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IT advisory and project governance

Are you facing challenges in your current IT setup? Does your IT organisation seem heavy, yet inflexible? Do you have bottlenecks and budgeting problems?

We help you diagnose and fix IT challenges through advisory within infrastructure, organisation, business system, implementation, governance, project, strategy, due diligence and IT review.

And when you are ready to optimise your setup we help you manage your IT project, ensuring it takes you where you want it to.

Staff and capabilities as-a-service

Hiring an expert such as a CTO or CIO-as-a-service adds flexibility to a business undergoing growth or change.

IZARA comprises of partners and consultants with decades of top level experience which we love to share. We offer CTO and CIO-as-a-service, SME experts, ERP single resources as well as teams perfectly suited your IT project.

Managed off-shore services

Some IT tasks can with great benefit be outsources however the management of parties across distances is not an easy task.

We offer off-shore services by our official Microsoft partner, Indian Sonata. Sonata has many years’ experience in among others ERP services and through them we are able to offer development, operations, and support of your IT setup.

IZARA is located in Krudtløbsvej 75, Copenhagen

IZARA moves to new modern office in Copenhagen K

Posted in News by Sara Roy-Bonde on 29/03/2019

On 1st April 2019 we move to our office at Krudtløbsvej 75 on Holmen. While the office is new and set in a peaceful atmosphere, it wasn’t always so.

Come visit us and feel the historical breeze in the Quintus Bastion which set the frames for one of the most tragic accidents in Denmark’s modern history.

At IZARA we ensure you maximise value from your digitalisation efforts

Does your IT support your business objectives and digitalisation efforts?

Posted in News by Sara Roy-Bonde on 01/02/2019

Whether your business is outgrowing its IT or your IT complexity is outgrowing your business, we help you regain clarity and focus.

In this story you can read about our IT advisory expert Carsten, who help businesses align IT with objectives while preparing for the future.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 support ends on 9 October 2018. Contact us for more information on how to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Will your AX 2012 support end on Tuesday?

Posted in News by Jakob Ingemann on 05/10/2018

Microsoft’s AX 2012 support (clean and R2) ends on Tuesday 9 October 2018. While you can safely continue to use AX 2012 you can also purchase extended support, upgrade or implement Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, in order to stay up-to-date and mitigate risks of business disruptions. Read more here about your options.

Climate succeeeded in implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in 25 days

Climate: Successful mitigation of the perfect storm – in 25 days

Posted in Stories by Thomas Kragh on 27/06/2018

Following a sudden company split-up, commercial refrigeration experts Climate started over as a “new” company, albeit with a large existing customer base and an organisation to run. This is the story about how we helped decide and implement the best-fit future-proof solution in 25 days – without disruptions to Climate’s exceptionally high heatwave-struck business.

Business advisory case: Helping Dynea get in shape for a future divestment through IT due diligence

Deciding on ERP implementation after a divestment decision saved Dynea 2m Euros in potential discounts

Posted in Stories by Carsten Kjelde on 26/09/2017

Preparing for a sale of the entire company while not knowing which facilities would be sold to whom, Dynea became aware that business system inefficiencies could result in large discounts, massive split-up costs and, in worst case, lack of attracted buyers.

IZARA and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations helped Maersk Container Industry/MCI improve communication, transparency, and predictability across all facilities

Allowing transparency and predictability to drive MCI performance.

Posted in Stories by Jakob Ingemann on 26/09/2017

For Maersk Container Industry, an outdated business system had resulted in a shift towards spreadsheet usage and non-optimal communication across the global operations. This is the story about how Dynamics 365 resulted in improved communication, transparency, and predictability.

You’ve got a business to run. An increasing organisation with big objectives. Your focus needs to be on your business and growth, without constraints. When you think about it, all you want from your IT is peace of mind. No more overspent IT projects and expensive disruptions. No more time wasted on growth-limiting solutions. No surprises. At IZARA we put your freedom first. Freedom from overspent IT projects and disruptions. Freedom through a long-term partnership focusing on reaching your objectives. Because as your IT advisor we give you the freedom to choose a future in which IT is a scalable helping hand, business enabler, predictable monthly budget post, and a mean to a business oriented, leaner and less complicated organisation. IZARA - Peace of mind, as a service.

Carsten Kjelde, Business adviser, CIO-as-a-service & partner, IZARA

Carsten Kjelde – Business Advisor, CIO-as-a-service & Partner

Business Advisor | CIO-as-a-service | Partner

I build business cases that ensure optimal benefit realization for our customers.

Carsten Kjelde – Business Advisor, CIO-as-a-service & Partner

Jakob Ingemann, CEO, Business adviser & Partner, IZARA

Jakob Ingemann – CEO, Business Advisor & Partner

CEO | Business Advisor | Partner

I change the IT industry from technical to business-oriented.

Jakob Ingemann – CEO, Business Advisor & Partner

Thomas Kragh, Engagement Manager & Partner, IZARA

Thomas Kragh – Customer relations & Partner

Customer relations Manager | Partner

I build, maintain, and optimize relationships with our customers and business partners.

Thomas Kragh – Customer relations & Partner

Stories from our team

Mikael Dittmann, Senior project manager & Finance architect, IZARA

A stepping stone to independence, steep learning and my 2nd career

Posted in Employees by Thomas Kragh on 26/09/2018

After a long and successful career Mikael joined IZARA with a desire to start his next chapter. Read his thoughts about joining a new company and a new industry – and still finding “home” in the values, mutual respect and diverse team of experts.

Mads Svendsen, Senior business consultant, IZARA

Working at IZARA: Independence and trust

Posted in Employees by Thomas Kragh on 23/08/2018

When a friend recommended IZARA to Mads in 2016, it was the chance to learn from the best and a high degree of freedom that really caught his attention. Read Mads’ reflection on what a successful implementation means to him, international travels, and responsibility here.

Transparency and flexibility: Lars Heineke, MCI

Increased transparency and flexibility.

“Dynamics 365 has provided us with increased transparency and flexibility across our businesses, supporting data driven decision across the value chain. IZARA assisted us in analysing and mapping our IT-spend and confirmed that we probably did not spend too much in total, but that a big part of the spend was not really-value adding activities. After a thorough business objective and needs analysis by IZARA, Dynamics 365 in the cloud and surrounding services was shortlisted. During implementation IZARA took charge of project management as well as finance lead to ensure implementation of the agreed project objectives in all corners of the company. Post go-live IZARA is still dedicated to optimizing our implementation and usage, helping us setting the direction and ambition for the usage and integration of the business system as an evergreen solution so we hopefully never have to implement again...unless technology disrupts.”

– Lars Heineke, CFO, MCI Group

Quick and correct decisions.

"Jakob from IZARA is determined, open, honest, has a solution-oriented attitude and is trustworthy. His way of making demands of his own people and the way he motivates us is unique. With his capabilities to manage the project, we have reached the goals that have seemed almost impossible. Focus on due dates has been clear. It has been a pleasure and a very educational experience to work under his leadership. The ability to summarize key information and make quick but correct decisions has been an important capacity. Motivation and willingness to change, adaptation and to implement standardization has been a strong focus in our cooperation."

– Mariann Auglestad, Plant Chemist Dynea North, Lillestrøm, Production Track lead

Clarity and simplicity.

"Jakob from IZARA is a change and transformation agent. He is a disruptive force that will force you to rethink your current working practices. He will bring clarity and simplicity to the way you work and unshackle inefficiencies from your operations. Priceless learning experience gained from the transformation voyage."

– Jussi Raukavaara, Infrastructure Manager, Dynea Group

Our customer, Bjørn Rosbach, CIO Dynea Group

Makes things happen.

"Jacob from IZARA extracts information from people and processes and finds what is really relevant. He always seeks simple, good solutions and challenges routines and procedures to make sure we can implement them. In projects he is demanding, both for internal and external team, but he makes things happen."

– Bjørn Rosbach, CIO Dynea Group

Our customer, Jari Sihvonen, CFO Dynea Finland

Rewarding, but also challenging.

"Working with you was all the time rewarding but also challenging. Your approach is at the same time giving but also taking. Personally I appreciate straight forward approach, which is maybe the most visible thing when working with you. Basically at all the times everybody can trust that if you see something which is not going in the right direction, you say it out loud with no ill-will but just to get things done. I also appreciated your business process knowledge and that helped the implementation a lot."

– Jari Sihvonen, CFO Dynea Finland, Finance Track lead

Brutally honest and dead right.

"I have worked with Jakob from IZARA in various companies over the past 13 years. I have on several occasions tasked him with investigating complex business process/IT System issues and he has always been able to pinpoint the problems and provide simple and pragmatic solutions as well as drive change where change has been required. I would hire Jakob again anytime."

– Henrik Vildenfeldt, Senior VP CFO Dynea Group