Contact Us Member Center Log In Events Careers Home ABOUT US EXPERTISE SOLUTIONS BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH The Certified Global Business Services Professionals program is a life-long learning and accreditation curriculum developed in collaboration with CIMA. Learn More The Working Capitalist The Working Capitalist Newsletter - Spring 2016 Working capital or cash flow performance is often seen as a measure of a company's operating health. This issue of The Working Capitalist will help you assess and improve the health of your... Learn More Featured Research Papers Global Business Services: 10 Steps To Accelerate Digital Transformation The Supply Chain's Role in Improving New Product Development There's Still Time: 7 Ways to Release Cash by Year-End Six Principles for Successful Enterprise Cost Optimization Key Benchmarking Practices of World-Class Companies Best Practices Business best practices, as defined by The Hackett Group, are proven, repeatable, documented techniques that deliver measurable business performance management improvements. Executives look to business best practices benchmarking to help them speed their progress toward enterprise performance management improvement, and to guide them around pitfalls that might otherwise slow or even halt their initiatives. Learn More Recent Press The Hackett Group and CIMA Complete Global Business Services Career Development Offering With Launch of Third Training Product: The Diploma in Global Business Services November 3, 2016 New Research from The Hackett Group Spotlights Four Digital Transformation Imperatives for IT November 1, 2016 Research: World-Class HR Orgs Embrace Digital Transformation, Analytics to Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness October 13, 2016 Hackett in the News Inside Supply Management, "Now Trending: Six Megatrends are Reshaping the Supply Chain of Today and Tomorrow," With expert insights from Hackett's Chris Sawchuk. December 1, 2016 Adiona Magazine (UK/Global), "Five world-class performance tactics for HR organizations." A bylined article by The Hackett Group's Dorothee El-Khoury, which begins on page 30. "The gap between world-class and typical HR organizations remains wide..." December 1, 2016 Diginomica, "Hitting the HR Highs with Digital Transformation" If you want to be an HR high performer, then digital transformation is an imperative, according to a new report from The Hackett Group. November 30, 2016 ITPortalPro (UK), "Four imperatives for creating IT agility in a digital age," A bylined article by The Hackett Group's Scott Holland and Erik Dorr. "Never has there been a time in the history of business where companies could derive more competitive advantage from superior IT performance..." November 23, 2016 Bloomberg Radio, " Kellogg's and Zero-Based Budgeting" Kellogg's beat third quarter earnings estimates after cost cutting helped it to overcome slow sales. Zero-based budgeting was one key to reducing spending. The Hackett Group's Sherri Liao offers insights on how zero-based budgeting can give managers a more realistic look at spending needs. © 2016 Bloomberg L.P. All rights reserved. Used with permission. November 19, 2016 Featured Videos Digital Transformation is Here Ted A. Fernandez, chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc., opened the 2016 North American Best Practices Conference with a discussion of how digital transformation requires companies to be even more agile and rethink the way they're doing business. Watch Video Embrace Opportunities of Digital Revolution In closing remarks, David Dungan, chief operating officer of The Hackett Group, Inc., reflects on business developments of recent years and encourages delegates at the 2016 North American Best Practices Conference to embrace the opportunities of what is not just a digital transformation, but a "digital revolution." Watch Video Hackett Performance Exchange™ Where does your organization stand on its journey to operational excellence? Do you know which process improvement actions could have the greatest impact on performance today? The Hackett Group's Performance Exchange™ can help. Learn More Performance Studies The Hackett Group has created new measurement offerings to identify top performance at the business process level. These studies collect data about staffing, costs, transactional volumes and best practice utilization for each process. These studies can give you some comparative insights on your own company's performance versus top performance and will help you select the improvement initiatives that will deliver maximum benefits. Learn More Procurement Value Measurement Copyright © 2021 The Hackett Group, Inc.; All Rights Reserved. Contact Us Member Center Log In Events Careers Home Site Map Privacy Statement Terms of Use Client Services Terms and Conditions The Hackett Group is a leader in business advisory, business benchmarking and business transformation consulting services, including strategy and operations, working capital management, and globalization advice. 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