October 9-11 – London – Our European Best Practices Conference, “Unlocking Digital Value”. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #London

Forbes Blog, “High-Performing HR Functions Spend Less On HR Than Peers,” - The highest performing HR functions spend 26% less than their peers on HR and manage 32% fewer staff, according to benchmarking data from The Hackett Group. go.poweredbyhackett.com/x3md #HR

Procurement Execs - What are the keys to enhancing procurement value? Learn how Pearson, Vodafone Group, and The Hackett Group are already doing it, at our 2018 European Best Practices Conference in London October 9-11 #HackettBPC #procurement go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13

Thank you to our committed partners and 2018 European Best Practices Conference sponsors -- BlackLine, MapR Technologies, sharedserviceslink, Tata Consultancy Services, and UiPath. go.poweredbyhackett.com/zglq #HackettBPC BlackLine MapR sharedserviceslink Tata Consultancy Services UiPath

HP Global Controller Marie Myers takes the stage to describe how HP’s finance or is using: AI & robotics to drive efficiency; predictive analytics to gain insight on business performance & mitigate risk; & re-skilling employees thru the change. Very impressive.

Technology-led innovation will fundamentally change the service delivery model of business functions. In London just now, David Ketchin detailed the keys needed to unlock digital value and how to transform business services functions. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #London

NEWS RELEASE - The Hackett Group Names HP & Shell as 2018 Digital Award Winners; Companies on the Cutting Edge of Smart Automation, Robotic Process Automation, Cognitive Computing and Analytics go.poweredbyhackett.com/f3en

Shell has developed centres of expertise in data science to deliver tangible business value. In London just now, Shell GM Daniel Jeavons laid out key success factors to achieve scalable centralized or clustered services. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #London Shell

Cisco is bringing the concept of liquid organisations and a liquid workforce to life. Cisco Director of Leader Success Dr. Robert Kovach just shared tips at our London conference. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #London Cisco

IBM’s Marco Romano just discussed how IBM is advancing and accelerating procurement’s value through practical approaches and steps that address data strategy, analytics & cognitive solutions, and organisational change. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #procurement IBM

In London today, Smith & Nephew showed how they put the customer experience central to the GBS value proposition, while simultaneously using the traditional value lever of offshoring to create a low-cost service delivery model. go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 Smith+Nephew

Thanks again to everyone who attended our European Best Practices Conference this year in London! See you next year! go.poweredbyhackett.com/ah13 #HackettBPC #London

Zurich Nov. 15 – Join us for a digital transformation roundtable and workshop, where we can help you assess the efficiency and effectiveness of your current planning process and plan for your implementation journey. go.poweredbyhackett.com/usm1 #digitaltransformation #EPM #Zurich

Join us today and tomorrow in Hamburg at the Serrala User Summit and listen to The Hackett Group’s Tom Bangemann speak on Finance in the Era of Digitization. Learn More: go.poweredbyhackett.com/y50e #Finance #digitaltransformation #Hamburg Serrala

London Nov. 27 – Join us for an executive roundtable to discuss what world-class customer-to-cash performance looks like. Hear from Jacqui Colton on how Diageo News have driven improvements in their cash, cost and service performance Register Now: go.poweredbyhackett.com/thk3 #London

In Prague Nov. 28 & 29 – Join us for a Global Business Services roundtable and workshop and take the opportunity to learn from SAP, Deutsche Telekom and UiPath on how they manage digital transformation. Learn More: [email protected] #digitaltransformation #GBS

November 14 – Webinar – Join The Hackett Group’s Jimmy LeFever and riskmethods’ Bill DeMartino to get an overview on how to get started with a digital supply chain risk management strategy. go.poweredbyhackett.com/kljo #Procurement #Supplychain Institute for Supply Management riskmethods

Zurich Nov. 15 – Join us for a digital transformation roundtable and workshop, where we can help you assess the efficiency and effectiveness of your current planning process and plan for your implementation journey. go.poweredbyhackett.com/usm1 #digitaltransformation #EPM #Zurich

London Nov. 27 – Join us for an executive roundtable to discuss what world-class customer-to-cash performance looks like. Hear from Jacqui Colton on how Diageo News have driven improvements in their cash, cost and service performance Register Now: go.poweredbyhackett.com/thk3 #London

In Prague Nov. 28 & 29 – Join us for a Global Business Services roundtable and workshop and take the opportunity to learn from SAP, Deutsche Telekom and UiPath on how they manage digital transformation. Learn More: [email protected] #digitaltransformation #GBS