Software skills offered by FireHorse Inc. (partial listing)

Systems:
Abend-Aid, Access Manager, AIX, BAPI, CA-EZTE, CA-Librarian, CA-Utilities, CA-VOLLE, CANDE, CBD, CMS, Cognos Connection, Cognos Tools, Cognos Utilities, Cognos Web Server, Configuration Manager, DOS 6.2, DOS/JCL, DOS/VSE, DSS, DTF, EAI (Enterprise Application Integration), EDI, Editor, Endevor, Expression Editor, File-Aid, FTP, GLOS, GuardIEn, ICCF, IDMS Utilities, Impact Analysis Tool, Infopac, Internet Explorer, Intertest, IOF, Lantastic, MetaCensus, Metrics Manager, MQ Series, MVS/ESA, MVS/JCL, Netscape, OLFU, OnBase, On-Demand Host, OOD, OOP, OLAP, OLTP, OS/2, OS/370, OS/390, OS/400, OS/JCL, OS/MVS, Panvalet, Platinum Metadata Repository, Portfolio, PREDICT, QA/QC testing, Rational Utilities, ROSCOE, SAR, SCHD, Scheduler, Script Editor, SMS, SPOC, Syncsort, Teradata Utilities, Test Case Recorder, Test Harness, Transaction Explorer, TSO:ISPF/PDF, UNIX, UNIX Scripting (Bourne, C, Korn Shell), UpFront, VBEditor, VM, VMS, VSAMUTIL, Windows 3.1/95/98/2000, Windows CE, Windows NT Server, Windows XP, Xchange, Xpediter, z/OS.

Languages:
Ab Initio, ABAP/4, Activex, Actuate, Ada, ADSO, Advantage GEN, APS, Architect, ASP, AutoCAD, BASIC, BMS, Brio, Business Objects, C/C++, CICS, Cognos Business Intelligence Suite, Cognos Query, Cognos Visualizer, CLIST, COBOL I/II/III, COBOL/370, COBOL/400, Cognos, CONSTRUCT, Cool:Gen, Crystal Reports, Data Manager, Datastage, DecisionStream, Delphi, DL/I, DTS, DYL-280 II, Easytrieve Plus, ERWin, Excel, Focus, FORTRAN, 4Thought, Frameworks Manager, HTML, Hyperion Essbase, IDEAL, IEF, Impromptu, Impromptu Web Reports (IWR), Informatica, NQuire, Java, Lotus Notes, MapInfo, MathCAD, MicroFocus Cobol, MS Office, MS Project, Microstrategy, Natural/Natural 2, Omni/SQL, Oracle Designer, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle Warehouse Builder, PASCAL, Perl, PL/1, PL/SQL, PowerBuilder, PowerConnect, PowerHouse, PowerPlay, PowerPlay Web (PPW), PowerPoint, PowerPrompts, Process Designer, QBE, QMF, Query Studio, Queryman, QUIKJOB, Report Studio, ReportNET, REXX, RPG III/IV, SAPScript, SAS (BASE), SAS/Connect, SAS/GRAPH, SAS Macro, SAS/SQL, SAS/STAT, Scenario, SCOBOL, SPUFI, SQL, SQL Assistant, SQL*Plus, Teradata Administrator, TOAD, Transact SQL, Transformer, Visual Basic, VB.NET, VBA, Visio, Visualizer, Visual Studio.NET, WebFOCUS, Websphere, XML.

ERP/CRM:
GEAC Millennium Series, Lawson, MSA Accounting, Oracle Financials (AP, AR, FA, FV, GL, HR, PA, PER, PO, RA), PeopleSoft, SAP R/3 (Basis, MM, FI, CO, SD, HR, BW).

Databases:
Access, Adabas, Datacom, DB/2, DB2/UDB, DBase III+/IV, DMS, Focus, IDMS, IMS DB/DC, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SYBASE, Teradata, Total/TOTL, VSAM.
 
Wetware:
The latest and greatest, bleeding-edge, state-of-the-art bio-chemical super computers. Capable of self-programming, heuristic learning, paradigm shifts, fuzzy logic, intuitive leaps, life-support, and getting into deep trouble...

Hey, you already know about these things - intimately - since you came with your own already conveniently packaged in your bodies! Ah, well. Maybe we should just list our skills instead.

We are a consulting team specializing in:

- platform migration
- business process re-engineering (BPR)
- business engineering (BE)
- database-management and mining

Our analytical team has over 27 years (over 70 years if we’re using cumulative years) of experience in Management Information Systems (MIS). We provide hands-on project management. We do grunt-work. Heck, we do anything our clients want! AND we do it well!

We have experience in the following industries:

- aerospace
- banking
- education
- energy/oil/gas
- engineering
- finance
- government
- insurance
- logistics
- manufacturing
- medical
- pharmaceutical
- retail
- telecommunications
- transportation.

We also have experience with the overall business process including:

- sales order processing
- accounts receivable and billing
- inventory management and controlling
- purchasing and accounts payable
- sales analysis and forecasting
- general ledger
- hospital patient inventory and registration
- material management
- payroll and personnel
- marketing
- predictive modeling
- public relations.

Our experience includes:

- All phases of of the software development life cycle including system study, specification, design, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation (or for you client-server types - strategy, analysis, design, build, user documentation, transition, production).
- SDLC projects including analysis, modification, and enhancements.
- Guiding development as acting Information Technology Director, project and team leaders, business analysts, data warehousing analysts, information architects, database administrators, team members, and analyst and developers of every flavor and stripe
- Specializing in technical upgrades, platform migrations, database migrations, and ERP/CRM implementations.
- Supervising, mentoring, training and technical support.
- Project management and facilitation
- Project planning, resource management, and requirements gathering
- Business operations, workflow, optimization, and needs analysis
- Business Engineering (BE) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Legacy process analysis including business rules extraction
- Platform and database migration, data conversion
- Impact analysis and change/co-existence management
- Process alignment with the post-implementation system
- Prototyping and modeling
- Gap analysis and enterprise application integration
- Introduction of Super User/project sponsor meetings
- Facilitation of Joint Application Design (JAD) and Rapid Application Design (RAD) meetings
- Team building, user training
- Promoting knowledge transfer to client staff
- Brain-storming, teeth-gnashing, hair-rumpling, chest-thumping
- Hand-holding, mother-hen scolding, kvetching, and conga lines...

And a partridge in a pear tree! Whoops, got carried away there for a minute...