Research Insights
Thriving in Adversity: Seven Actions to Take Now
A new set of disruptors – geopolitical risks, talent challenges and the inflationary environment – threatens business stability and 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…
Accelerate Your Third-Party Risk Management Journey
To protect against evolving third-party risk (TPRM), companies need a more stringent and formal enterprisewide approach – one that enables…
A2R: How to Close Faster Without Burning Out Your Staff
75% of Finance managers believe their financial close processes are ineffective. The world-class finance organizations excel in five key areas…
Turn the Focus to Working Capital Amid Challenging Economics
Inflation pressures, rising interest rates and labor trends are largely beyond your control. But there are certain things you can…
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…
Accelerating Insights Through an Automated Close
Accelerating the time to close the financial and management books is necessary in today’s business environment. Shorten the close cycle…
Five Opportunities to Drive Greater Value From Your Outsourcing Contract
While business process outsourcing can deliver significant benefits in efficiency and cost reduction, there can also be challenges and pitfalls…
Fast-Tracking Digital World Class®
New business realities demand a higher level of performance. We project G&A organizations can create greater value for the business…
The State of Cloud Adoption by the Numbers
The Hackett Group’s Global Cloud Services Study examined the business value created by migrating on-premises technology infrastructure to the cloud…
Six Keys to Performance Improvement
Digital World Class® organizations excel at realizing benefits from continuous improvement programs where others struggle to start, sustain and achieve…
Capitalizing on Modern Technology to Advance Integrated Planning
To get the job done, companies had to mobilize vast resources to conduct rapid replanning, but they faced major data…