Video Highlights

June 10, 2009

Survival of the Fittest

David Dungan, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at The Hackett Group, speaks on the challenges facing CFOs at CFO Day in Amsterdam.

June 5, 2009

CNBC Europe, "Unlocking Working Capital,"

According to a report by REL and CFO Europe Magazine, the total improvement in working capital among the 1000 largest public companies in Europe in 2008 equated to $53.8 billion. But strong performance by oil and gas companies masked degradation in performance by others, and the gap between leaders and laggards widened significantly. REL's Daniel Windaus discusses key results from the study.

May 12, 2009

StatoilHydro Acceptance Speech at SSON 2009 European Shared Services Excellence Awards

Hans Jakob Hegge, Senior Vice President of StatoilHydro, pays testament to The Hackett Group's expertise with best practice advice, consulting support and benchmarking, during his acceptance speech of the award for "Best Mature Shared Services Operation" at SSON's 2009 European Shared Services Excellence Awards in Budapest.

December 10, 2008

CNBC, "Should We Protect American Jobs?"

This conversation on the merits of President-Elect Obama's plans to try and slow the movement of U.S. jobs offshore uses as a launching point data from Hackett's new globalization research, showing that 1 in 4 IT jobs will be offshore by 2010. The discussion is with Alan Tonelson, of the U.S. Business & Industry Council, and Dan Griswold, of the Cato Institute.

December 8, 2008

CNBC Europe Power Lunch, "More Job Cuts Next Year?"

In this 'Credit Crunch' special report, CNBC Europe's Ross Westgate interviewed Hackett President Wayne Mincey on Hackett's new globalization research, which shows that the offshoring of jobs in finance, IT, and other back office areas is dramatically accelerating. According to Hackett's research, more than 800,000 back office jobs will be offshore by 2010.

June 30, 2008

CNBC Europe, "The Check's in the Mail"

Europe's biggest companies are paying their suppliers more slowly, bringing the average pay period to over 45 days, a new report shows. Brian Shanahan from REL discusses the findings.

April 28, 2008

CNBC Europe, "Cutting Costs Intelligently,"

As the contagion from the credit market turmoil continues to spread to the economy, many companies have tightened the purse strings. Joel Roques, of The Hackett Group, discusses various ways for companies to intelligently cut costs.

February 25, 2008

CNBC Europe, "Squawk Box: Accurately Predicting Companies' Earnings"

Stock valuations, analyst reputations and the careers of CFOs ride on the ability to accurately predict a company's earnings, but recent research shows 1/3 of companies are getting it wrong. Joel Roques from The Hackett Group discusses.

February 11, 2008

CNBC TV, "Closing Bell: Study Shows Companies Struggle to Predict Profits and Sales,"

CNBC Closing Bell's Matt Nesto discusses Hackett's latest Book of Numbers research, which finds that two out of every three companies are unable to accurately forecast earnings for the next quarter, missing the mark by anywhere from 6% to over 30%.

January 31, 2008

NASDAQ Opening Bell

Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc., presides over the opening bell to celebrate the company's rebranding. Also in attendance was The Hackett Group's management team: John McGrath, David N. Dungan, Christopher J. Brennan, John Moser, Ernest Perno, Bruce Kelly, Jeffrey S. Rosengard, Michael Janis, Wayne M. Mincey, Stephen M. Payne, and Thomas P.

December 2007

FEI TV, "How do You Develop a Shared Services Organization?"

Senior Business Advisor Penny Weller, who leads Hackett's Finance Shared Services Advisory Program, provides a 10-minute video primer on how the best companies use finance shared service centers to help drive improved efficiency and effectiveness.

December 1, 2007

Financial Management Network, "The Cost of Finance: Why is it Rising?"

In this half-hour video interview, Hackett's Bryan Hall details Hackett's 2007 Finance Book of Numbers™ findings around the rising cost of finance at typical companies and the role that compliance has played.

October 2, 2007

CFO, "Video: Year-end Games with Working Capital,"

A new study shows companies continue to reduce working capital in time for the annual report, only to see it soar in the first quarter. REL President Stephen Payne tells CFO.com just how widespread the practice is.

October 2, 2007

CFO, "Video: Fixing Working Capital Performance Metrics,"

Companies often game working capital because they're caught in a vicious cycle driven by compensation goals. REL President Stephen Payne tells CFO.com how companies can break the cycle.

October 1, 2007

SHRM, "Outsourcing Talent Management,"

In this Webcast, Hackett's Steve Joyce provides guidelines for effective talent management outsourcing. He explains that while very few organizations are outsourcing talent management from a holistic standpoint, they're more likely to outsource components of talent management, such as recruiting. (SHRM Member ID may be required for viewing)

September 15, 2007

SHRM, "Handling RFPs,"

In this Webcast, Hackett HR Practice Leader Stephen Joyce discusses how Hackett initiates work with works clents and responds to RFPs. (SHRM membership required)

September 2007

SHRM, "The ROI of Best-in-Class Talent Management,"

Achieving excellence in talent management, by developing best-in-class internal systems or managing the outsourcing relationship with a service provider effectively, netted the average Fortune 500 company nearly a 15 percent improvement in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), which amounts to almost $400 million annually, according to new research from the Hackett Group, a strategic advisory firm. Online article and Webcast. (SHRM membership required)