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Making strategy happen
Organizations constantly strive to increase efficiency, implement best practices and deliver increased shareholder value. In our globalized world, any competitive advantage is short-lived. New competitors can emerge from unknown corners and capture significant market share in a short time period. The most important source of sustainable competitive advantage in a fast changing environment is continuous innovation. For that reason, innovation has become the cornerstone of company strategy. For Atos Consulting, “making strategy happen” means fundamentally rethinking the business model a company uses.
Typical Challenges
- How do I implement my strategy?
- How can we co-develop products with partners and clients?
- What is the optimal road to market for a new service?
- Is our business model aligned with our business strategy?
- What can we change in our business model to gain a new competitive advantage?
- Is the business case for our strategy sound?
- How do I leverage my partner network for innovation?
- How do I organize and manage the road to successful innovation?
- What should our portfolio of innovation projects look like?
Atos Consulting Vision
The strategic challenge for companies today is to innovate. This is easier said than done. Innovation involves so many aspects of a business, that it is hard to see the forest for the trees. Atos Consulting has developed a set of capabilities within its Strategy & Innovation Leadership centre of excellence.
Supporting enterprises by assisting with the development and design of their business strategy. Helping clients to develop their IT strategy and navigate various enabling IT technologies. Providing guidance on Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and how it can be used as a strategic business tool. Supplying expertise on IT systems security.
The strategy & innovation framework
- Strategy & Innovation within Atos Consulting focused on three themes: Strategy, Growth and Innovation
- Strategy covers Strategy design and execution, Marketing strategy and business transformation. Growth agenda covers New business development such as diversification, Alliances & partnerships and M&A including divesting and venturing. We help our clients turn their strategic insights into robust strategic roadmaps, enhance customer value and capitalize on the best corporate growth opportunities
- Innovation covers Innovation strategy and innovation management. We help our clients develop a systematic, business-oriented approach to innovation, improving their capabilities to create new value in new ways, and ensuring that innovation strategy is aligned with business strategy
Strategy
Strategy Design & Execution
- Corporate & business strategy review
- Growth & expansion strategies
- Repositioning & rejuvenation strategies
- Endgame strategies
- Scenario Planning
- Business Plans and Business Cases
Marketing Strategy
- Strategic Marketing
- Customer Profiling
- Customer segmentation
- Sales & Multi-channel strategy
- Brand strategy & management
- New Market entry strategy
Business Transformation
- Restructuring, repositioning
- Portfolio pruning and divestments
- Post Merger Integration
- Program Management
- Change Management
- Benefits Tracking
Growth
New Business Development
- Diversification Strategy
- Market analyses
- Feasibility
- New business planning
Alliances & Partnerships
- Alliance strategy
- Alliance governance
- Alliance management
- Alliance office
M&A and Divesting
- Pre-deal: M&A strategy, target selection and assessment, data room
- Deal: Due Diligence, synergies potential, valuation
- Post deal: integration plan
- Divestments & Venturing
Innovation
Innovation Strategy
- Innovation strategy and portfolio
- Open Innovation ecosystems
- Market, competitor, technology intelligence
- R&D strategy & organizational design
- Intellectual Property (IP) strategy
Innovation Management
- Innovation Portfolio Management
- Innovation Structure, Culture & Process
- Innovation Effectiveness
- Innovation Metrics
- Product & technology road mapping
- IP portfolio management
Innovation Boosting
- Innovation Audit
- Hidden Assets & Capabilities
- Creativity & Idea Management
- Accelerated Innovation Lab