Latest Reports

• 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

• 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

• Website/E-Commerce Outsourcing Declines

  Website and e-commerce outsourcing is one of the most ubiquitous forms of outsourcing, and the shift toward web-enabled business processes and e-commerce has prompted organizations to reassess their online strategies. Those that outsource the function are turning to outsourcing partners that can provide the needed expertise and a flexible, scalable infrastructure to provide highly available and reliable website and e-commerce systems.

  April, 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

• Application Development Outsourcing Dropping

  While application development remains one of the more popular IT functions to outsource, our research indicates growth in this form of outsourcing has shown little change over the past five years, until dropping this year.

  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

• Use of Project Portfolio Management Continues to Fluctuate

  Just as a mutual fund manager manages a portfolio of stocks, IT executives use project portfolio management (PPM) to maximize the ROI of their IT projects as a portfolio. But although the majority of organizations have adopted PPM as a best practice, there is room for this discipline to grow.

  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

• IT Asset Management: Keeping the Chaos Under Control

  Given the constantly changing nature of IT knowing precisely what equipment is owned and the current status of each item is essential. In this Research Byte, we review the adoption of this IT best practice.

  January, 2017

• IT Security Compliance Audits Growing But Still Room for More

  IT security policy audits are among the most popular of the best practices in our study, IT Management Best Practices, which measures the practice rates and levels of 33 IT disciplines. But surprisingly, there is room to grow.

  December, 2016