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Service Provider ESG Maturity Index 2022–2023: Drive Sustainable Sourcing by Engaging with Progressive Partners
Avasant’s Service Provider ESG Maturity Index 2022–2023 benchmarks service providers based on their ESG disclosures. Enterprises are looking more closely at the goals and impact of their providers and partners. The report aims to help enterprises make better procurement decisions in order to meet their own ESG goals. The inaugural edition features 17 service providers and classifies them based on our ESG performance benchmarking index that factors more than 50 data points across four parameters: environmental, social, governance, and ESG disclosure compliance and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) coverage.
November, 2022
Intelligent Process Mining Platforms 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Intelligent Process Mining Platforms 2022–2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for process mining by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading platform providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key process mining platform providers utilizing three parameters: product maturity, enterprise adaptability, and future readiness. The 54-page report also highlights top market trends in the process mining space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
November, 2022
Intelligent Process Mining: Delivering Complex Business Intelligence and Process Transparency
An increase in enterprise demand for hyperautomation has boosted the demand for process mining tools. With advancements in technology such as RPA, low-code/no-code, and artificial intelligence, the role of process mining has elevated from process standardization or automation to digital transformation. Platform features such as data integration with IoT devices and digital twin development enhance process understanding and data visualization. To tap market opportunities, software-as-service (SaaS) providers are embedding process mining in business applications by developing in-house capabilities and acquiring or partnering with vendors in the space. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Intelligent Process Mining Platforms 2022–2023 RadarView™.
November, 2022
IT and Apps Managed Services Market Trends: Quarterly Report for Q2 2022
In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 2, 2022), Avasant provides key information on IT services solution and pricing trends. The report covers market (buyer) perspective, macro trends from the service provider community, and finally, the pricing, solution, and staffing trends in the space. The report examines trends across services including infrastructure and cloud services, application services, and digital services. The geographic coverage is global, with a large share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research, and data collection, as well as the AvaMark Price Benchmarking database.
August, 2022
Engineering and Manufacturing Transformation: Cloudification Approaches Critical Mass
The traditional reluctance to adopt the cloud for engineering and manufacturing functions is fading, driven by the need for remote collaboration. As the cloud-native application ecosystem for engineering and manufacturing matures, enterprises are turning to the cloud for higher bandwidth and computing requirements. The pandemic acted as a key enabler in driving faster adoption of the cloud, leading to continued growth in the global cloud market for engineering and manufacturing operations. In this context, NASSCOM and Avasant release the report Engineering and Manufacturing Transformation: Cloudification Approaches Critical Mass to help enterprises understand key trends shaping this space.
November, 2022
Manufacturing Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Manufacturing Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ can help enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid them in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation. The 92-page report also highlights top market trends in the manufacturing digital services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
November, 2022
Transforming Manufacturing Operations Through Digitization
Manufacturers are under pressure to meet growing customer expectations despite increased production costs, a shortage of skilled workers, and the need to make new investments for Industry 4.0. To alleviate this pressure, they are investing in digital technologies to cut costs, shorten development cycles, reduce human dependency, mitigate risks from supply chain disruptions, and move toward sustainability. They are also working to diversify their business models and increase profitability. As this requires a strong integration of domain and technological expertise, manufacturers are collaborating with service providers for digital transformation. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Manufacturing Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
November, 2022
Low-Code, No Code, No Devs?
The process of developing and maintaining enterprise applications is changing. Agile methodologies and DevOps are contributing factors to the decline in application developer staffing ratios. Low-code/no-code, rapid application development approaches that aim to reduce coding and application development times further reduce the need for developers. Developers still make up the largest portion of most IT organizations, and they are quite expensive. Therefore, IT leaders should assess their developer needs in order to optimize their personnel budgets. This research byte summarizes our full report, Application Developer Staffing Ratios.
November, 2022
Application Developer Staffing Ratios 2022
The process of developing and maintaining enterprise applications is changing. Agile methodologies and DevOps are contributing factors to the decline in application developer staffing ratios. Low-code/no-code, rapid application development approaches that aim to reduce coding and application development times further reduce the need for developers. Developers still make up the largest portion of most IT organizations, and they are quite expensive. Therefore, IT leaders should assess their developer needs in order to optimize their personnel budgets.
November, 2022
Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ can help property and casualty insurers craft a robust strategy for digital transformation based on the industry’s outlook and best practices. The report can aid businesses in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate digital adoption. The 103-page report also identifies key service providers and system integrators that can help enterprises in their digital transformation journeys.
October, 2022
Property and Casualty Digital Services: Raising the Bar in Customer Experience
Property and casualty (P&C) insurers are working to meet growing customer expectations amid the increasing cost of claims, intense competition from new entrants, and a changing regulatory environment. They are leveraging digital technologies to settle claims faster, improve underwriting, and detect fraud. Leading service providers support these efforts by providing insurance domain knowledge and technological expertise. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
October, 2022
Desktop Support Outsourcing Gains Popularity
The question of whether to turn over the desktop support function to a service provider is a critical and surprisingly complicated one. Our research shows that there is a strong cost advantage to outsourcing desktop support tasks, but many organizations have reported negative service experiences. This research byte summarizes our full report on desktop support outsourcing.
October, 2022