As the numbers of mergers and acquisitions continue to rise, the majority still fail to realize their intended value. Following best-practices and using third party support can help increase your chances of success. Perficient’s wide variety of tools and assets in the following eight capability categories help complement and drive the overall success of a […]
Posts Tagged ‘Management Consulting’
Healthcare M&A: Pillars of Success
While the number of healthcare M&A transactions continues to recover since the COVID-19 pandemic, the overwhelming majority of organizations still fail to realize their intended M&A value. This is often due to unclearly defined business imperatives, poor program planning, and lack of discipline around establishing necessary initial guardrails. There are however, some best practices that […]
Why Healthcare Organizations are Missing the Mark in M&A
Market pressures are motivating both hospitals and health systems to seek operational, strategic, or financial value through consolidation. The yearly number of hospital M&A transactions has grown over the past decade. While healthcare M&A slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are once again starting to see deal volume grow at a rate that’s overwhelming […]
4 Takeaways From Our How Xcel Energy Built an Arc Flash Electrical Safety Program Webinar
When Perficient senior project manager Morgan McNeal was assigned to collaborate with Xcel Energy to create a plan to revamp their arc flash safety electrical program, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. But, three years and a withstanding partnership with Xcel Energy engineer Eduardo Ramirez Bettoni later, she is now an […]
The Importance of a Robust Arc Flash Electrical Safety Program
Arc flash is a type of uncontrolled electrical discharge that occurs when an electric current strays from its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another. They most often occur in electricity and power plants, or any place that uses electrical equipment such as substations and transmission lines. Arc flashes are […]
Industry Slant // Bob Vanek Talks Denver, Reverse Logistics, Baseball
Bob Vanek is the chief strategist for Perficient’s supply chain practice. He has more than 20 years of experience managing project delivery across various industries and consulting environments. Denver & Dentists Madeline McDermott: Where were you born? Bob Vanek: Fort Dix, New Jersey. MM: Where did you go after? BV: When I was about six […]
The Importance of User Groups
Can I bend your ear for a moment? I want to talk to you about the importance of User Groups in today’s business environment, which has found companies experiencing the need to undergo sweeping, rapid changes. It’s not just employers navigating a tsunami of challenges, ranging from managing a displaced workforce to supply chain woes […]
Perficient Names Five Area Vice Presidents, Expands Executive Leadership Team
Perficient is proud to announce the appointment of Vishal Rajpal, Glenn Kline, Prakash Chembai, Mary-Beth Ostasz, and Jason Hudnall as Area Vice Presidents (AVP). The expanded executive leadership team will drive continued growth and operational excellence across Perficient while delivering superior solutions for clients. “As Perficient continues to grow, we’re thrilled to broaden our executive […]
Spinning Straw into Gold – Tales of a Warehouse Management System Implementation
Supply chain complexity doesn’t have to be complicated. A well designed, mutually dependent and interconnected set of systems where a change in one component can influence other components can actually be quite simple. For one of our clients, a major telecommunications company, their existing supply chain and inventory management processes had been effectively supporting their […]
How to Save Millions Using Target Stocking Level Algorithms
Faced with the daunting task of saving $6.5 million in annual spend at a large aerospace manufacturer, our small team began evaluating options. We first examined the usual suspects, such as SKU rationalization, improved repair/refurbishment practices, and optimized preventative maintenance to reduce unnecessary equipment downtime. Little did we know at the time, but our most […]
Perficient Culture is a Hole-In-One
After months of snow and cold weather, one Saturday afternoon in February of 2020, more than 70 Perficient colleagues came together for a company party in Centennial, Colorado. Team Bonding at Top Golf It was as if the clouds parted just for this day! The weather was beautiful, bright and sunny in the upper sixties, […]
Supply Chain Workers: America’s Unsung Heroes of COVID-19
Never before has supply chain been at the forefront of the world’s minds than it is in this COVID-19 crisis today. Supply chain workers across the globe are still showing up every day in factories, warehouses, tractor-trailers, retail stores, and ports. Having spent the better part of my 25-year career designing and implement supply chain […]