Finance Transformation Implementation Consulting market is composed of firms that help finance leaders execute on predefined finance transformation strategies to improve their day-to-day operations and management practices. Service providers operating in this market demonstrate a range of project delivery capabilities – these include project management capabilities, process improvement capabilities, and technology implementation and adoption capabilities. The finance leaders most likely to engage this market are Group CFOs and Heads of Finance Transformation. This market differs from the Finance Transformation Strategy Consulting which focuses on helping CFOs and their finance organizations define strategies and execution roadmaps across multiple business-aligned, forward-looking initiatives.
Gartner defines the finance transformation strategy consulting market as services that assist CFOs and their finance organizations in crafting strategies and finance transformation roadmaps for various business-aligned, forward-looking initiatives. These engagements use dedicated external finance subject matter experts and transformation delivery assets with the aim of increasing the value that finance provides to the organization, while maximizing functional efficiency through appropriate organizational design, data, people, technology and process improvements. This market differs from finance transformation implementation consulting, which helps CFOs enhance operations and management practices through project delivery capabilities in areas like process improvement and technology implementation. CFOs face increasing complexity in their finance transformation ambitions, requiring diverse external strategy support. They must evaluate improvement opportunities across finance’s data, delivery models, processes, technology and people to effectively prioritize and integrate the most impactful innovation opportunities into their finance transformation strategies.
Supply chain strategy and planning consulting is a subset of corporate strategy consulting. Gartner defines the latter as “strategic advisory services that analyze risks and opportunities for clients, working with them to develop a detailed strategic roadmap. They focus on cross-functional client issues, including innovation, digital, regulatory, sustainability, growth, transformation, postmerger and postacquisition integration, supply chain management and transfer pricing strategies that precede configuration of ERP or other software”. Supply chain operations consulting is a specialized form of business operations consulting, which Gartner defines as “transformation advisory services that improve quality and efficiency for business operations in an organization. These include process reengineering, improvement, optimization and standardization aligned with business strategy”
Trade promotion management (TPM) and trade promotion optimization (TPO) are the processes and technologies that consumer goods manufacturers leverage to plan, manage and execute the activities that require collaborative promotional activity from their retail partners. Collectively, we refer to them as 'trade promotion execution' (TPx). The solutions in the market are currently offered either separately or as part of a combined package, and to date, have largely been used to deliver promotional activity in brick-and-mortar locations.