Universal Group Inc. is a consulting firm that specializes in formulating e-business strategies and the management of technology to improve organizations and operations. We bring together business experience and technology skills in analyzing a client’s business operations and objectives and propose well thought out strategies hinged on technologies.

Create Opportunities

Entrepreneurs are faced with new competitive challenges brought about by the current economic conditions and the changing consumer landscape. Traditional markets have merged with, or completely given way to, the “new economy”. This emerging order created a need for some traditional companies to take a look again at their marketing strategies and introduce the Internet in their business models. Rather than an obstacle, the Net became a company’s other channel for direct selling to customers.

A client who began his organic soap business as a small backyard operation was able to establish a distribution network in Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, and several other countries. Another cosmetic manufacturer makes $2,000 a week selling products on-line. These successes came from a well-formulated strategy to integrate the Internet as an integral part of their businesses. From their successful experiences in merging business and technology, our consultants are able to unlock these opportunities for your company.

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Maximize Resources

“Doing more with less” has become more important an adage in today’s business environment. Economic conditions, stiffer competition, and rising costs of operations are making businesses take a look at their expenditures and current practices. With its unique global network capability, the Internet infrastructure has provided entrepreneurs with more cost-effective alternatives that eliminate inefficient or cost-laden processes.

Foremost use of the Internet realized by entrepreneurs is the e-mail. Instantaneous, effective, and economical, e-mailing is an instant hit in business operations. In today’s networked economy, secured e-mail is a key way to drive efficiencies and accelerate business processes. Presence in the Internet has likewise lowered the traditional marketing expenditures. With websites, printed materials such as brochures and catalogues are dramatically reduced. Customers who need more product information are pointed to the corporate website. It is also cheaper to update a company website instead of printing new materials every time new products, price change or move premises are introduced.

For larger enterprise, electronic data interchanges (EDI) offer major efficiency and savings. With Internet, EDI permits thousands of companies worldwide to communicate and process secure business transactions. Secure electronic data transmission, especially over the Internet, allows organizations to conduct business much more quickly compared to paper transactions. For example, turn-around times of business transactions are decreased when conducted electronically. With greater efficiency and productivity, improve business transaction processing can be translated into savings.

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Develop Innovations

The Internet presented opportunities to create and implement new ways of doing business. For a relatively low-entry investment, several companies were able to integrate the Internet as a new tactical approach to delivering its services. Many others completely transformed their business using the Internet in creating new values and business models.

One client added an innovation with its business model using the Internet. From a largely paper-based company dependent on local clients and local supply of talent, this personnel recruitment firm was able to dramatically expand its operations. Through its innovative website, the company became the prime destination for foreign firms seeking professionals for their executive needs. With an online submission feature, the website was also able to build up their pool of talents from a more expansive field. Tech-savvy professionals were able to submit resumes to the firm by submitting these online. Due to the specific needs and requirements posted on their website, the firm was able to match talents for specifically and at a shorter timeframe.

The need for innovation in the current business environment is more essential now. apparent As product life cycles shorten, competitive pressure increases, and customer expectations continue to rise. Traditional methods of finding and developing new business ideas have often become less effective. Firms are discovering that their ability to compete will depend upon their willingness to discard a “not invented here” mentality in favor of practices that encourage extensive networking, collaboration, and the ability to pursue external sources of expertise and knowledge.

The Internet provides a unique opportunity to meet these challenges. Open, standards-based Internet applications allow firms to explore multiple sources of new business ideas while providing the ability to manage innovation in a productive, rational manner.