Business Need

The widespread availability of the Microsoft Office Suite has transformed the way knowledge workers share and present information every day. The uses of Excel spreadsheets, Word templates and PowerPoint presentations are continually expanding in innovative ways, as managers apply these products' capabilities to new challenges.

Complementing these powerful applications, KMA offers enhanced Knowledge Worker Productivity Solutions that help companies create custom applications that address their own unique requirements. By taking advantage of KMA's services, companies can derive additional benefits from existing and familiar Office products, and increase the efficiency of numerous operational tasks.

A customized data and presentation solution from KMA can help your company:

	Update a presentation instantly with new market data
	Allow financial analysts to use key data from a corporate data base in their Excel spreadsheets
	Create a branded identity for the PowerPoint presentations you share with senior management and with customers
	Extract key corporate data from Excel or PowerPoint and display it in a corporate portal

In addition, KMA offers Mekko Graphics, a packaged data and presentation solution designed for management consultants and corporate strategists. Highly regarded by its growing number of users worldwide, Mekko Graphics makes the difficult job of presenting complex business concepts fast and simple.

Productivity Solutions from KMA

KMA has helped companies increase the efficiency of their business processes by linking Excel and Word to corporate databases. As today's companies operate in increasingly dispersed environments, applications that facilitate the integration of data with the Office suite offer ongoing benefits to an organization.

Presentation Solutions
When face-to-face meeting time with colleagues or clients is at a premium, it becomes more important than ever to make your presentations high impact and your messages clear. A well-designed visual can make a deeper impression than a detailed explanation; complex business relationships presented in a chart or graph can bring important points to light. Unfortunately, managers typically do not have the time to use advanced graphics software to create the more sophisticated presentations that they would like to use.

KMA addresses this need both with its packaged business presentations solution, Mekko Graphics software, and with additional customization services that KMA provides. Mekko Graphics desktop software includes more than 30 different charts and in an easy to use, cost-effective package that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft PowerPoint. For those companies that want to integrate Mekko Graphics into their PowerPoint standards, KMA will build a custom solution that meets their unique needs.

KMA Benefits

	Business Understanding and Experience: Our teams approach projects with a clear focus on business objectives and bring years of experience across business disciplines of sales, marketing, operations and finance to every client engagement. When building an enhanced data and presentation solution, KMA will quickly grasp your business issues and design a solution that meets them 'head on.'
	Deep Expertise in Microsoft Tools: Our technical professionals are continually trained on the latest Microsoft Office System software and tools, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to support enhanced data and presentation solutions for clients. Working with KMA, you can be sure that your new solutions will leverage the most advanced software versions and functionality on the market today.
	Proven Methodology: KMA engages clients in a rigorous five-stage development cycle that ensures timely deployments and quality results. Clients are provided with a Working Prototype early in the process enabling them to confirm all aspects of their data or presentation solution, including functionality, data presentation and user interface design.