Events

Upcoming Events

3 Steps to Value-Creation in GBS (and avoiding extinction!) with Rich Dobbs

Event date: 15 June 2023

None of us can miss the potential seismic changes from the latest wave of technological innovation and commercialization in Generative AI, Large Language Models, ChatGPT, Bard et al . . .

These “waves of change” are accelerating.

The pace of …

Delivering on ESG – Defining & Aligning the Key Elements!

Event date: 26 April 2023

ESG Reporting requirements may be the biggest thing to hit many organizations since Sarbanes-Oxley.

The SEC are requiring public companies to combine ESG reporting with their quarterly financial statement.

This is a challenge.

The EU and many other countries are …

The S2P “End to End” Process & GPO Journey with Dario Kulic

Event date: 20 April 2023

87% of Shared Services and GBS organisations see end to end process integration as a top priority for 2023.

But it is a challenging goal.

“Source to Pay” and “Purchase to Pay” have long been regarded as prime candidates for …

Accelerating Aspiration, Performance and Continuous Improvement

Event date: 16 February 2023

We know that top performing GBS & Shared Services organizations outperform their peers in cost, quality, productivity, cycle time and agility.

The key to being a top performer is to understand current performance, set a realistic but aspirational goal and …

4 Levers for Value Creation in Global Business Services

Event date: 26 January 2023

What does “Value Creation” in GBS really mean? How would your CEO define it?

There is a common aspiration across GBS and Shared Services organizations to shift from a solely cost reduction focus to one of value creation.

Easy to …

The CISO’s Role in driving Transformation & Continuous Improvement

Event date: 8 December 2022

We ran a fascinating 30 minute “fireside chat” with Jorge Torres, former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at UNICEF to understand the role of the CISO in a business world of conatnt transformation and change, largely centred on information . …

Optimizing the Procure to Pay Mix with PCards

Event date: 16 November 2022

We are challenged to simplify and enhance the employee experience whilst optimising the cost, effort and control balance.

Here, we discuss the drivers for change and transfomation in Purchase to Pay (P2P), the complex end-to-end process dynamics, the spend categories,

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Success Strategies for the Intercompany Global Process Owner (GPO)

Event date: 6 October 2022

Intercompany gets much less attention than O2C, R2R and P2P, but this process is responsible for a high proportion of finance transaction activity and has a massive impact on overall corporate revenue, cost, working capital, tax and product profitability.

Effective …

Enhance P2P and O2C Performance & Impact – Working Better Together

Event date: 20 September 2022

Continuous Process Improvement or Digital Transformation? It is not EITHER/OR . . .

While you develop your digital innovation & transformation programs there are small changes you can make to drive immediate gains in process efficiency/effectiveness, operational excellence and the …

The 6 Data Challenges Inhibiting Excellence and Agility in Finance – APQC

Event date: 29 June 2022

We are bombarded by reports, analyses and surveys that tell us that “data is the new oil” and that “data driven decision making” is the future of the digital business, and that our transformation and redemption is around the corner.

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Five Bear Traps to Avoid in Process Mining

Event date: 22 June 2022

Process Mining, or technically “mining for data about process execution” is a hot topic for Finance leaders, Global Business Services executives and CIOs today.

Process Mining can provide effective support to Process Excellence, Transformation & Business Change initiatives by exposing …