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Hackett Working Capital Survey: All cash conversion cycle elements degraded last year

As the working capital environment returns to pre-pandemic levels, companies now have a $1.8 trillion opportunity to free up cash.
Jul 10, 2024

Gen AI to Drive a 50% Productivity Bump, But Only if Adopted Strategically

The newest iteration of automation, Gen AI, could increase workplace productivity by a whopping 51% over the next seven years.…
Jun 21, 2024

A Guide to How HR Can Capitalise on AI

Executives all over the world are looking now at artificial intelligence, trying to figure out how they can harness it…
Jun 21, 2024

3 ways to cut procurement costs (without sacrificing quality)

Containing procurement costs increasingly feels like a balancing act between multiple competing strategic goals. 
May 22, 2024

US Companies Have $1.76 Trillion Opportunity to Free Up Cash

With interest rates and inflation remaining high, companies should focus on optimizing their working capital performance to free up money…
May 9, 2024

GenAI increases the value proposition in the general and administrative functions

In German. Is the use of Gen AI a curse or a blessing for companies in the financial and business…
May 9, 2024

Business Reporter, ‘Questions to keep AI strategy on track’

Vin Kumar and John O’Mahony of The Hackett Group pose six questions that CFOs should ask about their AI strategy.
Jan 26, 2024

CIO (DACH): Hackett Group Measures the Value Proposition of AI

In German. With its own generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, the consulting firm The Hackett Group wants to help companies…
Jan 16, 2024

CPO Strategy, “What’s the AI opportunity in procurement?”

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to emerge in a big way, Vicky Kavan, Vin Kumar and Nicolas Walden of The…
Dec 27, 2023

Consulting.us, “The Hackett Group launches AI readiness assessment tool,”

The Hackett Group has launched Ai XPLR, an artificial intelligence (AI) readiness and opportunity assessment tool. The new solution enables…
Dec 11, 2023

Human Resource Executive, “Rising retention: Why it may not be all good news for employers,”

The Great Resignation—the pandemic-driven trend in which employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs in droves—is apparently over for now. With…
Nov 9, 2023

Art of Procurement Podcast, “Separating AI Hype from Digital Procurement Value,”

Procurement has seen an explosion of providers offering artificial intelligence-powered solutions, reshaping the procurement technology landscape for organizations and teams…
Oct 29, 2023

Techtarget HR Software, “HR costs rise as data suggests tech can cut HR staff,”

New research shows that high-performing HR departments leverage tech and have 40% fewer HR staff. But one expert advised caution…
Oct 6, 2023

CFO, “Working Capital Discipline Slips in Q2,”

Companies continued to pay suppliers faster, but they collected on their own invoices slower in the second quarter, lowering their…
Oct 4, 2023

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, “Generative AI Will Drive Reductions in SG&A Cost and Staffing,”

The analysis considered the elimination of structured work through hyper-automation; the ability to enable unstructured work by adopting digital assistants;…
Sep 19, 2023

Business Reporter UK, “Managing Rising Costs in Corporate Finance Operations”

John O’Mahony and Shawn Fitzgerald of The Hackett Group explain how Digital World Class finance organisations keep costs stable while…
Sep 11, 2023