Corporate Backgrounder
Real Time Engineering is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of business consultancy and IT solutions.
What sets us apart
- Real Time focuses on specialist industries (e.g., utilities, telecoms, public sector) where our understanding of the business drivers is second to none, allowing us to provide key strategic advice to major blue-chip organisations.
- Our project teams combine technical specialists with industry experts to deliver high-value solutions that focus on achieving key business drivers while embracing the best technological solutions.
- We successfully develop long-term relationships with our customers and work with many of the biggest UK household names, including BAA, ScottishPower, Shell, BP, Thus, Centrica, and Intelligent Finance.
- Our people are our greatest asset, and include industry experts, business consultants, systems architects, programme managers and IT specialists.
Our Core Values
- Innovative – we create inventive solutions to improve business performance. Maintaining our technology edge is an important part of our offering. For instance, we are currently working at the leading edge of mobile applications and grid computing.
- Independent – as an independent organisation, we are free of the demands imposed by parent organisations, or institutional shareholders. This means that we are responsive, agile and fast-moving.
- Trusted Partner – We are open, clean and honest in all of our business. Given the strategic and high-value nature of much of our work, this is an essential element of building the long-term trusted relationship that allows us to make our greatest contribution to our customers.
- Business First, Technology Second – we know that great technology only has value when it delivers true business benefits, and so all of our consultancy and IT solutions are focussed on creating commercial gain and ROI for our customers.
Our Business
Scotland’s leading IT and Business Consultancy
- Strategic advice
- IT Consultancy
- Design
- Support
Our Products
In addition to our specialised service offerings, our focus on specific industries over many years has led to the development of a number of high-value products that address niche industry topics. Here are a few typical examples:-
- FirstPlanIT® is a powerful forecast and resource management solution that streamlines airport operations enabling the delivery of efficient and cost-effective services in a safe and secure environment.
- FirstBrief™ enables organisations to deliver up-to-the minute briefs in a targeted, auditable and secure manner to staff working in safety-related, rostered or geographically distinct environments.
- RT-SelfCare™ is an online customer self-care solution that enables Telecom Operators to empower customers with instant access to the service features previously only available by engaging the operator.
- RT-HAS™ is a fully configurable end-to-end web-based solution, allowing operators to accurately control their hydrocarbon production, planning and reporting efficiently and cost effectively, in the oil & gas industry.
- RT-Image™ is a tried and tested imaging solution that allows airport operators to safely and securely manage international and domestic passengers within a single ‘common' lounge.
- RT-Scan™ enables airports and airlines to reduce administration costs, improve check-in efficiency and increase passenger security using IATA standard barcode technology.
- RT-Leak™, RT-Flow™, RT-Nom™ are key to the environmental and financial success of pipeline monitoring and management in today’s complex deregulated hydrocarbon marketplace
History and Ownership
Real Time was founded in September 1988 by its current management team. In 2002, Real Time invited Jim Boyd to join the company’s Executive Board. Real Time remains financially independent and continues to trade profitably as a private limited company today. |