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Assistance with Process and Productivity Improvement. The MorganFranklin Consulting approach to process and productivity improvement projects leverages our proven business process optimization methodology, which allows our team members to provide government agencies and organizations a thorough analysis of current processes and tailored best practices recommendations based on similar sized agencies and organizations. We apply proven processes, techniques and tools along the project lifecycle to accomplish objectives and requirements. Specifically, our innovative management approach includes: • Establishing an understanding of the drivers, stakeholder goals and long-term vision that drives the need for end-to-end process optimization • Deploying a cross-functional team that anticipates understanding the needs and starts day one with a baseline understanding of the key risks and considerations for each of the in-scope business processes • Business process optimization methodology which is comprised of a four-stage approach emphasizing scalability and tailored to specific needs to ensure a “right fit” approach for the task • Disciplined Project Management Framework which enables our Project Manager to manage the project within scope and specifically address quality throughout the period of performance • Multi-faceted Resource Management Approach that facilitates the organization’s fast access to a wide range of skillsets while also providing proactive management of resources and ensuring rigorous project planning and execution • Emphasis on Risk Management to support management needs. We view risk management as a continuous element of our project management and technical execution. Our Project Management discipline includes risk management and involves the execution of a structured approach to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor not only real but also emerging risks, ensuring improved and sustained service delivery. We help solve the most pressing challenges faced by businesses, federal, state, and local governments. Transformational situations drive our demand – we help our clients address a dynamic regulatory environment, strategic events and ownership changes, technology advancements, as well as leadership transformation and change. We draw upon a wide range of services to deliver an integrated solution. Clients value our diverse range of services as well as the flexibility and transparency with which we operate. Our insight, experience, and expertise gained from a diverse portfolio of DoD, Civilian, State, Local, and Fortune 500 private sector clients positions us to help federal, state, and local governments achieve their mission and objectives. We help address complex organizational structures and hierarchies and increase transparency in spending and performance to achieve the following outcomes. • Attain financial improvement and audit readiness • Mature aging technology and migrate to shared services • Forecast and mitigate risks to mission operations due to changing budgets • Assess against commercial best practices • Improve the quality and accessibility of data • Source, develop, and retain talent Deep business expertise fused with plenty of hands-on experience enables us to adopt our client’s perspective. Regardless of the path, we have seasoned professionals to help identify next steps and get you where you need to go. Staying ahead of the ever changing technology landscape can be difficult. Public sector organizations are under tremendous stress today, and they need to do more with less and with faster turnarounds than ever before. With fiscal pressures, increasing financial oversight, fraud detection, and prevention requirements from regulators, public sector organizations are using technology-enabled solutions to play a pivotal role in policy and decision making to enhance mission effectiveness. In addition, the cost to maintain legacy technology and siloed applications is unsustainable. Our unique perspective is formed with insight, experience, and expertise from a diverse portfolio of Department of Defense, civilian, state, local, as well as Fortune 500 private sector clients. MorganFranklin advises executives on: • Planning, managing, and executing strategic technology investments • Architecting and executing on appropriate cloud models • Driving efficiency and cost reduction through information systems alignment and consolidation • Mitigating security defects and risks • Improving the quality and accessibility of data • Increasing transparency in spending and mission performance • Streamlining the technology portfolio • Selection/implementation and optimization of o Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) o Corporate Performance Management (CPM) o Intelligent Automation and Low-code application platforms. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act) authorizes the delivery of federal technical, financial, logistical, and other assistance to states and localities during declared major disasters or emergencies. Our Grants Management Services include services for both grantors and grant recipients, including recipients of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act grants, throughout the grant lifecycle: Grant proposals often are complex and require lengthy applications and specific documents such as IRS certifications, financial statements, and copies of audits. MorganFranklin Consulting helps grantees by researching and interpreting these requirements, as well as writing and/or editing grant proposals and grant budgets to ensure they only include “qualifiable” expenses.

Assistance with Process and Productivity Improvement. The MorganFranklin Consulting Process and Productivity Improvement is the fundamental rethinking and redesign of business processes aimed at improving performance. Our approach to process and productivity improvement projects leverages our proven business process optimization methodology, which allows our team members to provide government agencies and organizations a thorough analysis of current processes and tailored best practices recommendations is based on similar sized agencies industry standards and organizationsan emphasis on “meeting our clients where they’re at.” The narrative below describes the basic framework for our process improvement work. Step 1. We apply proven processesEstablish the Vision – Prior to any BPR effort, techniques we gain a clear understanding of project goals and tools along the vision for the future state. If the goals and/or vision have not already been established, or if they are too vague, we facilitate a strategy session with organization leadership to understand the context of the problem and define a vision for the process improvement effort. Once the vision for the work has been articulated, we document it as part of the project lifecycle management process. Step 2. Understand the Current State – An important step in BPR is identifying which specific value processes need to accomplish objectives be reviewed, dissected and requirementsperformance problems often lead us in the right direction: long wait times, large backlogs of work, high error rates, low customer satisfaction, difficulties in meeting program goals, and high costs (as compared to other organizations or functions). SpecificallyOnce we have prioritized specific processes for review, our innovative management approach includes: • Establishing an understanding we scope the work ahead. This includes assembling a Process Improvement Team, usually comprised with those closest to the processes. Working with this team, we produce visual maps of the drivers, stakeholder goals and long-term vision that drives the need for end-to-end process optimization • Deploying a cross-functional team that anticipates understanding the needs and starts day one with a baseline understanding of the key risks and considerations for each of the in-scope business current state processes • Business process optimization methodology which is comprised of a four-stage approach emphasizing scalability and tailored to specific needs to ensure a “right fit” approach for the task • Disciplined Project Management Framework which enables our Project Manager to manage the project within scope and specifically address quality throughout the period of performance • Multi-faceted Resource Management Approach that facilitates the organization’s fast access to a wide range of skillsets while also providing proactive management of resources and ensuring rigorous project planning and execution • Emphasis on Risk Management to support management needs. We view risk management as a continuous element of our project management and technical execution. Our Project Management discipline includes risk management and involves the execution of a structured approach to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor not only real but also emerging risks, ensuring improved and sustained service delivery. We help solve the most pressing challenges faced by businesses, federal, state, and local governments. Transformational situations drive our demand – we help our clients address a dynamic regulatory environment, strategic events and ownership changes, technology advancements, as well as leadership transformation and change. We draw upon a wide range of services to deliver an integrated solution. Clients value our diverse range of services as well as the flexibility and transparency with which we operate. Our insight, experience, and expertise gained from a diverse portfolio of DoD, Civilian, State, Local, and Fortune 500 private sector clients positions us to help federal, state, and local governments achieve their mission and objectives. We help address complex organizational structures and hierarchies and increase transparency in spending and performance to achieve the following outcomes. • Attain financial improvement and audit readiness • Mature aging technology and migrate to shared services • Forecast and mitigate risks to mission operations due to changing budgets • Assess against commercial best practices • Improve the quality and accessibility of data • Source, develop, and retain talent Deep business expertise fused with plenty of hands-on experience enables us to adopt our client’s perspective. Regardless of the path, we have seasoned professionals to help identify next steps and get you where you need to go. Staying ahead of the ever changing technology landscape can be difficult. Public sector organizations are under tremendous stress today, and they need to do more with less and with faster turnarounds than ever before. With fiscal pressures, increasing financial oversight, fraud detection, and prevention requirements from regulators, public sector organizations are using technology-enabled solutions to play a pivotal role in policy and decision making to enhance mission effectivenessthrough facilitated sessions. In addition, during this phase, we also perform data collection to understand current state lead times, process times, throughput, etc. See one example at right. Step 3. Identify Performance Problems – As we document the cost current state, members of the Process Improvement Team identify problems that impact the performance of the process from the customer's Step 4. Redesign Processes & Develop Options for Improvement – After reviewing the process in depth, the Process Improvement Team develop options for addressing process problems. Common types of improvements include: Step 5. Plan, Stage and Sequence Improvements – once the Process Improvement Team has agreed upon a set of options for improving the process, we work with them to maintain legacy technology and siloed applications is unsustainable. Our unique perspective is formed with insightdraft plans for specific, experiencerapid, and expertise from a diverse portfolio of Department of Defense, civilian, state, local, as well as Fortune 500 private sector clients"ready-to-work" experiments intended to validate options for improvement. MorganFranklin advises executives on: • Planning, managing, and executing strategic technology investments • Architecting and executing on appropriate cloud models • Driving efficiency and cost reduction through information systems alignment and consolidation • Mitigating security defects and risks • Improving the quality and accessibility of data • Increasing transparency in spending and mission performance • Streamlining the technology portfolio • Selection/implementation and optimization of o Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) o Corporate Performance Management (CPM) o Intelligent Automation and Low-code application platforms. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act) authorizes the delivery of federal technical, financial, logistical, and other assistance We coach participants to states and localities during declared make sure there are several improvements that do not require major disasters new resources or emergencies. Our Grants Management Services include services for both grantors and grant recipients, including recipients of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act grants, throughout the grant lifecycle: Grant proposals often are complex and require lengthy applications and specific documents such as IRS certifications, financial statements, and copies of audits. MorganFranklin Consulting helps grantees by researching and interpreting these requirements, as well as writing and/or editing grant proposals and grant budgets to ensure they only include “qualifiable” expensestechnologies.