Business Case & Vendor Selection

In a world where budgets are being limited and the expectation remains to grow revenues and improve organisational efficiency, business leaders are being pressured to ensure they are spending wisely. Hitachi Consulting UK works with organisations that recognise the importance of a compelling business case to justify change projects and ensure the best decisions are made.

A comprehensive business case and vendor selection process can help you get your project off on the right foot. Hitachi Consulting UK consultants are skilled in the HFusion© methodology and recognised OGC frameworks, which enables us to bring together the best-in-class approaches to ensure that together we will:

• Keep the change aligned to the business strategy
• Appraise the options available through our established Vendor Selection process
• Identify and analyse both the ‘soft' and ‘hard' benefits and costs
• Perform financial modelling & analysis (including ROI, NPV, Scenario analysis)
• Define an approach to manage and realisation the business benefits

CAPABILITIES AND BENEFITS

Our Consultants - Your Success
Justifying the investment needed to deliver business benefits requires an appreciation of your business and the ability to correctly interpret complex information. Through years of experience, our consultants are adept at sensitively navigating their way around an organisation landscape and they understand how to achieve transformational success.

Our Approach - Your Way
From the start, we'll look to utilise our HFusion© methodology alongside the best parts of industry recognised frameworks and your existing approach to deliver a business case that is tailored to your needs and audience. With every client we work with, our approach is to ensure that at the end of an engagement your people are empowered to develop future business cases and identify the right vendors to work with.

Our Network - Your Benefit
Being part of Hitachi Ltd means we have access to cutting-edge technological knowledge and Intellectual Property and our breadth of in-house expertise ensures that we always offer professional, independent advice appraising potential vendors. This allows us to deliver business case engagements that remain focused on achieving your business objectives and recommend the vendor that is right for you

A business case is a living document and can make the difference between throwing money away on poorly researched solutions to learning from mistakes and building upon existing systems and technology for future success. Business cases can be comprehensive and highly structured, as required by formal project management engagements, to informal and brief.

Case Studies

Research Councils UK
Development of a high level business case articulating the anticipated qualitative and quantitative benefits and likely resourcing requirements for a business records management programme.

Large UK Construction Company
Delivery of an independent technology evaluation to define the overall investment case and roadmap. Multiple stakeholder interviews across all UK operating companies resulted in an end-to-end process review and detailed benefits case.

Leading UK Law Firm
Commissioned by this law firm to assist with the review of current processes for completing a deal, we developed a business case, featuring issue invitation to tender, a statement of requirements, prototype solution and contract negotiation.

For further information about our business case and vendor selection solutions, call us on 020 7947 4500 or click here to request a call back from one of our consultants.