Consulting Propositions for a Downturn
Thursday December 18th, 2008 - ICAEW, London

Description

Coffee Registration

Main Sessions

Introduction
How to Prosper in a Downturn (highlights)
Jon Moulton - Managing Partner, Alchemy Partner
(Presented by Advanced Business Solutions)

Jon recently gave the keynote speech at an Executive Briefing for Financial Directors entitled, ‘How to Prosper in a Downturn’. This session will summarise the highlights of that keynote, including video footage, that will be of special interest to Consulting organisations.

Consulting in a Downturn
Clive Lewis - Head of Medium Sector Issues
ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales)

As Head of Medium Sector Issues at the Institute, Clive has spent a significant amount of time analysing and advising on what UK organisations should do in a downturn. Clive will discuss the unique issues affecting Consulting organisations in a downturn and will offer his practical advice on what such organisations should do to prosper in the current environment, based on end-user client needs and expectations.

Propositions to generate client interest and income
- Advanced Business Solutions

This session will look at a number of business areas that offer clients a potentially low initial investment, a rapid time to implementation and a fast return on investment.These areas include:

• The Procure to Pay cycle (streamlining processes, reducing maverick expenditure and maximising supplier terms)
• Document Management (reducing processing costs and time, improving supplier relationships and advancing green IT)
  
• Analytics ‘out of the box’ (enabling organisations to better understand, manage and improve their businesses)
  
• Managed Services (saving costs, infrastructure and building resiliency)

These propositions can often require significant higher-value consulting such as change management and business process transformation. Advanced Business Solutions welcomes the opportunity to work with third party consulting organisations in the delivery of these value-added services

Client case studies
Advanced Business Solutions This session will discuss successful projects with reference to the propositions outlined, involving Consultants, Advanced Business Solutions and satisfied clients. Projects range from a multi-million pound shared services engagement to a small procurement review.

Questions and Answers

Drinks Reception for networking and discussion

The afternoon will finish with a FREE reception of drinks and canapés to allow delegates the opportunity to network with their peers and continue discussion of issues raised during the main keynote sessions