Outsourcing And Shared Services Industry Focused On Automation And Growth: KPMG/HfS 2017 Report
Priority Investment Areas Include Robotic Processing Automation, Analytics and Social/Mobile; 'C-Suite' Needs Digital Solutions That Drive Down Costs
NEW YORK, May 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior executives have set their sights on digital and automated solutions that drive down costs and plan to invest in a number of key areas over the next two years, according to the 2017 State of the Outsourcing, Shared Services and Operations Industry report by HfS Research and KPMG LLP, the audit, tax, and advisory firm. Specifically, executives surveyed indicate they'll invest in Robotic Processing Automation (43%), analytics solutions (34%) and social, mobile and interactive media (33%) to help propel their digital enterprises.
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"The Outsourcing and Shared Services industry is in a state of flux," said David J. Brown, KPMG principal and Share Services and Outsourcing Advisory global lead. "Management layers have increasingly separate priorities and are morphing together as 'digital' into a combination of business and technology drivers. The C-suite wants digitally driven front-office integration, predictive real-time data and speed-to-market, while aggressively driving down costs."
The KPMG/HfS survey also found that replacing "on premise" software solutions with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms (32%), as well as training and workforce development and change management initiatives (28%), ranked among the highest priorities of the senior vice presidents and vice presidents and below who were surveyed. Public cloud investments (30%), cognitive computing (28%) and hiring Millennials (20%) rounded out the list. The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector is the top investor in RPA at 44 percent.
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Added Phil Fersht, founder, CEO and chief analyst at HfS Research: "There has never been a time in the history of services when we've arrived at such a pivotal turning point. What used to work for clients is now commodity, and those service providers wanting to avoid this downward spiral into transactional insignificance must make serious investments in their internal capabilities to partner with their clients. They must invest in more people who can work closely with their clients to implement real capabilities -- rolling out automation roadmaps, designing digital business models, and working with clients to develop predictive data models and smart cognitive strategies."
Survey Methodology
KPMG LLP and HfS surveyed approximately 454 enterprise executives ("buyers") comprised of advisors/consultants (110); service provider executives (265) and others spread across North America (44%); EMEA (23%); Asia-Pacific (26%); and the rest of the world (7%). Approximately 41% of respondents are senior vice presidents and above (including C-Suite). Fully 83% were from companies with revenues of $1 billion+ (36% $5 billion +) evenly distributed across Business Financial Services and Insurance; manufacturing; retail; healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
About KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (www.kpmg.com/us), is the independent U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"). KPMG International's independent member firms have 189,000 professionals, including more than 9,000 partners, in 152 countries.
About HfS Research
HfS Research is The Services Research Company™—the leading analyst authority and global community for business operations and IT services. The firm helps organizations validate and improve their global operations with world-class research, benchmarking and peer networking. HfS Research was named "Independent Analyst Firm of the Year for 2016" by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations, which voted on 170 other leading analysts. In 2016, IIAR named HfS Chief Analyst Phil Fersht Analyst of the Year for the third time.
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