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Shared Services in Government: Turning Private-Section Lessons Into Public-Sector Best Practices: Dismal service, soaring costs and rolls of red tape continue to muddy the reputation of many government agencies. But the time is right for fresh thinking on how government support services should be organized and managed. Governments in many of the world's mature democracies are struggling to improve services while...; Tags: A.T. Kearney, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2005-04-18
Beyond SOX: Keeping Up With Corporate Governance Changes: Most CIOs have been intimately involved in meeting Sarbanes-Oxley SOX deadlines and setting up auditing reporting processes. But if you're tempted to sigh in relief as your company becomes compliant - don't. Rather, this is the time to investigate the talk you've heard of "beyond SOX." As the reality of...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Corporate Governance, A.T. Kearney, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2004-12-02
A.T. Kearney: Spending on e-business: Companies are now spending 20.3% of their IT budgets on e-business initiatives, with the biggest chunk of the spending being allocated to networking and infrastructure investments. The study, which is based on a survey of 150 IT executives at companies with more than $250 million in annual revenue, reveals that...; Tags: e-business; Blog posts 2003-09-07
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions Uses Custom-Tailored CRM to Slash Lag Time Between Deal Close and Fulfillment: A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, a salesforce.com customer since 2000, has improved customer lifecycle management with salesforce.com. The procurement services leader has customized salesforce.com to track product types, partners, implementation timeframes and revenue, allowing the company to provide better, faster service to prospects and customers while giving its executives the data...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., A.T. Kearney, Procurement Services Leader, Sales Force Management, Sales; Case studies
A.T. Kearney Improves Ability to Manage and Share Intellectual Capital Across the Organization: A.T. Kearney, Inc. is one of the world's largest management consulting firms. With a global presence spanning major and emerging markets, A.T. Kearney provides strategic, operational, organizational, and technology consulting services to the world's leading companies. The company wanted to leverage expertise in specific knowledge areas and apply it not...; Tags: Oracle Corp., A.T. Kearney, Strategy, Management; Case studies

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Marketing Services Firm Develops Clear Access to Remote LOB Applications: National Marketing Resources is a 450-employee firm based in Kearney, Missouri, that provides sales and consulting services for entrepreneurs and small businesses in real estate investment and e-commerce. They needed to train new associates in the process of logging in to a new desktop and helping them understand the difference...; Tags: Marketing, Clear, National Marketing Resources, Terminal Services, Help Desk, Servers, It Operations, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-12
Marketing Services Firm Introduces Sleek SOA With Server Upgrade: National Marketing Resources, a 450-employee firm based in Kearney, Missouri, provides sales and consulting services for entrepreneurs and small businesses in real estate investment and e-commerce. NMR needed a reliable, security-enhanced, and easily managed Web and application platform for LINKS. This platform would simultaneously provide TCP-bound connections for internal rich...; Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Real Estate, Server Upgrades, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-06
Microsoft and Daisy will make Word speak: Microsoft and Daisy will make Word speakDaisy TechnologiesThere are many resources out there that benefit those with visual impairments, as well as those with dyslexia, while successfully converting pdf, Word docs and other files into DAISY playable formats. Dolphin creates a tool called EasyReader that can play DAISY talking books...; Tags: Word processors, PRODUCTIVITY, E-books, Microsoft Office, Dolphin Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Daisy Technologies, Microsoft Word; Discussion threads 2008-01-14
Microsoft and Daisy will make Word speak: Microsoft is extending its lead in assistive technology alongside the Daisy Foundation. Microsoft will make a Daisy plug-in available on Sourceforge early next year which will read Word 2003 and 2007 files out-loud. The plug-in will act as a converter between the Open XML...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Daisy, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Pigs Might Fly in Iowa: According to the Hawk Eye, Iowa has the distinction of joining Nevada and Wisconsin on our list of recent state government project failures. In this case, A.T. Kearney was hired for $3.4 million and saved the state $2.9 million. From the article:"When [the project] started, the payment to A.T. Kearney...; Tags: Project management; Blog posts 2007-07-26
2007 Chrysler Town & Country: We found Chrysler's launch of the 2008 Town & Country minivan at the Detroit Auto Show interesting enough that we asked to review the current version, a 2007 Chrysler Town & Country. Despite its peppy engine, the soft-sprung Town & Country is a handful in urban driving. The car makes...; Tags: leg room, Town & Country, Daimler AG, cup; Product reviews 2007-03-05
Reducing Consulting Costs with Productized Content: High-priced, open-ended consulting deals often fuel enterprise software implementation failures. As a result, a trend has developed among consulting companies and software vendors to package services into pre-defined, discrete units, decreasing risk and lowering costs for the customer. As examples, see here (pre-configured content shipping with software), here packaged services,...; Tags: Packaged Services, Implementation; Blog posts 2006-10-13
Productized Services - AT Kearny: Jason Busch at the SpendMatters blog has a great post describing AT Kearnys procurement-related consulting offerings. His description of AT Kearnys services is instructive for anyone interested in packaged services: Procurement Solutions is focused on creating repeatable, expert solutions to Spend Management versus a more traditional...; Tags: Packaged Services, Consulting; Blog posts 2006-10-10
56% of users with Internet-capable cell phones use e-mail and Internet: 56% of people with advanced cellular phones said they use the devices to access the Internet or check email at least once a month, a significant jump from the 36% who said the same in 2004, A.T. Kearney said.; Tags: Internet; Blog posts 2005-11-05
SOA and M&As: the power of two, or less than zero?: When Sperry Corporation merged with Burroughs Corporation a number of years ago to form Unisys, the combine ran a series of TV ads that bragged about offering "the Power of Two." Most mergers and acquisitions don't result in the Power of Two, of course -- they more likely give you...; Tags: merger, Web, Web service; Blog posts 2005-08-17
Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobs: Report: Offshoring only one drain on tech jobshow about if we fire all the guys who did the studyshipped those jobs overseas and THEN asked them to re-evaluate their findings ?Successful businesses hire far awayFrom the article:"Companies founded in the Bay Area will typically maintain the majority of their workforce...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, job, offshoring, outsource; Discussion threads 2004-07-15
On the outsourcing hot seat: On the outsourcing hot seatLet's see, how can I put this..."Q: Who wins and who loses from offshore relocations? A: The Indian companies and Indian employees win, and so do the American companies that outsource. For the American companies, this clearly is an instrument for them to improve their productivity,...; Tags: Government, Benefits, Strategy, outsourcing, outsource; Discussion threads 2004-01-20
RFID Will Bring Great Benefits for Retailers: Retailers can expect extensive inventory and labor cost savings from the adoption of Radio Frequency IDentification RFID technology, but some consumer product manufacturers will face higher costs and delayed benefits from adopting the technology. That is the conclusion of a new report on RFID and the Electronic Product Code EPC...; Tags: Benefit, RFID, Retail, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; White papers