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66 case studies
Technology Advisory
Industrial Goods
Global AI capability activated from greenfield.
Building, operating, and transferring a global AI Center of Excellence.
Global rollout · 100+ leaders engaged
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Growth
Technology × Retail
European retail entry secured with an anchor client.
Supporting a retail software provider from market entry to its first major European client.
First major European retail reference
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Portfolio value creation
Healthcare software
Turning an investment thesis into a healthcare software group’s value-creation agenda.
A PE-backed healthcare software group connected its value-creation plan with organizational changes and commercial and product execution.
A group value-creation plan carried into commercial and product delivery.
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Corporate strategy & execution
Technology, media & telecom
Translating a corporate-strategy review into a three-year roadmap.
A TMT company reviewed its corporate direction and translated the assessment into a three-year roadmap of strategic initiatives.
A corporate-strategy review and a three-year initiative roadmap.
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Acquisition strategy & target screening
MedTech
Assessing acquisition targets for a medical-technology company.
A medical-technology company assessed acquisition targets and their strategic fit as part of its inorganic growth agenda.
Acquisition screening and strategic-fit assessment.
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Divestiture preparation
Pharmaceuticals
Building the divestiture case for a biopharma R&D platform.
A generics biopharma company evaluated the divestiture of an R&D platform and related assets, including valuation and alternative deal structures.
A divestiture case covering asset valuation and deal structures.
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New-business strategy & execution
Professional services
Building the operating foundation for a new SaaS business.
A professional-services firm launched a SaaS business with an operating model, product portfolio, delivery partners and a financial and resource plan.
An operating model and delivery plan for five SaaS initiatives.
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Operating-model restructuring
Insurance
Simplifying an insurer’s international operating model and tracking the savings.
A global insurer simplified its regional structure, consolidated specialty-insurance offerings and connected organizational changes with savings tracking.
Regional restructuring with position-level savings tracking.
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Technology cutover leadership
Manufacturing
Coordinating a manufacturer’s global SAP cutover.
A manufacturer coordinated testing, migration, system cutover and the transition from legacy processes within a global SAP program.
Shared runbooks for testing, migration and the legacy transition.
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Corporate-banking integration
Wholesale banking
Sequencing corporate-banking migration after an acquisition.
A bank designed a wave-based migration for acquired corporate-banking operations, connecting client scope with data, systems and phased implementation.
Migration waves linking corporate clients, data and systems.
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Procurement technology steering
Banking
Steering a bank’s move to electronic purchasing and invoicing.
Independent technology PMO connected supplier onboarding, purchasing controls and Ariba delivery in a bank’s invoice-automation program.
A coordinated transition from paper invoices to electronic purchase orders and processing.
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Procurement rollout governance
Hotels & resorts
Bringing purchasing controls into a hotel group’s global rollout.
Independent technology PMO steered a hotel group’s Ariba rollout, aligning purchasing policies, system integration and user adoption.
A common purchasing process with clearer approvals and supplier transaction visibility.
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Procurement integration steering
Food & beverage
Coordinating procurement across a mixed ERP landscape.
Independent technology PMO steered an Ariba procurement rollout across SAP and Oracle systems at a food-and-beverage company.
A common purchasing model connected to different ERP systems and procurement operations.
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Cloud procurement program steering
Pharmaceuticals
Steering a pharmaceutical company’s cloud procurement integration.
Independent technology PMO coordinated phased Ariba delivery, integration requirements and data dependencies for a pharmaceutical company.
Phased procurement delivery with explicit integration and data-management scope.
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Procurement controls & delivery
Apparel & luxury goods
Improving supplier payments through a coordinated procurement rollout.
Independent technology PMO connected purchasing controls, integration and Ariba rollout at a fashion company with fragmented processes.
A shared purchasing system with automated approvals and more timely supplier payments.
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Hybrid procurement integration
Media & entertainment
Connecting cloud purchasing with an established SAP environment.
Independent technology PMO coordinated a media organization’s hybrid procurement program across SAP systems, catalogs and Ariba Network.
Supplier collaboration and contract-aligned catalogs connected to self-service purchasing.
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Source-to-pay program steering
Industrial equipment
Steering a source-to-pay rollout for an energy-equipment supplier.
Independent technology PMO aligned sourcing, contract controls and SAP integration in an equipment supplier’s international Ariba rollout.
Sourcing and contract management connected with purchasing execution and spend reporting.
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Sourcing platform program steering
Telecommunications
Coordinating a telecom group’s sourcing and contract transformation.
Independent technology PMO steered contract migration, supplier integration and spend-data alignment around a shared procurement platform.
A common source-to-contract platform with contract migration and a phased spend-reporting scope.
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Contingent-workforce rollout
Telecommunications
Extending a contingent-workforce platform across country operations.
Independent technology PMO coordinated country requirements, ERP interfaces and user acceptance for a telecom group’s Fieldglass rollout.
An existing workforce solution adapted to local requirements and connected to purchasing processes.
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Procurement & workforce program steering
Insurance
Connecting procurement and contingent-workforce visibility at an insurer.
Independent technology PMO coordinated Ariba and Fieldglass delivery across ERP systems, worker data and supplier-rate structures.
Purchasing and workforce information brought together for more consistent supplier management.
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Workforce program design & governance
Oil & gas
Preparing a global contingent-workforce program in oil and gas.
Independent technology PMO linked contractor-data improvements and a common operating standard with the design of a Fieldglass program.
A contractor-management standard, improved reporting and a plan for platform implementation.
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Workforce operating model & integration
Oil & gas
Making an existing workforce platform work across the business.
Independent technology PMO connected operating-model redesign with HR and ERP integration around an energy company’s existing Fieldglass platform.
Clearer workforce responsibilities and integration with HR and time-management systems.
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Travel & expense rollout governance
Pharmaceuticals
Establishing quality gates for a pharmaceutical travel-and-expense rollout.
Independent technology PMO supported a Concur rollout through common deployment methods, country coordination and quality gates.
Global process ownership and local requirements connected through a repeatable deployment approach.
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Cloud expense-program steering
Pharmaceuticals
Coordinating a pharmaceutical company’s move to cloud expense management.
Independent technology PMO aligned local requirements, vendor delivery and service transition in a global Concur program.
Regional applications replaced by a shared cloud service with a coordinated handover to support.
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Expense controls & operating performance
Banking
Reducing expense-processing effort through risk-based controls.
Independent technology PMO steered changes to a bank’s expense-review rules, connecting risk-based checks with Concur operations.
Targeted claim review reduced processing effort and accelerated employee reimbursement.
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Procurement operating model
Chemicals
Redesigning procurement for a global chemicals company.
A chemicals company defined global, regional and local procurement responsibilities after acquisitions expanded its international operations.
Category ownership, governance and staffing needs translated into a procurement organization and rollout plan.
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Product redesign & sourcing
Medical technology
Redesigning a dental chair for better manufacturing economics.
A dental-equipment business redesigned a premium chair and developed sourcing in China to improve its cost structure.
Product design and supplier choices addressed together to improve manufacturing economics.
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Core-system integration & program recovery
Debt collection
Getting a stalled core-system program moving again.
A debt-collection portfolio company stabilized its end-to-end system integration through full program ownership, business-logic design and coordinated testing.
Business logic, stakeholder testing and vendor delivery brought under one accountable program.
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AI implementation & retail operations
Retail
Putting AI to work in retail planning and pricing.
A retailer connected AI demand forecasting, store allocation and markdown decisions with a shared platform and new ways of working.
Demand, allocation and pricing models supported by a common AI platform.
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AI strategy & transformation planning
Automotive
Setting an automotive manufacturer’s AI strategy and rollout plan.
A premium automotive manufacturer organized fragmented AI initiatives into a shared target, prioritized use cases and a rollout roadmap.
A common approach to AI, tested in pilot functions and extended into a company-wide plan.
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AI, process automation & organization
Banking
Scaling AI and automation across a bank’s customer journeys.
A bank redesigned customer journeys and implemented AI and process automation to shorten turnaround times and improve operating performance.
Customer-journey redesign supported by AI, automation and organizational change.
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AI optimization & operating performance
Metals & mining
Improving grinding-mill throughput with machine learning.
A mining company used machine learning to identify operating settings that improved throughput at a constrained grinding mill.
Process-data analysis and simulation to improve output from an existing bottleneck.
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Zero-based budgeting & organization design
Cosmetics
Reducing sales-force costs through zero-based budgeting.
A cosmetics company redesigned its sales force in a zero-based budgeting engagement, reducing the cost of its sales-force structure by 20%.
Sales-force redesign with a documented reduction in structural costs.
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IT cost reduction & sourcing
Automotive
Reducing IT costs to fund an automotive transformation.
A global automotive manufacturer reduced near-term IT costs and built a phased savings program to help fund its digital transformation.
A shared spend baseline, supplier negotiations and a phased cost-reduction plan.
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IT sourcing & operating model
Apparel & luxury goods
Reshaping IT sourcing at a global luxury-goods company.
A luxury-goods company assessed supplier consolidation and a more cost-effective IT operating model to support its business transformation.
Supplier options and retained capabilities connected to a phased transition plan.
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Commercial due diligence
Healthcare purchasing
Testing the growth case for a healthcare purchasing group.
Commercial due diligence assessed a healthcare purchasing group’s growth assumptions, customer retention and opportunities in procurement software.
An independent assessment of core purchasing economics and adjacent digital services.
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Commercial due diligence
Fitness equipment
Assessing the commercial position of a fitness equipment manufacturer.
A private equity investor assessed a global fitness equipment manufacturer through customer, channel and competitor analysis.
Customer purchasing behavior and competitive positioning across commercial fitness markets.
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IT strategy & transformation planning
Airlines
Redesigning an airline’s IT strategy, sourcing and architecture.
An airline aligned supplier review, technology architecture and IT capabilities in a phased transformation plan.
A coordinated plan for supplier choices, digital capabilities and the IT organization.
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HR transformation & technology selection
Chemicals
Designing a global HR operating model and selecting its technology.
A global chemicals company brought HR organization, processes and cloud-platform selection into one transformation plan.
An HR target model, a Workday recommendation and a phased implementation plan.
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Customer master data & governance
Medical technology
Putting customer-data ownership into practice at a MedTech company.
A global MedTech company activated customer-data governance and designed how to manage complex hospital and buying-group relationships.
Operational data ownership and an architecture for customer-group relationships.
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Product master data & governance
Medical technology
Preparing MedTech product data for tenders and customer systems.
A product-data workstream defined ownership, quality measures and a rollout plan for tendering and standardized data exchange.
A product-data readiness assessment tied to specific customer and tender requirements.
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Data strategy & governance
Financial services
Creating a common data strategy across a financial services group.
An acquisitive financial services group aligned information architecture, data ownership and regulatory projects.
Shared information principles and business ownership across risk, finance and IT.
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Data governance & operating model
Banking
Clarifying who owns data across a bank.
A bank redesigned its data-management responsibilities and defined a practical path to a more mature operating model.
An immediate organizational recommendation and a longer-term development path.
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Data quality & operating performance
Telecommunications
Reducing network costs through better operational data.
A mobile operator addressed poor network data that was driving rework, unnecessary access costs and weak capacity visibility.
Targeted data corrections, operating-process changes and clear accountability.
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Procurement & data architecture
Electronics
Making procurement data usable across an electronics business.
An electronics company connected procurement processes and data architecture to improve visibility and control.
A procurement data platform designed around user needs and phased delivery.
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Merger governance & activist PMO
Consumer products
Coordinating a consumer-group merger through an activist PMO.
A central program office connected merger initiatives, financial tracking and change across a global consumer group.
Central coordination with implementation responsibilities retained in the divisions.
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Performance transformation & activist PMO
Industrial equipment
Putting an activist PMO inside a manufacturer’s performance program.
An industrial manufacturer combined executive oversight with program-office members embedded in key workstreams.
Initiative-level tracking and a direct reporting line to the chief executive.
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IT integration strategy
Industrial services
Choosing the stronger platform after a merger.
An industrial services merger used the acquired business’s systems as the basis for integration.
Platform selection and an integration roadmap across applications, infrastructure and organization.
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Banking IT integration
Banking
Bringing two banks onto one technology platform.
A dedicated program office coordinated systems integration and data conversion after a bank acquisition.
Integrated planning, budget challenge and delivery oversight through migration.
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Carve-out & integration
Pharmaceuticals
Separating and integrating a global pharmaceuticals business.
A pharmaceutical acquisition required coordinated separation, IT integration and transitional-service exits.
Country-level separation plans connected to a global integration program.
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Technology program steering
Banking
Steering a bank’s core platform renewal.
Independent program management brought delivery plans, suppliers and budgets into one governance structure.
Decision support and delivery control across a major core-banking transformation.
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IT integration & organization
Insurance
Coordinating IT integration across two insurers.
An insurance merger aligned IT delivery, organizational design and outsourcing decisions.
A shared program office, target organization and coordinated release plan.
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Infrastructure & integration economics
Financial services
Consolidating infrastructure across a financial services group.
A financial services acquisition opened a wider opportunity to consolidate infrastructure across the group.
Service-level, cost and dependency analysis across three infrastructure environments.
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IT sourcing & contract renegotiation
Rail transport
Resetting a rail operator’s infrastructure and network contracts.
A rail operator reduced outsourced infrastructure and network costs through detailed commercial negotiations and changes to network delivery.
Contract benchmarking and executive negotiations across infrastructure and networks.
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Application and network sourcing
Convenience retail
Reducing application and network costs for a convenience retailer.
A convenience retailer reset application support and network arrangements, matching costs and service levels more closely to its needs.
Application-level service requirements and a commercially supported network transition.
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Software licensing & cost optimization
Airlines
Aligning an airline’s software licenses with actual needs.
An airline reduced server and user-software spending by reviewing license coverage, maintenance commitments and subscription tiers.
A focused review of license requirements, assurance spending and user subscriptions.
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Data-center contract renegotiation
Chemicals
Renegotiating a chemical producer’s data-center agreement.
A chemical producer reduced outsourced data-center costs through benchmarking, detailed commercial proposals and senior supplier negotiations.
An evidence-based commercial reset of an existing data-center relationship.
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IT supplier portfolio optimization
Apparel & luxury goods
Reducing IT supplier costs across a fashion business.
A fashion company reviewed technology consulting, telecom and software spending, using different sourcing measures for each category.
A coordinated sourcing review across external teams, connectivity and software.
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Technology operating model & talent
Logistics
Designing an in-house engineering function for a logistics business.
A logistics company defined the operating model and workforce plan for an internal engineering function.
Engineering roles, talent requirements and launch governance for a business moving beyond outsourced delivery.
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Technology strategy & roadmap
Technology
Defining a technology roadmap for maintenance renewals.
A technology business assessed its renewal processes and supporting systems, then defined the capabilities and roadmap needed to improve them.
A business-led assessment connecting renewal processes, system gaps and future investment choices.
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Business and technology assessment
Insurance
Assessing the business and technical health of a life-insurance platform.
A life insurer examined business-process gaps alongside application and code health to inform its platform strategy.
Business requirements and technical findings brought into one view of platform renewal priorities.
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Enterprise architecture planning
Technology
Mapping application changes for a technology business’s distribution function.
Current and preliminary target blueprints set out how a distribution application landscape could change.
A preliminary view of retained, proposed and potentially retired applications.
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Technology landscape assessment
Consumer products
Creating a technology baseline for a consumer-products business.
A consumer-products business reviewed applications, data and infrastructure against its business processes to define technology priorities.
A connected view of application coverage, data quality and infrastructure constraints.
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Application and infrastructure strategy
Insurance
Identifying shared technology opportunities across an insurance group.
An insurance group assessed applications and infrastructure across two business segments to identify rationalization and shared-service options.
Technology overlap, lifecycle constraints and consolidation options assessed across the group.
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Post-merger integration
Banking · EMEA
Bank integration from diligence to execution.
Scipio & Partners delivered business and technology integration for a bank in EMEA, from technology due diligence through customer migration and testing.
Product mapping, customer migration and testing across business and IT.
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