DATA MEETS LEADERSHIP
Make the big technology and transformation decisions before vendors make them for you.
Data strategy consulting starts with the business, not with the technology. SIMO combines business data strategy and business architecture to give executive teams a sound basis for decisions such as an ERP migration, an AI investment, an acquisition, or a succession. We analyze business requirements and existing structures, assess options independently of vendors and technologies, and support the implementation of your decisions. Our yardstick is the measurable benefit to your company.
45 minutes by video, free of charge.
How ready is your initiative for a decision? Find out in 3 minutes.
Where it starts
Executive teams come to SIMO with very different business challenges. Six typical situations show how we help them prepare and carry out major decisions.
Which applications of artificial intelligence deliver concrete value for your company? SIMO assesses suitable use cases, the data they require, the risks involved, and the organizational and technical prerequisites. We also check whether AI actually offers an advantage over other approaches.
SIMO evaluates investment options against business requirements, total cost, risks, and expected benefit. That gives the executive team a transparent basis for its investment decision.
Conflicting numbers usually stem from inconsistent definitions, separate data sets, or unclear ownership. SIMO investigates the causes and lays the foundation for a reliable data architecture and clear data governance.
A system change has to follow the company’s current and future requirements. SIMO examines business processes, business capabilities, and existing dependencies and turns them into clear criteria for selecting and implementing the right solutions.
Regulators expect traceable accountability, data flows, and controls. SIMO reviews existing structures, identifies the relevant gaps, and helps companies prepare the required evidence systematically.
When a transformation misses its goals, the causes often lie in unclear requirements, conflicting decisions, or a lack of alignment. SIMO analyzes the causes, reviews the target state, and develops a realistic path for the rest of the implementation.
Which starting point is right for your initiative depends on where you stand and on the decision ahead. With the BISA baseline assessment and the BEIA enterprise assessment, SIMO offers two structured approaches, and we define their scope together with you.
Decision Readiness Check
How ready is your initiative for a decision? Find out in 3 minutes. You see the result right away, with no sign-up.
Enterprise Variation Method
The Enterprise Variation Method is the approach SIMO uses to develop and evaluate a company’s alternative courses of action systematically. Instead of committing early to one solution or target architecture, we examine different options for business processes, data, applications, technologies, and accountability. We assess their impact on cost, risk, and business goals and take future developments into account.
The result is a well-reasoned basis for decisions: the executive team can choose the right course of action and take ownership of its implementation.
Business Data Transformation Framework
Where business, data, and systems stand.
What the decision has to achieve.
Build feasible options, simulate them against future scenarios, and decide based on your criteria.
The chosen option, with a roadmap.
Supported through go-live.
Your team carries it forward.
Measure the benefit and adjust.
See how SIMO structures and assesses alternatives.
View the frameworkGetting started
SIMO offers two structured ways to analyze your company’s starting position: the BISA baseline assessment and the BEIA enterprise assessment. Both give you a clear view of existing structures, risks, opportunities for development, and where action is needed. Scope and approach depend on the decision you face.
Path 1 · in two steps
Business Infrastructure & Security Assessment: Discover & Baseline, then Validate & Advance
Path 2 · in a single pass
Business Enterprise Infrastructure Assessment, the Executive Fast Track
We tailor both paths to your company: additional sites, individual business units, a specific system, or a question from your advisory board. In the initial call, we work out which path is right for you.
45 minutes by video, free of charge.
Services
Business first, then data, then technology. Our seven services combine strategic advice, enterprise architecture, and support through implementation.
Business model, processes, and decision paths, readable on one page.
A data map and a target architecture everyone can rely on.
Which data supports which decision, and who owns it.
Data center, cloud, or hybrid, assessed for cost, risk, and sovereignty.
Use cases with clear value, on reliable data, and with clear rules.
Vendor selection, migration, and sign-off, supported into operation.
SIMO equips executives and business units to carry the data strategy forward on their own. The SIMO Academy supports this with hands-on training.
The goal
All seven services interlock: data flows to where it is needed.
3D visualization: AI-generated
Who you talk to
Every engagement is led personally by one Managing Partner, from the initial call to handover. For the BEIA, both Managing Partners are on site. The Managing Partners combine hands-on executive experience with in-depth advisory expertise.
Managing Partner · Brand and corporate strategy
Thomas Wassum has more than 25 years of leadership experience in print and media. At SIMO, he leads engagements with midsize companies and in print and media, with a focus on business architecture, acquisitions, and succession. Book an initial call with Thomas Wassum
Managing Partner · Data architecture and technology
Andreas O. Schwan is a mathematician (Diplom) who has worked in financial services for more than 20 years, with seven banking references, including tier-one banks. He was accountable for monitoring more than 70 million transactions a day. At SIMO, he leads engagements in financial services, with a focus on data architecture, AML/KYC, and regulatory evidence. Book an initial call with Andreas O. Schwan
One Managing Partner leads your engagement personally, from the initial call to handover, and is on site with you at the start. For the BEIA, both Managing Partners are on site.
Every step ends with a documented result, a reasoned recommendation, and a fixed scope.
We switch a system off only once all of its data is understood and migrated.
Your data stays under your control. The AI comes to the data.
We sell no software and earn nothing from your licenses. When we step back, your team has the knowledge and documentation to carry on.
SIMO advises midsize companies and large corporations, with particular experience in financial services and print and media.
Insights
Short answers to what almost always comes up before working together.
SIMO GmbH is an independent management consulting firm for business data strategy and business architecture, based in Aschaffenburg, Germany, and founded in 2020. It helps executive teams assess major business, data, infrastructure, and AI decisions independently and turn them into a sound enterprise architecture, with support through to implementation. SIMO sells no software and earns nothing from licenses.
SIMO advises the executive teams and boards of midsize companies and large corporations. Our industry focus is financial services and print and media. Beyond that, we support companies through strategic change, technology investments, and the evolution of their business processes and data architectures.
Working with SIMO starts with a free 45-minute initial call by video. If it fits for both sides, the on-site start follows: the BISA baseline assessment or the BEIA enterprise assessment, each with one day at your company. We define the scope in the initial call.
Prices are available on request, because they depend on the scope, which we define together. Every step has a defined result and a fixed scope, and you decide again after each step. You receive a proposal after the initial call.
No. We are not tied to any vendor and earn nothing from licenses. That is why SIMO does not judge options on vendor claims alone. Assumptions that can be tested technically are examined in the SIMOSphere AI Lab, SIMO GmbH’s testing ground. The field reports are publicly available on simosphereai.com.
Your next step
In the free initial call, we discuss your company’s starting position, the decisions ahead, and where you might need advice. Together, we clarify whether and how SIMO can help and which approach fits. If working together is unlikely to add value, we’ll tell you openly.
With one of the two Managing Partners.
How ready is your initiative for a decision? Find out in 3 minutes.
Prefer to call? +49 6021 625 63 40
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