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In Interim Management, News, Solutions, Supply Chain

The Supply Chain: Getting ‘match-fit’ for 2020 and beyond

Automation, Digital Transformation & Sustainability: Looking Ahead As we touched on previously, digital transformation is rapidly evolving the landscape of supply chain management. However, the question now remains, how can Supply Chain leaders build towards an ever-approaching future? To design a supply chain that is future-fit, Supply...

February 27, 2019

In Interim Management, News, Retail, Solutions

Brexit: What Lies Beneath?

With the incessant talk of backstops, customs unions and a shifting March 29th deadline, BREXIT still dominates the political and economic landscape almost to the exclusion of all else. However, in the background (and almost unseen), there are potential shifts taking place creating an economic...

February 27, 2019

In Case Study, Finance, Solutions

Succession Planning: A Combined Solution?

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January 23, 2019

In Interim Management, News, Solutions, Supply Chain

Digitisation: Are you ready?

For some time now we’ve been carpet bombed with lofty tomes from so-called ‘Thought Leaders’ about the impending Digital Era, and the impact of AI and advanced analytics on business. Being of a more practical nature, and recognising that a digitized supply chain will add...

January 23, 2019

In Solutions

The Top Priorities across Procurement & Supply Chain

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January 7, 2019

In Finance, Solutions

Financial Controller 2.0 – are they out there?

What factors do you consider when hiring a Financial Controller? We all know that the role is rapidly evolving and has moved away from just ‘number crunching’ as EY’s classic 2008 report “The changing role of the Financial Controller” highlighted. Today, leading a smoothly running...

November 21, 2018

In Change & Transformation, Finance, Solutions

De-risking the ‘New FD’ with the Appliance of Science

Whilst much has changed since The Seven Hats of the FD was published (ICAEW, 2011), its key themes still resonate. The authors sought to foresee how the role of the Finance Director would evolve as well as how the individual skill set, profile and characteristics...

October 18, 2018

In News, Solutions

Forget the ‘War For Talent’ … Things just got real!

Good leaders are critical to driving growth and productivity, yet organisations are finding it more difficult to attract next-generation leaders and high potential talent. The Chartered Management Institute recently stated that 64% of employers think lack of leadership and management is holding back growth. They...

October 17, 2018

In Solutions, Technology

The data search market: Where is it at?

According to a recent McKinsey report, the number of analytics skills job opening in the US has grown exceptionally. One source suggested it had grown from 2.3 million in 2015 to 2.9 million this year. This exponential growth has proved that data has become a...

October 10, 2018

In Case Study, Solutions

Case Study: FTSE100 General Counsel & Company Secretary Search

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September 27, 2018