[June 12, 2013] The Hackett Group Recaps 2013 Best Practices Conference Tweet Jun 12, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- How companies are addressing the opportunities and challenges of the global economy was the focus of The Hackett Group's 2013 North American Best Practices Conference, "Borderless Business: Integrating the Enterprise for Sustainable Success," held in Miami May 20-22, the Company reported. The Hackett Group, a global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, is a company focusing on best practice advisory, business benchmarking, and transformation consulting services including strategy and operations, working capital management, and globalization advice. In a release on June 7, the Company noted details of the conference: This year's best practices conference brought together speakers from 17 companies, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and leaders in procurement, human resources, and global business services from: Becton, Dickinson and Company; Citigroup; Coca Cola Refreshments USA; Cytec Industries; FedEx; Fidelity Investments; General Electric; General Mills; Hertz; Kimberly-Clark; Kronos; Lennox International; Meritor; MetLife; Office Depot; SAP AG; and TE Connectivity. In addition nine companies served as sponsors for The Hackett Group conference: Cadency, a product of Trintech; Coupa Software; Genpact Limited; HP; Invest Lithuania; Kronos; Open Scan; SAP; and Zycus. The invitation-only event, which was attended by over 200 senior-level executives from the world's most respected brands, also featured The Hackett Group latest insights on the strategies and tactics being deployed by the highest performing global companies. At the conference, The Hackett Group also offered an update and live demonstration of The Hackett Group's Performance Exchange, a new automated measurement dashboard designed to accelerate companies' journeys to performance. The Hackett Group Performance Exchange is a performance intelligence solution that automatically extracts data from ERP systems and benchmarks results to produce actionable insights - faster and at a fraction of the cost and effort involved in any benchmarking alternative or building a custom solution. "Today's business world is all about transcending borders, and the accelerating flow of ideas, resources, capital, and goods," explained The Hackett Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Ted Fernandez."The increasingly competitive global marketplace has reduced the interval between seeing an opportunity - or threat - and making the operational changes necessary to respond to it effectively. As a result, information and operational expectations have necessitated one global view of your customers, your supply chain, your operations, your financials and your talent. "At The Hackett Group's 2013 North American Best Practices Conference, we offered an opportunity to learn how the world's most successful companies are adapting to the opportunities and challenges of operating globally," said Fernandez. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]