Unleashing Innovation In Operational Excellence Sponsors

The Bold Group is an innovation consultancy that uses data and empirical patterns to radically improve upon the status quo. We believe that operational excellence can reach further with innovation. Using scientifically researched patterns of innovation, we have achieved cost and time savings of up to 70% with clients across all continents and industries – from Airbus to Shell. Twitter handle “UNLEASHING INNOVATION IN OPEX”: What if you were only scratching the surface of what Operational Excellence can do?

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions - underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network - Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 469,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at https://www.accenture.com.

Capgemini Invent is part of the Capgemini Group and focuses on consulting, digital innovation and transformation – helping organizations with bringing to life what’s next. Capgemini Invent consists of a 6,000+ strong team located in more than 30 offices and 10 creative studios around the world. Capgemini Invent’s specialist capabilities provide clients with the ability to operate at the speed of digital; to ideate and design digital transformation strategy, tangible digital solution prototypes and transformation plans, while assessing the path for scaling and monitoring them by leveraging the full expertise of the Group. Capgemini Invent helps its clients to stay relevant and be ahead of the competition.

B2G Consulting is an international consulting firm specialised in supply chain & operational performance, planning and execution. We offer experienced, expert consulting, training and benchmarking services across a broad range of industries. We work passionately with our clients to turn their supply chains into a competitive advantage by significantly improving margins, asset efficiency and supply chain responsiveness. With offices in Europe, Middle East & Africa and Asia Pacific, B2G Consulting is the ideal partner to help you achieve operational excellence across your supply chain. Visit us at www.b2g-consulting.com

i-nexus is the leading provider of Saas strategy execution software. We help Global 5000 organizations create strategy that works and align strategy with execution in order to achieve goals faster, with less effort and lower operational cost. Today over 50,000 people use i-nexus to globally manage over 150,000 programs; generating over $7 billion in financial benefits. We help: • Leaders of OPEX programs ensure their improvement investment is aligned with the business goals and is delivering financial and non-financial benefits; • Business leaders utilize frameworks like Hoshin Planning and Balanced Scorecard to cascade goals to actionable priorities; • Business Transformation Leaders and Heads of PMO align their strategic initiatives with business objectives, drive execution of strategic programs and track the realization of benefits. Ours is the only software that provides a complete roadmap for execution and translates high-level strategies into action. This is the corporate website for more information https://www.i-nexus.com/

SPARQ360 helps midsize and large organizations around the World to better utilize the COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE in their organization and their network to become best in class, agile, innovative and leaders in their industry or sector. Our services support successful People engagement, Innovation, Continuous Improvement, Change management, Program evaluations and Supply Chain Optimization. The SPARQ360 Value Circle provides a unique suite of integrated end to end solutions that include ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE to listen well to the suggestions of your large and worldwide spread organization, IDEATION to generate specific ideas and solutions and use all knowledge of your crowd and REALIZATION to make it happen. Our experienced people, certified global processes and unique technology provides solutions that you won't find anywhere else in the market. With offices and teams in the USA, Germany and the Netherlands, we successfully supported many midsize and large organizations in sectors as Healthcare, Private Equities, Industrial & Manufacturing, Government and Public organizations to realize large improvements in productivity quality, culture & motivation and process and product innovations.

Atos Consulting is the leading global business and IT consultancy part of Atos, the international listed IT service provider and global IT partner for the Olympic Games. We have established our position as the trusted partner for our clients’ digital transformation, with the resources, scale and know-how that our clients need. Atos Consulting has extensive experience in organizational and process optimizations in order to reach your goals and become future proof. The recently upgraded Business Performance Improvement approach provided the basis for numerous optimizations in the industrial, financial, public, European, Telecom and Utilities sector for all organizational departments.

Reinvigoration is a UK-based consultancy specialising in integrating Operational Excellence with innovation and cutting-edge technologies to transform service operations. Throughout the years, we have developed a set of consulting, coaching and capability building solutions that have delivered great outcomes and business benefits time and time again. Our transparent and tailored approach enables you to respond to the ever-evolving needs of your customers through your service operations; create transformational cultures of continuous improvement whilst building internal capability and maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. Please visit www.reinvigoration.com or e-mail info@reinvigoration.co.uk for more information.

i-nexus is the leading provider of strategy execution, operational excellence and business transformation software. We help Global 5000 organizations create strategy that works and align strategy with execution in order to achieve goals faster, with less effort and lower operational cost. Today over 50,000 people use i-nexus to globally manage over 150,000 programs; generating over $7 billion in financial benefits. Ours is the only platform that provides a complete roadmap for execution and translates high-level strategies into action. This is the integrated approach adopted by the legendary Danaher and Toyota business systems. Please visit www.i-nexus.com

Kaizen Institute helps its clients to build a sustainable KAIZENTM Culture. We transfer our knowledge, expertise and skills, creating KAIZENers in our clients’ organisations. Kaizen Institute is the original and premier provider of KAIZEN™ services. We support companies of all sizes in all market segments, providing them with a sustainable, competitive advantage. Our mission is: “Improving the world with Everyone, Everywhere, Every day – The KAIZENTM way”. We have the longest history of serving organizations around the world in consulting and training, specifically in the field of KAIZEN™, Lean management and Continuous Improvement. The KAIZEN™ methodology has been gradually developed over many decades. It was publically and officially introduced to the world in the 1980’s as a systematic methodology through the best selling book "KAIZEN™" by Masaaki Imai, the founder of Kaizen Institute.

Change4Win is a unique collaborative platform that optimizes and accelerates the transformation processes throughout their life cycle by means of built-in modules dedicated to each category of activities. We support and give visibility to initiatives such as Strategy alignment, Operational Excellence, Customer satisfaction, Risk management. It can successfully get different levels of employees involved in solving issues and achieving operational objectives, thus evolving towards a more human-centric organization.

Upland PowerSteering is a complete program, project and portfolio solution that enables organizations to align strategy and execution from the top down; helping our customers achieve demonstrable productivity and cost savings. PowerSteering has a proven track record working with pioneers in continuous improvement and is trusted by many of the world’s leading organizations including PolyOne, Johnson Controls, Staples, US Department of Defense, and more. PowerSteering can help you run a more successful CI initiative by helping you identify, evaluate and execute programs that reduce waste, cut expenses, and streamline business operations. Visit us on the web https://uplandsoftware.com/powersteering/