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Learn how Forum Solutions builds and implements effective strategies for transformative growth with sustainable results
Establishing and Leading an IT Shared Service Organization
Consolidating multiple information technology teams into a shared service organization.
Off into the Sunset: Legacy Patient Treatment System Retirement
Off into the Sunset: Legacy System Retirement. Determining how to sunset a customized patient treatment management system without disrupting care.
Nursing Workforce Optimization and Innovation
Utilizing technology-based process improvements to provide better care and help address clinician burnout.
New Product Development Process Enables Soaring Growth
An international hard goods product developer and manufacturer experienced steep year-over-year business growth that more than doubled the number of products in development highlighting their limited resources and formerly invisible process inefficiencies that presented formidable obstacles to scaling with new demand.
Implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution
Implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution
COVID, Politics and Shortening your Supply Chain
From boardrooms to dining rooms, businesses and consumers are experiencing the effects of supply chains in disarray. Business leaders need to prepare their organizations for the future.
Top Issues Facing Healthcare Executives Now
Provider-based healthcare delivery is one of the most rewarding and meaningful professional endeavors. Successfully meeting the mission of delivering high quality care with excellent outcomes to patients, delivering outstanding patient satisfaction, addressing provider burn-out, and recruiting and retaining staff, all while managing to thin margins is incredibly complicated.
Enterprise Strategy Department Organization Primer - Part 2 of 2
All organizations have limited resources, so it is critical to determine the objectives and initiatives that are most important to the organization and say “no” to those that are not a priority. To develop an effective strategy, leaders must prioritize goals and objectives, requiring due diligence, prioritization, and planning to make the best use of scarce resources. In part two of a two-part series, Arkan Kayihan shares Expanded Functions for Strategy Planning & Strategy Development teams.
Enterprise Strategy Department Organization Primer - Part 1 of 2
All organizations have limited resources, so it is critical to determine the objectives and initiatives that are most important to the organization and say “no” to those that are not a priority. To develop an effective strategy, leaders must prioritize goals and objectives, requiring due diligence, prioritization, and planning to make the best use of scarce resources. In part one of a two-part series, Arkan Kayihan shares Core Functions for Strategy Planning & Strategy Development teams.
An Integrated Approach for Maximizing Strategy Realization: The Enterprise Planning Lifecycle - Part 4 of 4
Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.
An Integrated Approach for Maximizing Strategy Realization: The Enterprise Planning Lifecycle - Part 3 of 4
Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.
An Integrated Approach for Maximizing Strategy Realization: The Enterprise Planning Lifecycle - Part 2 of 4
Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.
An Integrated Approach for Maximizing Strategy Realization: The Enterprise Planning Lifecycle - Part 1 of 4
Strategic planning is a key function of all enterprises. Whether running a Fortune 50 company or a non-profit organization, it is critical to prioritize resources and activities to maximize organizational objectives and align employees around a common vision. Despite being such a critical function, many organizations struggle to realize their strategic objectives. In this four-part series, Forum Solutions’ senior associate, Arkan Kayihan provides an approach to developing and deploying a robust Enterprise Planning Lifecycle to maximize strategy development and realization.
Developing a go-to-market strategy for DreamBox Learning
The rapid increase in demand for education technology due to the pandemic, significant federal government investment in efficacious student learning technology, and recent company acquisitions accelerated DreamBox Learning’s growth necessitating a comprehensive go-to-market strategy to meet this opportunity.
A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service (ESS): Part 4 of 4
Forum Solution’s Associate Arkan Kayihan shares A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service
A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service (ESS): Part 3 of 4
Launching a new shared service can be exciting and rewarding. Be sure to architect and vet the appropriate phases of the ESS development framework with key stakeholders.
A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service (ESS): Part 2 of 4
Inhouse Enterprise Shared Services functions can establish and promote best practices across an organization. It is important to thoroughly plan and get executive buy-in before designing, let alone deploying, a new shared service function.
A Best Practice Framework for Launching an Enterprise Shared Service (ESS): Part 1 of 4
Rather than relying on outside organizations to provide unsustainable on-going support, an effective solution is to create centralized highly effective ESS focused teams that can work across traditional departmental silos.
Key Success Factors for System Implementations
Successful system implementations are transformative for any organization.
Making Data-Driven Decisions in Healthcare
One of the best ways to ensure relevant, accurate, real-time data is available for decision support is to proactively address data at the start of a system implementation. Forum Solutions shares important elements for any system implementation regardless of industry.