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1stFebruary 2011 - G X Consult Newsletter
On the 1st of February 2011, GXC launched GMSS globally in response to increasing salary levels around the world. Through GMSS, any enterprise can finally unlock the resource pools of skilled professional's internationally in an on-demand framework at a fraction of the cost of well established outsourcing providers.
What is GMSS?
- GMSS is the ultimate approach to The-resource-in-a-Box providing remote professional support/Service through seasoned professionals.
- GMSS provides an on-demand service with short mobilisation and de-mobilisation periods
- GMSS gives any organisation access to all kind of resources at very low cost.
- GMSS is a delivery model tuned over 25 years to ensure an easy, non-complicated communication interface with resources around the world
What is the need for GMSS?
- Did you know cost of salary levels have increased by 7% since January 2010?
- Did you know GXC delivers Global Managed Shared Services wherever and whenever for as little as £95 per day?
What are the drivers behind GMSS?
- GMSS is built after the principles of Simplicity, Agility and Cost effectiveness
- Simplicity provides an easy-to-work-with interface and standardized model
- Agility ensures the service can quickly be mobilised, is responsive to enterprises’ needs, and can be demobilized with no long termination periods
- Cost Effectiveness. By exploiting global arbitrage, GMSS can be delivered at cost levels previously unheard of to a global customer base
How much does it cost?
In the UK, GMSS costs £95 per day per development resource, and gives you our commitment to a professional having a minimum of 2 years of experience with the given skill set. You get to select, manage your resources at very low prices.
Where do I get more information?
Send an e-mail to contact@gxconsult.com for a full information package.
Why G X Consult?
- We have over 20 years of international business experience
- For over 25 years, we have been involved in, led, managed or supervised software design, development and deployment projects
- With over 10 years of outsourcing experience, we are experts in delivering professional managed services engagements globally
- Our commitment to our customers gave us a 4.3 out of 5.0 possible customer satisfaction year end result in 2010.
23rd November 2010 - G X Consult Newsletter
I trust the last two quarters have been productive, fruitful and brought good and healthy business to you all. G X Consult has, since our last newsletter, enjoyed the upturn many of us have been waiting for since 2008. New contracts and expansions in the UAE and Far East were followed by global framework agreements with two FTSE 250 companies, and our business strategy is materialising in terms of opening offices in the Far East and Scandinavia, in addition to once and for all anchoring our company soundly within the camp of management consultancy.
Maybe the latter point requires some explanation. GXC grew up the technology route, and has since its start been true to and strong in delivering large-scale technology, IT and Telecoms projects / programmes / portfolios. As an evolutionary discovery, we realize that the changes we deliver have become of such magnitude and complexity that technology was becoming only instrumental to our value proposition. Delivering large-scale change is about organisation, its about process, its about people as much as about systems and IT, applications, infrastructure and telecoms. As such, we needed to rebrand and to remodel, a change which was successfully implemented in 3Q.
One of the objectives of amalgamating new business models with the legacy was also to become more sector neutral. We’ve done IT and Telecoms, we’ve delivered in Financial Services for years, we have over the last 6 years built a solid trackrecord in retail and supply chain. With the mobilisation of our new global services team, we will now ensure that the sectors Oil & Gas and Energy will get the focus they deserve, and to further strengthen this model as we hit 2011. G X Consult unlocks the resource pools of skilled multi-discipline personnel in Oil & Gas,, and ensures supply of experienced and field-proven resources to our clients anywhere in the world regardless of location and conditions.
The Off-shored PMO, can it be done?
Since outsourcing became a relevant topic in the boardrooms in the 90’s, 20 years later, we see high maturity in the outsourcing services of real estate / facilities, IT infrastructure, contact centres and IT applications, followed by Finance & Accounting, HR and procurement outsourcing. The models are mature, there are strong successes in these processes and the cost/quality efficiencies are undisputed in a world becoming flatter and flatter through globalisation and global arbitrage opportunities.
But how about professional services which traditionally are considered face-to-face services, such as PMO, can they be outsourced and / or offshored? The answer is yes, as long as a strong framework is applied to ensure the change is managed properly to ensure return on investment without degradation of quality. To send out a PMO function, one would have to deliver a project management maturity study to find out where in the world the maturity of project management is in the organisation. Usually, this exercise takes 2-3 weeks. Assuming the levels of maturity are appropriate, one could commence the project immediately. Alternatively, one would need to put in place a project to firstly deliver the appropriate maturity before embarking on contracting the service out.
One global technology solutions provider we worked for were able to contract out 25% of their project management resources to an offshore centre, reducing TCO of project management with over 12%. And increasing their project management quality enterprise wide.
At G X Consult, we have over 20 years of business experience – 15 of them in global project management. Our trackrecord from some of the largest companies out there and our accreditations within project and programme management make us a strong discussion partner and advisor in the world of project management. As part of our service portfolio, we can deliver project management maturity studies, increase project management service quality levels and participate, lead and direct initiatives to cut costs and not necessarily quality.
10th May 2010 - G X Consult Newsletter
At G X Consult, we were excited to wrap up yet another quarter with very high customer satisfaction. Subject Matter Expertise, Knowledge and Speed of Response were some of the areas we received a 5 out of 5 score.
In an increasingly complex globalised world, our customers are again leaning to us to entangle complexities and ensure business strategies are realised through efficiencies and leveraged competitive advantage.
Our recent realigment of the service portfolio reflects on our ongoing commitment to provide our customers the realisation of tactical and strategic benefits available through cutting-edge management models and high-end consultancy. We are firm in our belief that our customer satisfaction will continue to grow even more as we continue to deliver lighthouse change management in an increasingly complex global landscape.
With undivided focus on keeping our fingers on the pulse, we hope you will enjoy some of the initiatives we have launched for you over the last few months such as a new webpage, a realigned service line, an increased focus on executive support of existing projects and programmes, and last but not least, this newsletter.
With the best wishes for ticking off those milestones in 2Q.
Snapshot of market
"The low-hanging fruit of Globalisation has been picked" (source: Morgan Stanley strategy paper).
After a contraction in IT spending and investment during the 2009 recession year it is now expected to have an overall rebound in 2010 (source: Gartner) relative to 2009 but without reaching 2008 levels before 2012.
Global market trends within an increasingly complex and mature market point towards IT programme, portfolio and service optimisation utilising best of breed sourcing strategy through evolution rather than revolution. In essence this should translate into managing investments, technologies, resources and practices that ensure higher business value per unit of IT spend.
The strategic direction presented both in terms of delivery of transformation programmes and of service structures is:
- Alignment with business priorities,
- Benchmarking according to business impact,
- Delivery of compelling Business Cases,
- Identification and realisation of efficiencies,
- Service performance optimisation
- Improved and flexible sourcing practices
How GXC approach this market
With our newly revised service lines, we want to ensure our customers are positioned to unlock some of the challenges in IT/Telecoms globally today. Through high-end transition management and service management in addition to employing and deploying the highest skilled professional in today’s marketplace, we encourage our readers to invest a few minutes in learning more about our service line.
Our key differentiators as such are:
- 20 years of bluechip experience featuring companies such as IBM, AT&T, Orange, adidas-Group and General Electric.
- Strongly accredited consultants (MBA, PMI, Six Sigma, MSP)
- Delivering Customer Satisfaction to the highest standards
- Experts within project, programme and portfolio management, outsourcing, service management, telecommunication, centralisation and consolidation, software design, development and deployment management.
- Responsive turnaround on consultants (72-hours staff turnaround time for framework customers)
- Flexible contract models (T&M, Fixed Price, Target Price, Managed Services, Out-tasking)
- Large collaborative network capacities
- Focus on long term relationship
- Branded or non-branded consultants
- Providing “the service quality of the blue-chip at the cost of the recruiter”. We are roughly 50% of the price of the large-scale consultancy, and 10% cheaper than the medium-scale consultancy
9th April 2010 - G X CONSULT LAUNCHES NEW SERVICE LINES
Extension of capabilities makes GXC the executive choice for all large-scale technology transformations
London, U.K.. – Global Executive Consulting Ltd, a niche Global IT consultancy delivering large-scale IT/Telecoms Projects and Programmes, is streamlining its service offerings to align with global customer base current and future requirements.
The updated service lines include:
Global Programme / Project Delivery & Optimisation – The delivery or large-scale, complex and often international projects and programmes using cutting edge and proven methods, principles and professionals.
Enterprise Portfolio Management – The implementation of a portfolio management model, and selection/management of all of an organization’s projects and programmes to the highest standards.
Service Portfolio Management – The assembly running and hosting of an enterprise or division service portfolio including service strategy, service investment and service demand management.
IT Strategy & Governance – Applying a structured approach to IT Strategy. Supports and leads the establishment of an IT strategy anchored in organization, systems, tools and processes from cradle to grave.
Organisational Transformation & Transition - Redesign and tuning of the existing business/IT organization to ensure alignment with strategy, establishing an organizational target picture.
Systems Development & Integration Management - Ensures a structured approach to software design, development, deployment and integration using methodologies such as SCRUM, Waterfall, Agile, delivered to maturity and quality standards such as CMM.
Service Delivery Optimisation - SDO reviews existing service strategy, and adjusts through continuous service improvement.
Intelligent Sourcing / Collaborative Networking - Ensures staffing of projects using the capabilities built through focused, long-term networking. Vast collaborative network (360 000 contacts) available on demand.
Erik Vennestrom, Managing Director and Project Executive of G X Consult, said “Our recent re-aligment of the service portfolio reflects on our ongoing commitment to provide our customers the realization of tactical and strategic benefits available through cutting-edge management models and high-end consultancy. I am firm in my belief that our customer satisfaction will continue to grow even more as we continue to deliver lighthouse change management in an increasingly complex global landscape"
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