Players in the business process transformation … KPMG.

First and foremost, KPMG is a certified public accountant.  The first question to ask is, are they your CPA?  If they are, is it a conflict of interest for your CPA to have it both audits and transform.

Once that question has been asked and answered, examine the services provided by KPMG

1. KPMG has a formal process to implement a project management office for business transformation to coordinate efforts across divisions and departments.

2.  KPMG’s next transformation service is to review and reengineer your internal audit practice.

3.  Next is a review of IT risk management.  Since information systems are crucial to the transformation process, IT is addressed early in the process.

4.  Lastly, KPMG analyzes personnel organization to see the human resources optimally aligned with the work to be done.

Bottom line.

If you worry large company, let’s say $1,000,000,000 in revenue with a complex organization, and KPMG is not already your auditor, they may be a candidate as your transformation partner.

Players in the business process transformation industry … Overview.

Business process transformation is very difficult to implement in house, with no assistance.  First, it requires the ability to look at the business objectively, without staying committed to current processes.  Secondly, if you worked for a company, you already have a job.  Effecting business transformation is another full time job.

Over the next several posts, I will introduce you to some companies, big and small, recognizable and little known, which provide a variety of business transformation services.  But this is just the first step.  The objective is to identify the players.  Step two will be to do an in-depth analysis of each of them (provided they cooperate).  Our first brief look will be KPMG, the large consulting powerhouse.