we used them! In every attempt to implement a good management plan or an improved process/procedure, we quickly reverted to our standard practice of foregoing the management process and fighting the hottest fires. Cogent helped us resurrect the old plans and develop new plans to provide synergy with what we were already doing (or supposed to be doing). I believe the best service Cogent provided our company was a simple Management Operating System that is easy to follow, easy to replicate, and easy to adjust to changing conditions. It took an outside consultant to prove to us that simple procedures that seemed daunting in previous attempts WILL work and are worth maintaining.
We had a lot of the tools necessary to improve efficiencies/profits. They were just sitting on the shelf gathering dust. The Cogent team was able to recognize the existence of our tools early in their discovery and implementation process. They worked with what we had as opposed to reinventing the wheel or forcing their tools into our operation. This has helped our managers and employees buy into the process early and I believe it will help us follow through and maintain the process in perpetuity.
There are many tools, many methods, and many consultants available to get a company from point A to point B. I am a strong believer in the concept that the path taken doesn’t matter as long as you get where you are going. I believe Cogent helped Heneghan and Associates in developing the path that worked best for us. I have no hesitation in recommending them as an assistant in your journey.
Sincerely,
Ronnie Paul, P.E.
President
