The VP of Research and Development for a major Energy Company needed to increase the rate of product innovation while modernising and rationalising his R&D facilities. It had been some years since a true breakthrough innovation had been produced, and with an aging lab environment and critical data ‘stranded’ in standalone lab equipment, the R&D...
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Post Merger Integration – Consolidating Procurement and Supply Chain
Following the announcement of a proposed merger of 2 mobile network operators in Germany, a Post-Merger Integration team was formed. Challenges faced included: – Fundamental differences in the way that products were purchased – Supply Chains that shared common suppliers including 3rd Party Logistics but with differing contracts, sites and ethos – A desire to...
DELIVERING CONTINUED PERFORMANCE DURING CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT
A large regional newspaper publisher in the UK with turnover of around £200M and publishing around 100 print titles and more than 70 websites was facing challenge of declining subscriber base and month on month lower advertising revenues.
IMPLEMENT THE OPTIMUM INNOVATION / TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Global manufacturing organisation with 45,000 employees across 100+ countries and roughly €9B in revenue is changing their revenue model from being a product company to a services company. In order to transform their revenue model, it was important for their IT Services to adapt to the changing business needs.
REDUCE COST AND IMPROVE CASH FLOW
A global media organisation with annual revenue of $650M and around 2500 staff has been in the phase of exponential growth over past 4 years and was facing challenges to manage their cash flow. Since technology was a major spend component, there was pressure to reduce unit cost and optimise the cash flow. The CFO...
Architecting the colleague experience
A global knowledge-based services organisation has grown through a series of major acquisitions. As a people-based organisation it wants to accelerate integration of acquisitions and rapidly offer new propositions.
New customer value and services thanks to brand new digital capability
Client’s strategy was to transform from a manufacturer of roofing materials to a provider of roofing solutions and services. Therefore, the client had to explore new customer segments, channels and routes to market.
New, business-led governance structure is helping BMI Group to achieve its transformation goals.
BMI Group embarked on a business transformation journey underpinned by a portfolio of strategic programs, e.g., ERP modernisation and consolidation, workforce management, and transformation of global supply chain planning and execution. The group lacked a structure to develop, evolve, and protect the business template. Also, there was no mechanism in place to ensure that the...
Building Credibility through IT Strategy
CIO, a few months into the job at a financial services company, needed to demonstrate that the technology strategy supported the business outcomes. He desired a more significant influence on the decisions made within business units, and to show the value of building technology foundations to support the whole enterprise. His team was struggling to...
Save 10,000 hours by leveraging Virtual Engineer Automation
Run-The-Bank division was struggling to satisfy automation requirements of their infrastructure and unable to meet Availability & other SLAs
