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Building the Automation Roadmap: Lessons Learned and Success Strategies
Automation has rapidly gone from a hyped up magical tool to a real solution that can enable an organizations transformation to a digital operating model. Organizations have taken different paths to embed Automation and RPA into their operational DNA, but there are a few common threads that ensure successful enterprise-wide deployment and alignment with the overall digital strategy. This panel of experts who have implemented Automation across their organization share lessons learned and success strategies leveraged during their Automation journeys.
September, 2017
Empowering Beyond Summit: Washington, DC 2017 Video Recap
Over 50 senior executives from major financial institutions, NGOs, and donor firms like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Howard University and Freddie Mac attended Avasant's invitation-only Washington, DC Empowering Beyond Summit. The summits theme Shaping the Future of the Digital Economy focused on how the next generation of digital services will drive new economic value and job growth in emerging economies.
July, 2017
Managing Collaborative Supply Chains for the Digital Enterprise
Adrian Quayle, Fellow Partner, Avasant Collaboration Lunched Forum keynote session titled "Managing Collaborative Supply Chains for the Digital Enterprise"
July, 2017
The New Economic Development Model for the Digital World – EBS DC 2017 Thought Leadership Panel
Empowering Beyond Summit Washington, DC 2017 Thought Leadership Panel titled "The New Economic Development Model for the Digital World"included guest speakers:- Fabrizio Opertti, Chief of Trade & Investment, Inter-American Development Bank- Nilkanth Avhad, Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of India- Samia Melhem, Global Lead of Digital Development, World Bank.
June, 2017
Harnessing Digital Innovation to Drive Organizational and Societal Change – EBS DC 2017, Nuria Simo
Empowering Beyond Summit Washington, DC 2017 keynote speaker, Nuria Simo, CIO at IDB shared a presentation "Harnessing Digital Innovation to Drive Organizational and Societal Change". IDB operates in over 26 country offices offering loans, grants, technical corporations and knowledge creation and dissemination. Their strengths include understanding of the region, technical expertise and knowledge and flexibility.
June, 2017
To H1B or Not to H1B? Webinar
Three primary areas impacted by the immigration changes include., changes to work visa programs (especially the H1-B visa), the freedom to travel to the US, and a changing climate towards foreigner workers. Ravi Mahalingam, Partner and General Counsel, Avasant and Dev Batta, Associate General Counsel, Avasant, discussed the Regulatory and Legislative changes, Travel Bans and Restrictions and the Impact on Tech Companies.
May, 2017
Zero Cost Tranformation for Airport Reinvention
Innovations in technology have the potential to reinvent airports across critical dimensions of passenger experience, operations efficiency and revenue growth, and support the transformation of airports. Historically, the potential for technology innovation to disrupt business operations and drive business value has been hampered by a legacy of wasteful, expensive, failed, and obsolete technology and service delivery models. Zero Cost Transformation is a business model which reduces/eliminates initial investments and links risk and benefit-sharing directly to business outcomes.
May, 2017
To H1B or Not to H1B? Presentation Slides
The recent deluge of rhetoric, EOs and potential regulatory changes to the US Immigration policies and enforcement have put the whole IT Sourcing industry in a turmoil. Three primary areas impacted by these immigration changes include (1) changes to work visa programs (especially the H1-B visa), (2) the freedom to travel to the US, and (3) a changing climate towards foreigner workers.
May, 2017
Special Brief Summary: The Caterpillar’s Edge
Many large and small companies and their leaders are stuck in their approach to planning and execution. They are guided by old habits formed in an era when competition was more static. Change your thinking and you can change your future.
April, 2017
Enterprise Transformation Through Product and Services Innovation
Mattel has embarked on an ambitious transformation journey, with a focus on rebuilding Mattel's culture to re-focus on brand building, creativity, and innovation, while putting a premium on speed-to-market and accountability.
March, 2017
Moving from Cost Optimization to Value Realization through MGS
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, known as Freddie Mac, is a mortgage securitization firm. Avasant Director, Jim Lee, and Avasant Associate Director, Anthony Cilla, discussed in this case study the drivers, challenges, benefits, and results of Avasant's engagement with Freddie Mac.
March, 2017
The Digital Age for Traditional Organizations
For companies that were fundamentally founded on traditional models, the move toward digital is critical. However, these companies typically face more challenges than their digital native counterparts. Some are even digital skeptics that still view IT as a supporting and back office function, even as data shows that companies farthest along the on the digital maturity curve are 8 times more likely to have gained share than the 15% of companies that are least mature.
February, 2017
Strategic Cost Optimization
In the GCC, the record drop in oil prices over the past two years has put significant pressure on companies to quickly reduce their cost structures. Albeit quick, layoffs are not the most effective and productive route to achieve cost savings. Companies can use more effective methods to identify cost-cutting initiatives across the business that have a positive impact on overall performance and cost structures without jeopardizing the company's operational performance.
January, 2017
Digital Business Transformation for Utilities Trends and Best Practices
Major levers of digital transformation at utilities include technology solutions in customer experience, infrastructure transformation, back office process transformation, operations and production optimization, emerging technologies innovation and alternative energy.
November, 2016
Impacts of Brexit on Global Sourcing of Technology and Business Services
Brexit, the shorthand notation for Britain's exit for the European Union, may have long-standing repercussions on the global economy, particularly on the technology services market. However, it also brings opportunities for those companies which can better adapt to new conditions.
November, 2016