Latest Consulting articles from ISG

How RPA Gives Freight Forwarders a Competitive Advantage

By Abhishek Ganiga

Among the industries that stand to benefit the most from RPA are freight-forwarding and logistics companies that perform the highly complex day-to-day operations of moving shipments domestically and internationally using different modes of transportation.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Providing Ongoing Training for a Global Banking Giant

ISG enables one of the world’s best-known banking and financial services companies with a long-term solution for training-development capacity issues and training support for 40,000 new employees.

Categories: Consulting Organizational Change Management

Negotiating with Oracle: Knowing the Rules to Achieve an Optimal Outcome

By John Szente

Structuring a deal with Oracle that delivers an optimal outcome requires a thorough knowledge of its products and a clear understanding of your needs.

Categories: Consulting Software Advisory Services

Optimizing the Value of M&As

By Michael Fullwood Kevin Lewis

As merger and acquisition activity continues to ramp up, some companies are discovering they are not meeting the short- or long-term value realizations they initially anticipated.

Categories: Consulting

From Firefighting to Fighting Fit

By Iain Fisher

When financial institutions support life as we know it, being clear on how to redesign your business model is paramount for stability and growth.

Categories: Consulting

Building an Intelligent Automation Reference Architecture

By Cass Bishop

When automating business processes, it is easy to shorten design time and jump right into development when your initiative is built around a single tool or a small set of tools.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

The Impact of Digital Transformation on Airports

By Nisheeth Ranjan

When it comes to airports, digital transformation is not just about embracing technology; it is also about business transformation in a digital world.

Categories: Consulting Travel and Transportation

Software Asset Management: Are You Audit Ready?

By Dave Goodman Dan Geddes Bill Huber

If one of your software vendors announced it was conducting an audit of your license usage tomorrow, how confident would you be?

Categories: Consulting Software Advisory Services

Where Banking and Financial Services Are Headed in 2021

By Owen Wheatley

Even before COVID-19, every financial institution was undergoing some form of transformation. As we head into 2021, organizations are trying to understand where they are on those journeys.

Categories: Banking & Financial Services Consulting

Are You Ready for the Post-Pandemic Consumer?

By Michael Witty

When the pandemic first hit in the spring of 2020, we knew all companies would need to focus on three goals: recover and resolve, be first and be resilient, and prepare for the new future.

Categories: Consulting Retail

Bots and Beyond Episode 11: Unlocking the Value of Automation in Private Equity

By Wayne Butterfield

An interview with Josephine Hus, Investment Professional at Permira.

Categories: Consulting Podcasts Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

IT Rate Benchmarks: Ensuring Your IT Investments Are Market Competitive

By Chris Pfauser

Managing the staffing of your digital transformation projects can be complex, but targeted analysis of your IT staffing strategy and spend can help you make smart decisions and cut through the confusion.

Categories: Consulting

Negotiating with Microsoft: The Goliath of Software Vendors

By Louis Pellegrino

Most of us do not need more evidence of Microsoft’s power in the software market, but the fact is, its revenue makes it a formidable negotiator.

Categories: Consulting Software Advisory Services

The Basics of Good Cloud Financial Management

By Jason Stading Jack Watts

To manage cloud costs, an organization needs to maximize its understanding ahead of moving to the cloud and minimize the hard lessons on the way.

Categories: Consulting

The Ins and Outs of Contracting Oracle’s Next-Generation Offerings

By Yadu Singh

Though contracting with database software and technology giant Oracle has long been a serious challenge for enterprise IT organizations, the benefits usually outweigh the risks.

Categories: Consulting Software Advisory Services

Digital Product IT: A New Responsibility for Manufacturers on the IoT Journey

By Vishnu Andhare Christian Decker

As manufacturing companies become digital enterprises, their capabilities typically mature, moving from traditional stand-alone products, to connected products, to products or offerings packaged “as a service.”

Categories: Consulting Manufacturing

COVID-19 Pulse Check: Survey of the EMEA Automotive & Manufacturing Industry

By Christian Decker Andreas Fahr

The manufacturing industry has been significantly affected by COVID-19. With this in mind ISG investigated the current state of the industry in EMEA and what the “New Normal" will look like following the current crisis.

Categories: Consulting Manufacturing

Overview of the B2B landscape in Germany

By Thomas Rehn

In this market research, we take a look at the current provider landscape in Germany.

Categories: Consulting

Time to Make Plans to Migrate to A2019

By Dr. Linda Delbridge

ISG has the experience and expertise to assist and accelerate your automation journey, whether beginning with A2019, migrating from AAE V11 or building and fortifying your center of excellence.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

The Client-Provider Relationship: A Secret to Innovation and Growth

By Cynthia Batty

This ISG white paper looks at the state of sourcing relationships today and how both parties can work toward a state of Coactive Governance.

Categories: Consulting