Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Client Story July 22, 2021 Amidst COVID-19 challenges, global healthcare company tackles finance transformation to support business expansion Companies experiencing rapid growth frequently find it difficult to scale their operations at a pace that fully supports the expanding business. For one healthcare company in particular, that task became even more challenging last year when a global pandemic ushered in remote working and further separated intensely data-centric functions that happened to be siloed in the first place. Blogs February 22, 2021 Changes to Accounting Standards Offer Transformational Opportunities for Insurers, with Extended Time to Implement Big changes are coming to how the insurance industry recognises and reports out financial performance. But the effects won’t be felt just in the accounting department. IFRS 17, Insurance Contracts, and its U.S. companion, accounting standard ASU 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts, are intended to add clarity for investors in the wake of events and… Client Story November 18, 2022 Insurance Distribution Firm Positions Itself for Successful IPO and Global Expansion with Finance and Technology Transformation An award-winning, entrepreneurial insurance distribution and risk management firm serving more than 1.2 million clients was facing multiple challenges as it prepared to launch an initial public offering (IPO). The company was experiencing massive growth through the acquisition of as many as 20 companies per year. Its leadership was innovating the industry with a vision to expand internationally,… Survey January 16, 2023 Commentary — Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Group 2022 has been an exigent year for the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry. Many companies continued transformations accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they faced an intensifying regulatory environment, geopolitical turmoil and supply chain disruptions. Whitepaper October 10, 2022 Governance and the Evolution of the Technology Committee — Is it Time to Establish One on Your Board? Directors are seeing a significant shift in the priorities discussed in the boardroom. Since the dawn of the 21st century, boards have seen it all — the emergence of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the 2008 global financial crisis, expanded proxy disclosure mandates in 2009, digital disruption of business models amid the threat of “born digital” market entrants, and, of course, the COVID-19… Client Story January 31, 2022 Client story: Apparel company's 'Instagram project' Apparel company enhances key processes, customer experience using insights from shoppers’ digital sentimentsBusinesses generate vast amounts of data every single day, mostly so-called dark data or information that go unused. Long before the current pandemic-driven e-commerce boom, a search technology firm estimated that 7.5 septillion gigabytes of data were generated by businesses worldwide each… Newsletter June 9, 2021 Reimagining the Future Workplace: Ask the Right Questions to Move Forward The future of a redesigned workstream looms large on the horizon. Strategic issues around returning remote workers to physical facilities, integrating new technologies into the business, acquiring and retaining the talent needed to execute digital strategies, and transitioning to a more agile workforce abound. As companies sharpen their focus on digital transformation initiatives and reimagine… Client Story July 24, 2022 Managing through change: A small professional association gains flexibility and freedom Smaller firms can’t afford to be heavily dependent on technical consultants or bound to a portfolio of siloed applications that don’t provide the ability to track data. Recently, the visionary leader of a healthcare professional association freed her business from these dilemmas. But the flexibility and strength her small team stood to gain from their digital transformation initiative were… Whitepaper August 31, 2023 Technical Debt and Innovation Trends in Manufacturing and Distribution By Sharon Lindstrom - Global Leader, Manufacturing and Distribution Industry Practice, ProtivitiBy the numbers: Overall, organisations today spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets on and invest a fifth of their IT human resources in technical debt management.This research, based on a global survey of more than 1,000 CIOs, CTOs and other technology leaders, underscores the burden created by… Newsletter January 14, 2022 The Top Risks for 2022: A Global Perspective Our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of COVID-19, people and culture issues, the economy, and digital transformation on the near-term risk landscape. In the following table, we rank our survey’s highest-rated risk themes in order of priority to provide a context for understanding the most critical uncertainties companies face over the next 12… Load More