Get ahead of your competitors by following our 5 key steps.

Here are your 5 steps to make the most out of technology. The manufacturing industry has increasing pressure to compete in this volatile market and economic environment. How can you ensure you are investing in the right business applications to enable growth?

Thrive through constant change: how to apply agility to your business application strategy

The manufacturing industry has increasing pressure to compete in this volatile market and economic environment. We are operating in an era in which many of the accepted political norms have been turned on their heads and the pace with which technology is progressing means most of us are still catching up with what we can do today, let alone thinking about the possibilities that tomorrow may bring.  

Integration – it’s dangerous not to!

Application, data and information integration has been at the forefront of many a CIO’s mind for a pretty long time now. Integration tools and platforms have similarly existed in many guises, dating back to the mid-90s.

The New Era – Making the most of Technology

Change is happening at a rapid pace. Very quickly transformation in market structures and technology can lead to misalignment between strategy and business technologies.

SapphireNow – Advanced Capabilities

SapphireNow – Advanced Capabilities After bringing together its customers, prospects and partners, SAP painted a bold vision of where ‘intelligent’ business applications are heading in the future at their SapphireNow event in Florida. This year, the theme was “Intelligent Enterprise” focusing on three key potential benefits: Embedding AI/machine learning into core business processes to allow

Should organisations be embracing the transition to SAP S/4HANA?

It’s time to act. Support for SAP ECC is ending in 2025 and SAP would like you to move to its S/4HANA platform, but is it the right choice for your business? Many SAP’s customers are struggling to understand where the real business value is in moving away from ECC. The product roadmap from SAP

SapphireNow – Speed of implementation and business persuasion

SapphireNow – Speed of implementation and business persuasion If SAP is to be believed, Cloud and HANA adoption is accelerating. Businesses no longer discuss the commercial value of implementation, but rather how to get the most value out of their investment. SapphireNow, the three-day flagship event for SAP, its customers, prospects and partners, pushed heavily to

Searchlight leads Wiggle-CRC to customer-focused growth

Searchlight leads Wiggle-CRC to customer-focused growth Leading online tri-sports retailer Wiggle-CRC came to Searchlight Consulting to help them bring their IT platforms and processes into the 21st Century. Wiggle were in hyper growth and their current ageing IT estate needed updating to ensure it was fit for purpose. Searchlight worked with Wiggle-CRC to devise and implement

The 4th industrial revolution: it’s time to focus on the end-consumer

Today’s end-consumer requirements are changing so rapidly that the B2B model operated by many manufacturers is becoming outmoded. New technology is having such a dramatic impact on the way people live that companies are increasingly being urged to think of the end consumer first and foremost.

Searchlight, official sponsors of CIO Retail Connect

The CIO Retail Connect event is the one-stop shop for CxO’s and other senior retail IT executives from top UK retailers. Being an official sponsor meant we could fully immerse ourselves in all aspects of this forum.

Future proof your business – Getting the basics right

Through a series of highly interactive sessions, PEX Europe Spring 2018 offered the opportunity to learn, share and challenge everything you need to be a business of the future, with leading industry peers.

Don’t Let Technology Lead the Business Strategy

Don’t Let Technology Lead The Business Strategy It’s time to act on your transition from SAP ECC to whatever lies ahead. Support for ECC is ending in 2025 and SAP would like you to move to its S/4HANA platform, but is it the right choice for your business? Whether you choose to move to S/4HANA