Area of Expertise: Operations

PinnacleCIO works with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to solve business problems, improve efficiencies and reduce costs by leveraging technology, while also addressing information security risks. With a sole focus on SMEs, we understand your business and your operational and financial constraints.

PinnacleCIO offers services including:

• Technology assessments: understanding your current state of technology and identifying gaps
• Technology strategy: creating a phased plan to address your prioritized needs
• Business process improvement: identifying how technology can streamline your processes
• Cost savings: reducing cost by replacing expensive legacy solutions
• System selection & implementation: understanding requirements, identifying and assessing potential systems, and overseeing implementation
• IT budgeting: drafting operational and discretionary technology spending
• Information security: identifying and addressing gaps in IT controls and cyber insurance

Michael Gladstone is the Principal of PinnacleCIO and has experience across industry verticals including manufacturing/distribution, professional services and healthcare.

You can find more information on PinnacleCIO on our website or LinkedIn. We look forward to working with you on advancing your technology maturity.

Pemeco is an award-winning, independent consulting firm that specializes in ERP and enterprise technology transformation projects. We lead our manufacturing, distribution, professional services, and retail clients into the next phase of their evolution by leading strategic digital adoption planning, ERP and technology section, technology implementation, and business process improvement projects.

Steve Milijasevic, P.Eng., MBA, is an experienced leader of teams in manufacturing and engineering environments, with an exceptional record of success in turning around struggling businesses and enhancing team capabilities. 

His company, Malo Solutions, focuses on helping companies perform better by assessing their performance gaps relative to key indicators, setting strategy to improve and seeing the improvement through to implementation.  As an approved Digital Advisor/Consultant for the federal CDAP and provincial DCC programs, he also works with businesses to identify their operational pain points, technological needs and opportunities for digitization/automation of critical processes and systems in support of their digital transformation.

We help you leverage technology, empower people, and understand which areas of innovation are relevant to your business. We build the road map and deploy new capabilities that will allow you to optimize your business today, and plan for growth tomorrow. Core services include technology and digital road map development and execution, data-driven customer growth, change management as well as business strategy and innovation planning. 

We are also certified Digital Adoption Experts with the Federal Government’s CDAP program. 

Focused Improvement Consulting is a boutique consulting firm that caters to small and medium-sized businesses with a results-oriented approach. Our priority is to comprehend your distinctive challenges to offer innovative ideas and strategies to enhance your business’s competitiveness and profitability.

Our team comprises professionals with a wealth of experience in production and technology-driven areas, who are well-acquainted with the shop floor environment. We have successful business leaders who possess the skills to connect with both factory workers and front office staff. With our extensive experience, we can collaborate efficiently with your team to create effective and practical solutions that generate sustainable results.

We offer a wide range of services such as:

• Strategic development and planning
• Plant or production improvement projects such as factory flow optimization, visual factory
• Select and implement new technology such as robotic cells, MES and ERP
• Current equipment and production optimization
• Supply chain analysis, make vs. buy or outsource vs. insource decisions
• Lean Six Sigma training and certification

Our goal is to become a driving force for change in your organization. You can reach us at info@focusedimprovement.ca or visit www.focusedimprovement.ca.