Big Zero: The Transformation of ZBB into a Force For Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage, The

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Zero-Based Mindset- The Key to Strategic Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage is a unique framework for improving competitive agility in business by enabling companies to cut costs while becoming more and more efficient, competitive and innovative.

Aimed at senior managers and leaders looking for a strategic, analytical approach to continually optimising their organisation, the book looks at four key areas of improvement; expenditure, talent management and human resources, front office (including marketing, sales and customer service and supply chain.

In Zero-Based Mindset, Accenture Strategy shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies to demonstrate how to build forensic insight into spending in order to channel savings into new sources of innovation to fuel growth and competitiveness.Zero-Based Mindset- The Key to Strategic Growth, Innovation and Competitive Advantage is a unique framework for improving competitive agility in business by enabling companies to cut costs while becoming more and more efficient, competitive and innovative.

Aimed at senior managers and leaders looking for a strategic, analytical approach to continually optimising their organisation, the book looks at four key areas of improvement; expenditure, talent management and human resources, front office (including marketing, sales and customer service and supply chain.

In Zero-Based Mindset, Accenture Strategy shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies to demonstrate how to build forensic insight into spending in order to channel savings into new sources of innovation to fuel growth and competitiveness.
As Senior Managing Director, Kris helps global organizations develop dynamic supply chain, service operations and sustainability capabilities. For more than two decades, he has helped clients define cost transformation and procurement strategies that create competitive advantage for their organizations. Kris is a frequent author and speaker on the topic of procurement and serves on the advisory board of Procurement Leaders. He is based in Brussels.

Chris Roark is a Chicago-based Managing Director responsible for leading Accenture's competitiveness and zero-based cost management platforms in North America. He has significant experience in consumer packaged goods, industrials and retail in driving enterprise value through growth strategies, operating model designs and structural cost resets.

For the last fifteen years, Rodrigo Abdalla has been helping clients adopt the zero-based mindset in Europe, North and Latin America. Besides ZBx, his experience includes mergers and acquisitions, commercial programs, supply chain redesign, and financial and organizational restructuring in a range of different sectors, from natural resources through consumer goods to CMTs. He lives in London where he also acts as an angel investor.