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2023 Procurement Key Issues Research

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What priorities and challenges do procurement leaders expect to face in 2023? An overview of our latest Procurement Key Issues research with Senior Re...

2023 Finance Key Issues Research

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What challenges and priorities will CFOs and their teams be focused on in 2023? A discussion of key findings from our 2023 Finance Key Issues research...

Market Intelligence Service Launch

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A spotlight on The Hackett Group’s newly-launched Market Intelligence Service, which evaluates and ranks software and services providers, quantifyin...

Cloud Financial Management

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of Cloud Financial Management or Cloud FinOps, and how best practices and financial governance can help companies achieve the most cost-e...

Why HR Should Be More Like Finance

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of how HR leaders can use a more metrics-driven approach to improve human capital decision-making and management, and deliver greater val...

Creating the HR Digital Infrastructure of the Future

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of HR technology and how it is driving change in HR operations, including insights from The Hackett Group’s HR Technology benchmarking ...

North American and European SG&A Scorecard - Research Overview

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of findings from our first-ever SG&A scorecard research for North America and Europe, detailing how companies have cut costs in these...

Finance’s Role in the New ESG Agenda – Measurement Reporting and More

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Director John O’Mahony and Director Stephen Ferguson discuss the role finance is likely to play as companies increase their focus ...

How Financial Institutions Can Use Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of how financial services companies can utilize cloud-based “fit for purpose” solutions to improve their ability to compete, provide ...

Supplier Diversity

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group European Procurement Advisor Vicky Kavan discusses the results of our new supplier diversity study with Senior Procurement Advisor E...

Q2 Working Capital Update

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Director Shawn Townsend and Director Istvan Bodo discuss the Q2 2022 refresh of The Hackett Group’s working capital survey, lookin...

MTN Group - The Hackett Group 2022 Digital Award Winner - Source-to-Purchase

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal Vin Kumar talks with MTN Group CPO Dirk Karl about the company’s digital transformation effort in procurement, which won...

The Differing Reporting Needs of Accounting and FP&A – How Technology Can Help

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Associate Principal Linda Copeland and Associate Principal Brian Willson discuss the needs and objectives for financial reporting and financial planni...

Understanding the Impact of the Hybrid Work Policy

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding the Impact of Hybrid Work Senior Research Director Anthony DiRomualdo provides an overview of results from The Hackett Group’s Hybrid ...

Improving the Stakeholder Experience

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Pastore, Senior Director and Technology Research Advisory discusses findings from our recent research looking at "Improving the Stakeholder ...

The Next Downturn Will Be Different: Here Is How to Respond

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Pastore, Senior Director, Technology Research Advisor and Michel Janssen, Chief Market Intelligence Officer discuss how companies can more effect...

How Planning Technology Can Help Companies Achieve Their ESG Goals

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Linda Copeland, an Associate Principal with The Hackett Group focusing on emerging opportunities for leveraging technology, discusses the increasing f...

Understanding Multi-Cloud

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Principal and Technology Transformation Practice Leader Mike Spires talks with Principal and Technology Transformation Cloud Leader Mike Fuller and Se...

2022 Working Capital Survey

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Manager Damon Rottermond talks with Director Shawn Townsend and Director Istvan Bodo discuss findings from The Hackett Group’s 202...

2022 Digital World Class™ Finance

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of our 2022 Digital World Class Finance research findings with Principal & Global Finance Advisory Leader Jim O’Connor and Shawn Fi...

2022 Digital World Class™ Procurement

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Global Communications Director Gary Baker talks with Principal, Procurement Advisory Kurt Albertson and Associate Principal, Procure...

2022 Digital World Class™ Technology

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Director and Technology Research Advisor Rick Pastore and Principal and Technology Transformation Practice Leader Mike Spires discuss key findi...

2022 Digital World Class™ HR

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

North American HR Executive Advisory Practice Leader Franco Girimonte and Senior Research Director Anthony DiRomualdo discuss key findings from The Ha...

Moving Your Financial Close to the Cloud – From HFM to Oracle EPM FCC

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Solution Director Mark Eklund talks with Associate Principal and Consolidation Vertical Lead Brian Willson about the benefits of tra...

GBS and Inflation

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Director, GBS Advisory Penny Weller talks with Principal and Global GBS Advisory Practice Leader Martijn Geerling about the i...

Increasing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Director Anthony DiRomualdo talks with Associate Principal Arbin Smith, Associate Principal Dorothee El-Khoury about results from our recent re...

The True Business Value of Cloud Migration

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Director and Global IT Advisory Practice Leader Chris Key talks with Tech Transformation Practice Principal Michael Fuller, S...

Make or Buy – Deciding if and When to Outsource

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Managing Director, Advisory, Europe Martijn Geerling talks with Sourcing Transformation Practice Leader, Europe Jill Stabler and GBS...

Procurement and Inflation – Input and Guidance

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Procurement Advisor Nicolas Walden talked with Associate Principal Jonathan Fehring about the impact of inflation on procurem...

Oracle’s CTO Discusses the Emergence of Fit-for-Purpose Digital Cloud Platforms in Banking (Part 2)

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Director Jay Ruffin Senior talks with Oracle Cloud CTO Yonas Yohannes and Oracle Vice President, Cloud Engineering Venu Mantha about...

Oracle’s CTO Discusses the Emergence of Fit-for-Purpose Digital Cloud Platforms in Banking

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 The Hackett Group Director Jay Ruffin Senior talks with Oracle Cloud CTO Yonas Yohannes and Hackett Consultant Matt Williams about how the pandemic ...

Takeda Pharmaceuticals – Reimagining Global Business Services

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Director Philip King talks with Sanjay Patel, SVP and Global Head of Takeda Business Solutions about how Takeda has embarked ...

Digital Transformation: Tales from the Front Line

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal David Ketchin talks with Principal Paul Morrison and Senior Director Hermann Waschefort about critical success factors for...

The New Normal in IT

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Research Director Rick Pastore talks with American Kidney Fund CIO Gregory Smith about his new book “The New Normal in IT: ...

Supply Chain - Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal Robert Derocher talks with Associate Principal Joshua Nelson and Associate Principal Erin Blair discussed key findings fro...

Finance – Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group European Practice Leader David Ketchin talks with Global Advisory Practice Leader Tom Willman about key findings from our 2022 Finan...

Procurement – Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Manager Vicky Kavan talks with Principal Chris Sawchuk and Principal Timothy Yoo about key findings from our 2022 Procurement...

Information Technology – Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Director Chris Key talks with Principal Michael Spires about key findings from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Technology Key Issues research, which...

Human Resources – Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Research Director Anthony DiRomualdo talked with European HR Practice Leader Dorothee El-Khoury about key findings from The H...

Global Business Services – Insights from The Hackett Group’s 2022 Key Issues Study

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Vice President of Research Erik Dorr talks with Global GBS Practice Leader Martijn Geerling and Senior Director Hermann Waschefort a...

Vodafone – A Blockchain Price Manager Helps Revolutionize Procurement

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group European Procurement Advisory Practice Leader Mélani Flores talks with Vodafone Global Head of SCM Development, Operations & Di...

Sustainable Procurement in Europe – Critical Success Factors

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal David Ketchin talks with Senior Director Hiten Parmar and Principal Georg Bach about their perspective on sustainable proc...

Going to the Cloud: Key Considerations, Opportunities and Challenges

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group  Director Jay Ruffin talks with Principal Yonas Yohannes on the growth of cloud computing and what companies should think about as ...

“The Great Resignation”

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Research Director Tony DiRomualdo talks with Chief HR Officer Harry Osle about “The Great Resignation,” what is driving i...

What to do About the Looming Credit Crunch

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group’s European Advisory Services Practice Leader Martijn Geerling talks with European Practice Leader David Ketchin ab...

Inside ADP’s Innovation Lab

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Director Jay Ruffin talks with Senior Director Rick Pastore, ADP Senior Vice President Roberto Masiero and ADP Corpo...

Reimagining GBS and Outsourcing - Next Generation Operating Models

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal David Ketchin talks with Associate Principal John Sheridan and Senior Director Hermann Waschefort about th...

Optimizing Project Demand Management

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group’s Chris Key speaks with Senior Research Director Rick Pastore about best practices that enable top performing IT o...

The Big Reset on Talent

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Associate Principal Franco Girimonte talks with Senior HR Research Director Tony DiRomualdo and HR Advisor Dave Pola...

HR Spotlight – Corporate Learning: Transformation Accelerated

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Associate Principal Dorothee El-Khoury talks with Senior Director, HR Advisory Services David Polacheck about the latest trends in cor...

Shifting IT’s Perspective - From a Cost Center to a Business Value Creator

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Director Jay Ruffin talks with Principal Yonas Yohannes and Senior Consultant Matt Williams about transitioning IT towards a value-dri...

Wipro’s AI-Led HR Transformation

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal Paul Morrison talks with Wipro’s VP of HR and Global Head of HR Shared Services Putul Mathur and VP and ...

The Shift to Digital World Class Performance

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Principal Martijn Geerling talks with Vice President of Research Erik Dorr about The Hackett Group’s new Digital World Class perform...

Enabling Data Science to Speak the Language of the Business

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Director Jay Ruffin talks with Senior Consultant Matt Williams and Principal Yonas Yohannes about how data science has changed in the ...

Procurement: Buying Channel Strategy Optimization

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Associate Principal Patrick Chan talks with Associate Principal James McDonald discuss how companies can transform and optimize their ...

Trends in Sustainable Procurement and Supplier Diversity – Contrasting US and European Perspectives

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Senior Advisor Kurt Albertson talks with Senior Advisor Nic Walden, discussing and contrasting trends in environment...

2020 Working Capital Survey – Key Findings

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Istvan Bodo talks with Craig Bailey, who leads the working capital team within The Hackett Group’s finance transformation pract...

HR Strategies For The New Hybrid Workplace

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Franco Girimonte talks with Senior Research Director Tony DiRomualdo and Senior Director David Polacheck about winning HR strateg...

Supplier Diversity – New Study Sees Dramatic Growth, Ambitious Goals For Most Companies

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Laura Gibbons talks with Senior Director Tarun Puri about findings from our new supplier diversity study. They discuss how the so...

Global Business Services & Smart Automation – Key Findings From Our Round Tables

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Principal Vin Kumar talks with Senior Director Vanessa Keating about key findings from regular round table discussio...

Digital World-Class HR – “Reaching New Heights in Peak Performance”

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Associate Principal Franco Girimonte talks with Senior Director Tony DiRomualdo about results from our latest digita...

Digital World-Class Finance – “Reaching New Heights in Peak Performance”

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Associate Principal Gerhard Urbasch talks with Principal Jim O’Connor , who lead’s our North American Advisory P...

Digital World-Class Procurement – “Reaching New Heights in Peak Performance”

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Chris Sawchuk talks with Tim Yoo, leader of The Hackett Group’s Technology Practice, about findings from the latest digital wor...

Digital World-Class IT - "Reaching New Heights in Peak Performance"

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Chris Key talks with The Hackett Group Principal Mike Fuller and Senior Director Jay Ruffin about key findings from our new digit...

Modernizing IT at the IMF

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Jay Ruffin talks with Edward C Anderson, CIO and IT Department Director at the IMF about the challenge of modernization, and the ...

Kimberly-Clark’s Journey to GBS Excellence

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Penny Weller, The Hackett Group Senior Director, GBS Advisory, talks with Juan Gomes Hoyos, Senior Manager, GBS Global Operational Exc...

Creating a Culture of Performance Excellence

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host David Ketchin talks with Tom Kellaway, The Hackett Group Associate Principal and European Benchmark Practice Leader about creatin...

Procurement & Supply Chain Excelleration: 5 Essential Digital Business Capabilities

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Nathan Harris talks with Kurt Albertson, Principal in The Hackett Group’s Procurement Advisory Group and Josh Nelson, Principal...

IT Excelleration: 5 Essential Digital Business Capabilities

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Paul Morrison talks with The Hackett Group IT Transformation Practice Principals Scott Holland and Mike Fuller about how IT must ...

GBS Excelleration: 5 Essential Digital Business Capabilities

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Martijn Geerling talks with Paul Morrison, Principal and Digital Enablement Transformation Practice leader and Vin Kumar, Princip...

HR Excelleration: 5 Essential Digital Business Capabilities

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Clayton Gammill, Associate Principal, HR Transformation for The Hackett Group talks with Dave Polacheck, Director, HR Advisory ab...

Finance Excelleration: 5 Essential Digital Business Capabilities

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Impact of Digital on Outsourcing

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Managing Director of Europe David Ketchin talks with Senior Director and Head of Sourcing for Europe Jill Stabler ab...

Modeling Costs to Optimize Value with a Digital Twin

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Managing Director of Europe David Ketchin talked with Associate Principal Tom Kellaway about how companies can deter...

Bayer: Notes on a Record-to-Report Transformation Journey

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Host Stephen Ferguson, who leads The Hackett Group’s Account-to-Report Advisory Program in Europe, talks with Andreas Beier, Head of...

Working Capital and the Pandemic – Survey Results and Strategic Recommendations

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Covid has left its mark on working capital performance. The Hackett Group Principal Brian Hall interviews Senior Director Gerhard Urba...

The Future of Financial Planning & Analysis

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilly Essaides, Senior Research Director, Finance Advisory talks with Jason Logman, Principal, Finance Transformation about how compan...

The 2021 CHRO Agenda

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group Associate Principal Franco Girimonte and Senior Director HR Research Anthony DiRomualdo discuss findings from The Ha...

The 2021 GBS Agenda

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group North American GBS Program Leader Penny Weller talks with Managing Director, Advisory Practice Leader, Europe Martij...

The 2021 CPO Agenda

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group’s Laura Gibbons talks with Chris Sawchuk, Principal and Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader, about finding...

The 2021 CFO Agenda

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nilly Essaides, Senior Director of Research at The Hackett Group’s Finance Advisory Program talks with Tom Willman, Principal and Le...

The 2021 Supply Chain Agenda

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Exec VP Dave Sievers talks with Supply Chain Practice Leader Bob Allen and Principal Josh Nelson about the results from our 2021 Suppl...

The 2021 CIO Agenda

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Key, global IT advisory practice leader for The Hackett Group, discusses findings from our IT Key issues research with Rick Past...

The Procurement Operating Model

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hackett Group’s Chris Sawchuk talks with Nic Walden, procurement senior advisor, about the challenges with today’s typical pro...

HR Vital Signs

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stephanie Marchuk, manager at The Hackett Group, talks with Chief Human Resources Officer and Advisory Principal Harry Osle about key ...

The Emerging Collaborative Enterprise

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Key, senior director at The Hackett Group, talks with Allan Frank, The Hackett Group’s co-founder, about how the pandemic has ...

The CFO Agenda

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Host Nilly Essaides talks with Bryan Hall, The Hackett Group’s principal and finance transformation leader, about how the pandemic h...

Procurement Key Issues 2020 – How Has the Pandemic Changed Procurement Priorities?

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Gibbons, The Hackett Group’s senior director, interviews Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group’s principal, on the results of our...

How HR is Managing the Covid-19 Crisis

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Covid has represented a roller coaster for the human resources function. The Hackett Group’s North American Advisory Practice Leader...

Norwegian Cruise Lines’ IT Charts a Course Through COVID

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Two of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ lead IT executives – CIO and SVP of Operations and Governance Dimple Jethani, and CIO and S...