Products & Services - Equal Consulting

Equal Consulting provides a range of consulting, auditing and training services. Our organisation continues to be recognised as one of Australia�s most diverse and respected network of consulting practices, providing the following range of products and services (listed in alphabetical order):

Products
	Business Development Program
	Capability-Based Performance Management System
	"Equaleyes" Client Management System
	Internal Quality Auditor Training Course
	"Localeyes" Local Government and Community Development Program
	"MuniciQual" Local Government Development Program
	"QualPac" Quality System Maintenance and Improvement Pack
	Role Evaluation and Salary System
	Skills Matrix and Human Resource System

Services
	Accounting
	Administrative and Secretarial
	Advertising and Media
	Asset and Business Broking
	Business Development
	Certification
	Change Management
	Environmental Management
	Estate Management
	Executive Management
	Financial Management
	Graphic Art and Design
	Human Resource Management
	Information Management
	Insurance
	Legal
	Marketing
	Organisational Development
	Performance Management
	Policy Development
	Procurement Management
	Property Management
	Public Relations
	Quality and Productivity
	Risk Analysis and Management
	Safety Management
	Security and Investigative
	Selection and Recruitment
	Scientific, Technical and Research
	Workplace Relations

Details in regard to these products and services are as follows:

Business Development Program

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Capability-Based Performance Management System

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"Equaleyes" Client Management System

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Internal Quality Auditor Training Course

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"Localeyes" Local Government and Community Development Program

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"MuniciQual" Local Government Development Program

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"QualPac" Quality System Maintenance and Improvement Pack

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Role Evaluation and Salary System

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Skills Matrix and Human Resource System

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Accounting

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Administrative and Secretarial

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Advertising and Media

Every organisation has customers. Even today's public sector needs to market its products and services to customers and other stakeholders. Therefore, maintaining a sound and cost-effective marketing strategy (including advertising and media) is not only important but also fundamental to organisational success.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting can provide the necessary expertise to assist in a meaningful approach to your marketing, advertising and media requirements.

Consulting personnel have worked with organisations such as Department of Commence and Trade, Fire and Emergency Services Authority, Mercedes-Benz, Rosendorff Jewellers, and TVW Channel 7.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of marketing, advertising and media services, including:

strategic and operational marketing plans
analysis of data relating to corporate recognition
media strategies and plans for radio, television, print and press
campaign material and commercials
liaison and co-ordination

Our consultants also maintain an extensive and proven track record in launches and trade shows. Subjects can cover a wide range of issues, including Societal Advertising, a powerful presentation, illustrated with television commercials, highlighting the marketing strategies that some of Australia's great advertising campaigns used to have an influence in changing social direction and public perception.

Equal Consulting can also provide all aspects of graphic art design, including logo design, multi-media services and web-site design.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced marketing, advertising and media consultants maintain over 30 years direct and relevant experience, and credentials that include Membership of the Australian Institute of Advertising and The Western Australian Club.

Benefits To Our Clients
Equal Consulting understands the importance of incorporating marketing, advertising and media exposure into the overall corporate management strategy. As a result, our clients do not need to engage cumbersome and often expensive advertising agencies and public relations groups for services which appear peripheral to the organisational vision, goals and objectives.

Other benefits in choosing Equal Consulting for marketing, advertising and media services includes enhancement of corporate image, maintenance of existing competitive markets and entry into new markets.

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor an information management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Asset and Business Broking

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Business Development

Anyone can start a business, and just about anyone can operate one for a short time. But the fact that business failure rates are high suggest that few can actually sustain any meaningful business growth and "development". This takes a solid and well-planned structure, together with strategies and specific action plans and time frames for achievement of business goals and objectives.

Track Record
With extensive experience in the private sector, particularly with small to medium enterprises (SMEs), and across a broad range of industry sectors, Equal Consulting maintains a sound track record in business development services. Our methodologies have also been deployed across a number of public sector organisations, particularly local governments like City of Bunbury and Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, where development at the business unit level is required.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide the necessary expertise to assist in the implementation of a meaningful approach to business development. Consultancy and training can be provided in the following areas:

business reviews and restructuring
business planning
strategic marketing plans
franchising
training and development

Equal Consulting also provides a formal "Business Development Programme", developed in conduction with the Small Business Development Corporation, and usually delivered in alliance with a Service Partner such as a University, Chamber of Commerce or TAFE College.

Specialist consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced organisational development consultants maintain over a decade of direct experience, and credentials which include formal qualifications in organisational psychology, and Membership to the Australian Human Resources Institute and the Australian Institute of Management.

Benefits To Our Clients
Business Development is the process by which a business can ensure goals and objectives and not only set, but met; where a business not only follows trends but has the potential to set new industry standards.

There are numerous benefits in choosing Equal Consulting, including:

improvements in business and support processes
better use and allocation of resources
clearer definition of organisational goals and objectives
a more strategic focus to management

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a business development programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Certification

Since 1995, Equal Consulting has maintained a strategic alliance with Service Partner Benchmark Certification in the provision of accredited and non-accredited certification services.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting maintains an extensive and proven track record in the provision of services to a variety of private and public sector clients.

Through Benchmark Certification , our clients include such organisations as City of Bunbury, Credit Union Services of Australia, Department of Land Administration, Main Roads Western Australia, P&O Ports and Shire of Glenelg (Portland).

Features Of Our Service
Whilst in full compliance with strict "non-conflict of interest" accreditation requirements, Equal Consulting, as an exclusive provider through Benchmark Certification, can deliver:

ISO9000/QS9000/MTQ Quality System Certification
ISO14000 Environmental Management System Certification
AS4801/SafetyMAP Occupational Health and Safety System Certification
HACCP Food Safety and Quality System Certification
Approved Laboratory Certification

Specialist consultants

Consultants maintain full technical and/or auditor qualifications, including registrations with the International Register of Certificated Auditors (administered by the Institute of Quality Assurance, United Kingdom) and/or the Register of Certified Auditors (administered by the Quality Society of Australia).

In accordance with accreditation requirements, consultants maintain continuous professional development, thereby assuring clients that certification services consistently meet their needs and expectations.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide certification services through Benchmark Certification, including:

holistic approach to certification, focusing on sound business systems
reduction in exposure to legal and/or commercial risk
improved employee awareness and satisfaction
improved management of suppliers and contractors

Change Management

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Environmental Management

As part of balancing efficiency and competitiveness with corporate responsibility, environmental management is becoming increasingly recognised as an essential part of good business practice. The concept of the "big back yard" is being overrun by organisations acting in an environmentally responsible manner, recognising the inter-dependent nature of their business in the context of the wider community.

Track Record
As an national co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting can provide the necessary management and technical expertise to assist in the implementation of a meaningful approach to environmental management.

Our clients have included such organisations as the Adelaide-Brighton Group, Department of Public Works and Housing (Qld.), Main Roads Western Australia, Georgiou Group and Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of environmental management services, including:

integrated environmental management systems
customised environmental management plans
environmental management system audits
environmental impact assessments
public consultation and co-ordination

Also, Equal Consulting are an exclusive provider of Certification services through our Service Partner Benchmark Certification, a JAS-ANZ accredited Certification Body. Certification services may include assessment for compliance to ISO14000, EMAS or other similar schemes.

Specialist Consultants
Consulting personnel maintain a significant and proven track record in environmental management. Credentials include formal qualifications in engineering and environmental science, QSA approved auditor accreditation, along with Membership to the Institution of Engineers Australia, the Environmental Institute of Australia and the Sustainable Planning Network.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide safety management services, including:

compliance with legal obligations
reduction in exposure to litigation
cost reductions though more efficient work practices
increase in corporate profile and stakeholder confidence
improved staff morale and employee relations
reduction in insurance premiums
improved efficiency in work practices
entry to international markets

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor an environmental management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Estate Management

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Executive Management

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Financial Management

Sound financial management is the cornerstone of any organisation, be they public sector agencies, private companies or not-for-profit organisations. With clearly defined financial management strategies an organisation maximises its opportunities for success by providing essential resources and infrastructure.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting maintains an extensive and proven track record in the provision of financial management consulting, training and audit services to a wide variety of public and private sector organisations.

Our clients include organisations such as Ministry of Sport and Recreation, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and numerous small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs).

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of financial management services, including:

sales, competition and SWOT analyses
business and financial planning
strategic marketing plans
internal auditing
financial accounting and management systems
commercial risk identification and management
budgets and cash-flow forecasts
cost-reduction programs
performance measurement and reporting

Also, Equal Consulting can advise and, if required, install management accounting and reporting systems to provide timely information to management. This can be integrated with recognised accounting software such as MYOB and Quickbooks, tailored specifically to the needs of our Clients.

Specialist consultants

Consultants maintain credentials that include memberships to the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries in Australia.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide financial management services, including:

compliance with corporate obligations
immediate access to financial information
reduction in exposure to commercial risk and litigation
cost reductions though more efficient work practices
increases in throughput productivity
increases in sales through the identification of market opportunities
improved cash-flow

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a financial management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Graphic Art and Design

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Human Resource Management

In recent times, organisations have come to recognise that their most valuable resource is people. Managing this resource has taken on new emphasis and demands a great deal of attention focused on achieving the most efficient, effective and rewarding results for all concerned.

Track Record
With extensive experience in both private and public sector organisations, across a broad range of industry sectors, our unique techniques balance human needs with corporate goals and objectives.

As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting has worked with numerous organisations to provide a range of human resources management services. Our clients include Bunbury Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chamber of Minerals and Energy, Office of Water Regulation, Ministry of Justice, TAFE and the University of Melbourne.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of consultancy services in the following areas:

human resources management systems
employment agreements and contracts
recruitment procedures
position descriptions and reporting structure
health and safety, drug and alcohol policies
remuneration structures
performance measurement systems
manpower planning
career development and employee assistance programmes

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced human resource management consultants maintain over 20 years direct experience, and credentials which include formal qualifications in organisational psychology, and Membership to the Australian Human Resources Institute and the Australian Institute of Management.

Benefits To Our Clients
Whether large or small, a well-managed workforce is an integral part of an effective management programme, A commitment to best practice human resources reflects not only on overall performance but also the organisation's reputation and position in the business environment in which it operates.

The benefits in choosing Equal Consulting to provide human resources management services include:

improvements in employee efficiency and effectiveness
a better approach to attracting and maintaining the right people
increase in customer satisfaction
better employee motivation
maintaining employee skills needed to meet corporate goals

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a human resources management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Information Management

In today's competitive world, organisations are demanding more from traditional computer systems. Technological advances have made it possible for information systems to support management decisions, streamline business practices, increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting has worked with clients such as Health Department, Public Sector Development and TAFE to provide a variety of information technology and management services.

Features Of Our Service
Our approach differs from traditional IT consulting in that our experience extends to a true understanding of the way organisations work. Our consultants are management practitioners in their own right, thus ensuring our services translate to improvements in productivity, profitability, quality and competitiveness.

Information management services include but are not limited to:

system analysis, design, integration and audit
turnkey solutions and project management
hardware selection and evaluation
year 2000 programme design and implementation
web-site design and maintenance
customised training
on-going maintenance and support

Our approach includes a generic methodology, independent of hardware and software, applied to any size and nature of organisation, for the analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of a cost-effective approach to information management.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced information management consultants maintain over a decade of direct and relevant experience, and credentials that include formal qualifications in computer science.

Benefits To Our Clients
Equal Consulting is a fully independent consultancy with no bias for either hardware of software. This means we can tailor services specifically to clients' needs, ensuring more competitive and more cost effective solutions.

The benefits in choosing Equal Consulting to provide information management solutions include:

direct improvements in business efficiency
increase in staff morale due to better use of resources
better distribution of, and access to, information
reduction in risks due to loss of critical information
increase in customer satisfaction

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor an information management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Insurance

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Legal

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Marketing

Consulting personnel have worked with organisations such as Department of Commence and Trade, Fire and Emergency Services Authority, Mercedes-Benz, Rosendorff Jewellers, and TVW Channel 7.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of marketing, advertising and media services, including:

strategic and operational marketing plans
analysis of data relating to corporate recognition
media strategies and plans for radio, television, print and press
campaign material and commercials
liaison and co-ordination

Equal Consulting can also provide all aspects of graphic art design, including logo design, multi-media services and web-site design.

Organisational Development

An efficient and effective organisation is characterised by a systematic approach to management. An organisation can be considered to be "developed" if it has solid and well-planned structures and strategies, and time frames, for achievement of goals and objectives, as well as an associated understanding and commitment on the part of all personnel.

Track Record
With extensive experience in both private and public sector organisations, across a broad range of industry sectors, Equal Consulting has worked with numerous organisations to implement organisational development initiatives. Our clients include City of Bunbury, Department of Transport, Health Department, Main Roads Western Australia, Public Sector Development (WA) and Wandoo Production Alliance.

Features Of Our Service
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting can provide the necessary expertise to assist in the implementation of a meaningful approach to organisational development. Consultancy and training can be provided in the following areas:

organisational reviews and restructuring
strategic planning and management
change management
team development
organisational management systems
marketing strategies and planning
business planning
programme evaluations
corporate training and development

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced organisational development consultants maintain over 10 years direct experience, and credentials which include formal qualifications in organisational psychology, and Membership to the Australian Human Resources Institute and the Australian Institute of Management.

Benefits To Our Clients
Organisational Development is the ongoing process inside a "living organisation" which ensures the organisation not only meets its goals and objectives, but continues to meet them; not only follows trends but has the potential to set new industry standards.

There are numerous benefits in choosing Equal Consulting, including:

improvements in business and support processes
better use and allocation of resources
reduction in duplication or inefficient work practices
clearer definition of organisational goals and objectives
a more strategic focus to management

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor an organisational development programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Performance Management

To measure the overall performance of an organisation, including organisational productivity, is to gain confidence that management goals and objectives are being achieved.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting has worked with numerous organisations to provide a range of productivity and performance measurement training and consultancy services. Our clients have included Department of Education Services, Department of Transport, Insurance Commission, Main Roads WA, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale and St. Barbara Mines.

We have adopted a technique whereby productivity and performance measures are linked directly to the objectives of the organisation, and are therefore outcome focused. This technique also facilitates the integration of performance measurement initiatives with new or existing management systems.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of services in the following areas:

productivity and performance measurement models
key performance indicators
total factor productivity
balanced scorecard initiatives
associated management plans

Measures can be applied in a variety of contexts, including workplace and enterprise bargaining agreements, quality systems, safety plans, and so on. Measures can be quantitative or qualitative, financial or non-financial. In all cases, our measurement systems are designed to be meaningful, operational and fully integrated within existing management practices.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced performance consultants maintain over a decade of direct and relevant experience in the development and implementation of productivity and performance initiatives.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to assist in productivity and performance measurement initiatives, including:

improved "bottom line" productivity and performance
increase in customer satisfaction
measures of performance to assist in management decision-making
application of a strategic focus to management
employee alignment with corporate goals

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a productivity and performance measurement programme specifically to your needs. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Policy Development

Policy development is an important tool in addressing the challenges of change faced by organisations. Effective policies provide organisations with strategic direction and can assist in solving complex problems that arise in reform processes.

Track Record
In developing policies for organisations we aim to ensure the effectiveness of services and efficient use of resources is maximised in an organisation. As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting consultants have worked with numerous organisations to provide a range of policy development services. We have developed policies in a range of areas including workplace relations, human resource management, small business, economic and financial management, the environment, food regulation, mutual recognition, superannuation and international treaties.

Features of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of consultancy services in the following areas:

Research and information gathering
Consultation with Stakeholders
Conceptual analysis of policy, inter-governmental agreements, reports and legislation
Policy support and expertise
Planning, developing and co-ordinating the implementation of policy initiatives
Co-ordination and analysis of views of a range of parties to develop a unified position
Policy reviews of processes, existing policies or legislation
Evaluating the impact of policy

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced policy development consultants maintain a significant and proven track record in development and formulation, research, planning, implementation and evaluation of policy. Credentials include formal qualifications in economic analysis and workplace relations and human resource management. A network of policy professionals is maintained by our consultants including membership to the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Australian Institute of Management, the Industrial Relations Society of WA and the Australian Human Resource Institute.

Benefits to Our Clients
The benefits in choosing Equal Consulting to provide policy development services include:

improvements in effectiveness of services and efficient use of resources
clear identification of options and implications on an issue
strategy and vision for the development of policy
access to a range of policy networks particularly in the public sector.

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can provide research, analysis and policy advice to specifically meet your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Procurement Management

Every organisation purchases goods and services. Suppliers of these goods and services can be considered to be as important as customers, for without them, an organisation cannot exist. Increasingly, therefore, prudent organisations are constantly looking at more effective ways to manage procurement.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting maintains an extensive and proven track record in the provision of services to a wide variety of private and public sector clients.

Our clients include such organisations as the City of Bunbury, the Department of Minerals and Energy, Main Roads WA, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale and University of Melbourne.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of procurement management services, including:

partnering and strategic alliances
supplier prequalification systems
project management
contract documentation
tender evaluation
contract management
audit and surveillance
facilities and asset management

Specialist Consultants
Consulting personnel maintain a significant and proven track record in all aspects of procurement management. Credentials include formal qualifications in and experience in engineering and contract and project management, along with Membership to the Institution of Engineers Australia.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide procurement management services, including:

compliance with legal obligations and duty of care
reduction in exposure to commercial and other risks
increased confidence in procurement quality
reduction in duplication across procurement activities and functions
cost reductions though more efficient work practices
increase in customer satisfaction
stronger, more effective relationships with suppliers and contractors
better allocation of purchasing resources

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a procurement management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Property Management

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Public Relations

In today's corporate environment, the way in which an organisation appears to its customers, shareholders, staff and the general public have a direct influence on its performance. Maintaining a sound and cost-effective public relations strategy is therefore, critical to organisational success.

Track Record
As a national co-operative of independent management consultants, EQUAl can provide the necessary expertise to assist in a meaningful approach to your public relations requirements.

Consultants have worked with such organisations as Challenge Stadium, Perth International Hotel, Rally Australia, Variety Club of Australia, Western Australian Tourism Commission and Whitbread Yacht Race.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of public relations services, including:

company profiles and newsletters
corporate launches and trade shows
press releases
analysis of data relating to corporate image
media liaison and co-ordination

Our consultants also maintain an extensive and proven track record in public speaking. Subjects can cover a wide range of issues, including Back to Basics, a colourful look at how positive change can be achieved in many aspects of life and business. This presentation includes a review of many of the icons of Australian advertising campaigns, supported by television commercials.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced public relations consultants maintain over 30 years direct and relevant experience, and credentials that include Membership of the Australian Institute of Advertising and The Western Australian Club.

Benefits To Our Clients
Equal Consulting understands the importance of incorporating public relations into the overall corporate management strategy. As a result, our clients do not need to engage cumbersome and often expensive advertising agencies and public relations groups for services which appear peripheral to the organisational vision, goals and objectives.

Specifically, the benefits in choosing Equal Consulting to provide public relations services include:

enhancement of corporate image
exposure and introduction to new markets
increase in public confidence
professional and consistent corporate exposure
improvements to staff morale

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a public relations programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Quality and Productivity

Amidst today�s volatile corporate environment, Quality Management principles, and associated practices and technologies, still retain their strength as formidable tools for achieving organisational objectives.

Track Record
As a national co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting has for many years assisted organisations to develop and implement effective quality management programmes, directly contributing to improved organisational performance. Our clients have included the City of Bunbury, DANZAS, Department of Transport (WA), Dyno Wesfarmers, Freehill Hollingdale and Page, Main Roads Western Australia, Meadow Lea, SITA-BFI Waste, TAFE, WMC Resources and Worsley Alumina.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide consulting, training and audit services in the following areas:

customer service
complaints handling
continuous improvement
partnering and strategic alliances
statistical process control
HACCP (hazard analysis and critical process control)
system development and implementation
process documentation and management
benchmarking and best practice
internal, external and vendor auditing

In Western Australia, Equal Consulting are the exclusive provider of ISO9000 and QS9000 Certification services through Service Partner Benchmark Certification, a JAS-ANZ accredited Certification Body.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced quality management consultants maintain a range of formal relevant credentials, including recognised national and international quality auditor registrations.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide quality management services, including:

reduced customer complaints
better control of business processes
reduced product and service rework
increased staff participation
reduced supplier problems
adoption of industry best practices
entry into new markets
better customer service

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a quality management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Risk Analysis and Management

Managing risk is synonymous with good business practice. Recognising that eliminating an organisation's exposure to risk is not only expensive but virtually impossible, prudent business owners and managers are identifying these risks, and putting in place systems and procedures to effectively manage them..

Track Record
As a national co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting maintains an extensive and proven track record in the provision of services to a wide variety of private and public sector clients. We have provided a range of risk management services to clients such as the Department of Minerals and Energy, Main Roads Western Australia and the Ministry of Sport and Recreation.

Features Of Our Service
In business, there are many sources of risk, including commercial, legal, human behaviour, natural events, technology, market forces, and so on. For a business, these aspects can impact on costs, people, performance, community and the environment, and many intangibles such as goodwill and reputation.

To effectively identify and manage these risks requires expertise along with a proven methodology. Equal Consulting provides risk management services through use of the following methodology, as prescribed by AS4360:

Establish the context
Identify the risks
Analyse the risks
Assess and prioritise the risks
Treat the risks
Monitor and review performance

Equal Consulting can also run risk management workshops, focus groups and training sessions, as well as undertake risk evaluations and audits. We can also undertake industrial and/or technical risk analyses if required.

Specialist Consultants
Consulting personnel maintain a significant and proven track record in risk analysis and management. Credentials include formal qualifications in engineering, along with Membership to the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide risk management services, including:

compliance with legal obligations
reduction in exposure to litigation and other risks, as well as insurance premiums
cost reductions though more efficient work practices
increase in corporate profile and stakeholder confidence

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a risk management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Safety Management

An increase in penalties under occupational safety and health legislation, together with greater personal liabilities for injuries to employees and contractors caused by poor safety and health management has in recent times highlighted the need for a systemic approach to safety management.

Track Record
As a national co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting can provide the necessary management and technical expertise to assist in the implementation of a meaningful approach to safety management.

Our clients have included such organisations as Agriculture WA, Bunnings Forest Products, City of Bunbury, Fisheries WA, John Holland, Main Roads WA, Meadow Lea, Southcorp Appliance Group and Total Eden.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide a range of safety management services, including:

integrated safety management systems
customised safety plans
comprehensive safety audits
accident investigation and reporting
hazard identification and reporting
supervisory and personnel training

We can also certify organisations for Silver or Gold Certificate of Achievement from WorkSafe Western Australia, where the organisation has met WorkSafe Plan requirements. Further, in Western Australia, Equal Consulting are the exclusive provider of Certification services through our Service Partner Benchmark Certification, a JAS-ANZ accredited Certification Body. Services may include SafetyMAP and/or AS4801 certification.

Specialist Consultants
Consulting personnel maintain a significant and proven track record in occupational safety and health management. Credentials include WorkSafe Plan Assessor and Senior OHS Auditor accreditation, along with Membership to the Australian Institute of Emergency Services, the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide safety management services, including:

compliance with legal obligations
reduction in exposure to litigation
cost reductions though more efficient work practices
reduction in lost time injuries
improved staff morale and employee relations
reduction in insurance premiums
increases in throughput productivity

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a safety management programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.

Security and Investigative

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Selection and Recruitment

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Scientific, Technical and Research

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Workplace Relations

Fundamental to the success of any organisation is the relationship between it and its people. Trends have seen such relations develop within the workplace, rather than external to it. As such, the cornerstone of a successful employee relations strategy is in maintaining meaningful agreements between both parties.

Track Record
As a co-operative of independent management consultancies, Equal Consulting has worked with numerous organisations to provide a range of employee relations services, assisting them to develop and implement effective workplace and enterprise bargaining agreements, at both Federal and State level. Our clients have included Aboriginal Affairs, Albany Port Authority, Fire and Emergency Services, Health Department, Legal Aid, Ministry of Fair Trading, Office of Energy, OPSM, Perth Zoo, TAFE and the University of WA.

Features Of Our Service
Equal Consulting can provide consulting and training services in the following areas:

advice and assistance with workplace reform
award and agreement interpretation
labour relations legislation advice
alternative employment arrangements
reviewing terms and conditions of employment
contracts of employment
legal obligations on employers
handling poor performers
termination of employees
industrial relations plans

Also, as registered and state government approved Industrial Agents, we can assist with facilitation and mediation. Performance based pay arrangements can be designed for the organisation as a whole as well as at different levels such as for divisions, teams and individuals.

Specialist Consultants
Our highly qualified and experienced employee relations consultants maintain a range of formal relevant credentials, including Membership in Industrial Relations Society, Australian Human Resources Institute, Australian Institute of Management and Australasian Evaluation Society.

Benefits To Our Clients
There are numerous benefits to choosing Equal Consulting to provide employee relations services, including:

more productive employees
flexible working arrangements
greater employee accountability
increased employee participation
employee alignment with corporate goals
associated cost savings

As part of our total and integrated approach to management, Equal Consulting can tailor a employee relations programme specifically to your needs and requirements. To find out more, contact us to arrange for a free, no obligation consultation at your premises, where we can better discuss your needs.