Category: Insights EN

In December Silke Grosse-Hornke went on a husky tour in the Finnish wilderness. To reach your destination safely out there, you need an experienced guide who gives clear instructions. Here is Silke’s personal travel report.

In November, the German magazine FOCUS-Business and the employer review platform Kununu reviewed 750,000 companies and selected the 2,800 top employers of SMEs in 2019. Grosse-Hornke is one of them – with a strong ranking among the best 200 consulting firms.

For his master’s thesis, Niels Gerhard took a closer look at the procurement function of a chemical company: How agile is the organization – is there any room for improvement? He delivered an excellent analysis, which won our Student Award Business Chemistry 2018, in cooperation with the University of Münster.

IT Development and Operations are growing together in many companies. This principle is called DevOps, and it has to be reflected in the technical tools: Shared software enables a seamless cooperation. Our practical example illustrates how companies can put together an optimal tool chain.

For many managers, work life is a mental marathon. Stress can hardly be avoided. Silke Grosse-Hornke knows this all too well. This summer, she put on her hiking boots in order to find a balance. Here she shares her experiences on the Scottish West Highland Way.

Today, companies possess a mass of data that analysts could only dream of years ago. However, this resource is rarely used in an optimal manner. Managing data as assets is a fundamental shift for many companies. We show a pragmatic way to turn zeros and ones into gold.

Many companies maintain large IT service catalogs. For employees it is often difficult to find suitable hardware and software and combine them correctly. Service Bundling simplifies the selection of IT products and accelerates delivery. In addition, the company can reduce costs for numerous IT workstations. Our case study illustrates how this works.

Today, almost every company is using cloud services. But the question is whether an external cloud solution is always better than a local system (“on premise”). Moreover, employees have to follow certain rules when using cloud services. Our practice example shows how companies can get the best out of the market while retaining the necessary control.

Approximately 40 percent of all desktops and laptops worldwide are still running Windows 7, but Microsoft’s extended support for this operating system will expire in early 2020. It’s time to switch to the new Windows. Our example illustrates how companies can manage this change smoothly.

When it takes longer to fix a software problem or to deliver new hardware, this is usually due to over-complex IT processes. Our practical example shows how companies can improve and accelerate their IT Service Management.