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Hackett AI XPLR™ Platform

Hackett AI XPLR™ Platform

The Hackett Group’s Hackett AI XPLR™ is a readiness and opportunity assessment enabling companies to quickly and comprehensively identify opportunities…

Bridging the Outsourcing Value Gap

Bridging the Outsourcing Value Gap

Are you maximizing the value from your current outsourcing arrangements? Business process outsourcing (BPO) can deliver significant cost reductions, while…

Elevated Training Investment Contributes to 49% Lower Recruitment and Staffing Process Costs

Elevated Training Investment Contributes to 49% Lower Recruitment and Staffing Process Costs

Digital World Class® organizations are both more efficient and more effective in developing people and skills. They achieve 49% lower…

10 Characteristics of Digital World Class® GBS Organizations

10 Characteristics of Digital World Class® GBS Organizations

The Hackett Group® has identified 10 characteristics of Digital World Class® global business services (GBS) organizations that permit them to…


Podcast - Cargill – A Global Business Services Transformation Success Story

Cargill – A Global Business Services Transformation Success Story

Season 4, Episode 22

In this episode of the Business Excelleration™ Podcast, The Hackett Group’s Senior Global Business Services Advisor Penny Weller talks with…

Global Business Services Key Issues: What’s Top of Mind for Executives in 2023

Global Business Services Key Issues: What’s Top of Mind for Executives in 2023

5 Min Read

To thrive amid uncertainty, technology and digital transformation will be key. The prospect of a global economic downturn, geopolitical uncertainty…

Business Benchmarking: Quantum Leap Animation

Quantum Leap® Overview

The Quantum Leap® platform automates the process of data-gathering and confirms the accuracy of information, making the exercise both simple…

The Hackett Institute

The Hackett Institute Overview Demo

Welcome to The Hackett Institute, the professional development arm of The Hackett Group®. Our curriculums are based on proven experience…

Podcast - 2023 Global Business Services Key Issues Research

2023 Global Business Services Key Issues Research

Season 4, Episode 3

A discussion of key findings from our 2023 Global Business Services Key Issues research with The Hackett Group Global Business…

Global Business Services: How to Reach the Next Level of Performance

Global Business Services: How to Reach the Next Level of Performance

Global business services (GBS) organizations often hit performance plateaus, struggling to expand or optimize their operating model to get to…

Podcast - How Financial Institutions Can Use Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

How Financial Institutions Can Use Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

Season 3, Episode 38

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

10 Characteristics of Digital World Class® GBS Organizations

10 Characteristics of Digital World Class® GBS Organizations

The Hackett Group® has identified 10 characteristics of Digital World Class® global business services (GBS) organizations that permit them to…

Podcast - Improving the Stakeholder Experience

Improving the Stakeholder Experience

Season 3, Episode 32

Rick Pastore, Senior Director and Technology Research Advisory discusses findings from our recent research looking at “Improving the Stakeholder Experience,”…

GBS and Inflation

GBS and Inflation

Season 3, Episode 21

The Hackett Group Senior Director, GBS Advisory Penny Weller talks with Principal and Global GBS Advisory Practice Leader Martijn Geerling…

Podcast - Takeda Pharmaceuticals – Reimagining Global Business Services

Takeda Pharmaceuticals – Reimagining Global Business Services

Season 3, Episode 13

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

Three Themes Shaping the 2022 Global Business Services Agenda

Three Themes Shaping the 2022 Global Business Services Agenda

5 Min Read

The past two years have brought unprecedented instability. Yet, when we conducted our latest annual Key Issues Study – during…

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