Key to the fundamental structure of the intellectual capital is the process that moves data to information to business intelligence (or value-added information) and continues to support the creation, transfer and reuse of the knowledge. Only businesses with sound organisational structures are able to create, transfer and reuse knowledge to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. In essence, Knowledge Management is the activity that extends the value of the business.

Intellectual capital deals directly with the baseline of the business management, such as its processes to establish credible knowledge repositories. If intellectual capital is managed as a formal intangible asset, the value can be transferred to the company balance sheet.

Agulhas will help utility companies to formulate their Corporate Strategies by also considering the following sub processes:

Strategic Planning

Vigorous strategies are essential to any competitive business. Where it comes to Strategic Planning, Agulhas helps its clientele to create and record a unique perspective of their external business environments and their internal factors, opportunities and constraints through a attentive set of activities, such as:

Regulatory Analysis

Through our entrenched experience in matters such deregulation and knowledge of the regulatory requirements that relates to operation of utility companies, we can give advice on:

Policy Analysis

Public policy issues will become increasingly important as the global trend of utility businesses progress to become self-governing organisations. These organisations may either follow a process towards semi-privatisation or full privatisation, each with its own set of rules.

With more than a decade of experience, Agulhas is in the best position to advise its clientele on what impact central, regional and local government policies would have on their current and future businesses by focussing on, inter alia, the following aspects:

Benchmarking

For Benchmarking to be successful, businesses must understand the company and industry drivers that play a significant role in their achievements or failures.

Companies often simultaneously strive to reduce costs and improve service levels. Once they understand how the aspects that are driving success connect, they can assess their performance in relationship to appropriate peer groups.

Agulhas is geared to its assist its clientele with the following: