Business Services
Business/IT Fusion
I am proud to announce the release of "Business/IT Fusion. How to move beyond Alignment and transform IT in your organization", by Peter Hinssen, one of Europe’s most sought-after thought leaders on the impact of technology on business and society. His book provides a roadmap to completely rethin...
Enhancing Sales and Operations Planning with Forecasting Analytics and Business Intelligence
How effectively an organization manages its supply chain depends on many factors. An organization can have excellent business processes, yet lack the ability to successfully align supply with demand. Read this white paper to learn how advanced forecasting technology and business intelligence can enh...
Enterprise risk management in financial services organisations
A global survey of 316 financial services executives conducted in July 2008 by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of SAS reveals that over 70 percent of respondents believe that losses stemming from the credit crisis were largely due to failures in addressing risk management issues. Read this...
From global connection to global orchestration
As the world emerges from a period of economic torpor, attention is refocusing on two long-term trends whose continued rise has been obscured by the recent turmoil: the changing shape of globalization and the maturing of information technology (IT).
Fundamental Issues in Business Forecasting
Forecasting is a difficult and thankless endeavor. When accuracy is not quite where everyone wants it to be, we react by making significant new investments in technology, process and people. Unfortunately, investment in the forecasting function is no guarantee of better forecasts. There are often...
High Performance Business in Belgium
Accenture has recently researched the performance of Belgian companies, using the patented methodology developed by the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business. The goal was to compare the performance of Belgian companies with their industry peers around the world, as well as determining t...
Networks for Thinking
Developing ideas and forming opinions in the digital age
Networks for thinking is an Economist Intelligence Unit report that examines the way digital tools and networks are affecting the way business people develop their ideas and thinking.
The study draws on in...
Successfully Automating Decisions with Business Analytics
Organizations are getting much more interested in how analytical decisions can be embedded into everyday business processes. But where do you start? This white paper, based on research by nGenera Corporation, provides practical advice on how businesses can identify the best opportunities for making ...
The power of portfolio analytics and the new 4C's of credit
The consumer credit arena has been and most likely will continue to lead and push advances in automation for the commercial credit space. Consumer lending institutions have long ago realized the wealth of information contained within their own customer portfolios. These lenders have taken advantage ...
User Research Techniques
Doesn’t everyone from time to time dream about the goose that lays the golden eggs? And even better, that all your customers love to buy those eggs? We sure do. Or let’s say, we love to lay such eggs ourselves (so to speak, that is…). But we know from experience that it isn’t that simple....
