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IQ attains certified partner status in Microsoft partner program – March 2010 The IQ Business Group (IQ), an international management consultancy, today announced it has attained Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in Networking Infrastructure Solutions, Information Worker and Business Intelligence, recognising IQ’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. More The IQ Business Group Announces Appointment of Adam Craker – October 2009 The IQ Business Group, the privately-owned consulting and outsourcing company, today announced the appointment of Adam Craker to lead their consulting business. More The IQ Business Group Announces Strategic Alliance With The Hackett Group – October 2009 The IQ Business Group today announced a strategic alliance with NASDAQ listed The Hackett Group, Inc., a global strategic advisory firm. The alliance utilises IQ’s presence to provide Hackett’s industry-leading benchmarking and business advisory programs to organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa. More The future of the financial system – A lesson for SA from the World Economic Forum Report – June 2009 While financial institutions in South Africa and around the world have been rocked by the global financial crisis, they need to move out of survival mode and start charting a course towards promoting long-term financial stability and growth. More Back to basics banking challenge to service providers – March 2009 Despite the global credit crunch and the squeeze on their IT budgets, banks and other financial institutions are still spending on projects with quantifiable benefits. However, service providers are going to have to change their approach to providing solutions to these organisations if they hope to win – or retain – a share of those budgets. More More to Municipal Governance than Financial Governance – March 2009 Governance within local government goes beyond financial governance: it goes to the core of the raison d’etre for municipal structures which is service delivery. More 2009 heralds start of work smart era – March 2009 There’s a growing perception that South Africa will weather the global economic crisis better than most other countries – but there’s no question that the local IT industry is in for an extremely difficult period for the foreseeable future. More Medical aids can prepare proactively for legislated changes – February 2009 Medical Aid Schemes are currently experiencing high levels of uncertainty at present: major changes in healthcare legislation are in the offing which will directly affect their operations, and probably their profitability – but no-one knows what form these changes will take. More Beware of ‘too much, too late’ risk management – February 2009 The global credit crunch and slew of corporate and banking failures has catapulted risk management into the spotlight. But this could be a case of “too much, too late” More IQ helps Indwe prepare for growth – February 2009 Indwe Risk Services, South Africa’s largest empowered short term insurance broker has major expansion plans – and The IQ Business Group is working with them to ensure their infrastructure is able to support the Johannesburg-based company’s vision. More News Archive
Sustaining festivities - long after the party – December 2008 Think of some of the greatest challenges facing South African children today: Aids, education, climate change, hunger... More New approach to deal with the accounting skills shortage – November 2008 Innovative solutions and a mindset change are required to deal with the dire shortage of qualified accountants and the impact this is having on businesses in South Africa. More Business process skills to boost fight against HIV/AIDS – November 2008 Business improvement consultants, The IQ Business Group, has harnessed its process skills to enable the efficient and cost-effective roll-out of an innovative HIV/Aids e-health system to 23 community based organisations (CBOs) around the country. More PMO – The solution to project management blues? – November 2008 In today’s tough economic environment, South Africa’s private and public sectors can no longer shrug off the “inevitability” that projects will exceed budget, will be completed past scheduled deadlines and probably won’t meet their original business objectives. More Telecoms convergence driving consolidation – November 2008 The South African – and African – telecoms market in 2010 will be very different to the current market with considerably fewer players but far larger operators dominating the landscape. More New technology and banking aggregators will reduce banking costs – October 2008 Technology will drive down banking costs in South Africa over the next few years – but the driver of this trend is unlikely to emerge from current banking sector players or technologies. More The IQ Business Group Financial Mail Corporate Report – October 2008 The IQ Business Group is a rare company – it’s an organisation where making a difference is as important as making a profit and where the growth of employees and clients is on equal footing with the growth of the organisation. More Operational Risk management moving into mainstream –September 2008 Operational risk management (Op Risk), long regarded as nothing more than the ‘operating risk’ associated with equipment breakdown, is finally taking rightful place as a critical component of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) alongside strategic and financial risk management. More Workplace learning programme for Industrial Engineers gathers momentum –September 2008 A workplace learning programme set up by The IQ Business Group in association with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) is making a meaningful contribution towards building capacity in the non-manufacturing/services Industrial Engineering sector. More Avoid duplication costs in Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives – August 2008 One of the most critical issues that must be addressed in the drive towards the adoption of just-in-time supply chain principles is the physical management of container yards. More Cost-saving software Quality Assurance more than software testing – July 2008 One of the most critical issues that must be addressed in the drive towards the adoption of just-in-time supply chain principles is the physical management of container yards. More Maximise space in container yards to reduce supply chain costs – June 2008 One of the most critical issues that must be addressed in the drive towards the adoption of just-in-time supply chain principles is the physical management of container yards. More More focus on merger than acquisition required – June 2008 Why is it that when it comes to evaluating the success of a ‘Merger & Acquisition’ (M&A), most attention is directed at the ‘acquisition’ and very little at the ‘merger’?. More Medical scheme administrators must get house in order – June 2008 Non-healthcare expenditure in South Africa’s private health care sector is greater than that paid to GPs and to clinical specialists, excluding radiologists and pathologists. In fact, of every Rand members pay into their medical schemes every month, at least 16% goes to non-healthcare expenditure such as administration fees, managed care costs and broker fees. More Management development demands innovative approach – May 2008 The gap between qualifications and experience – increasingly manifest in South Africa as a chronic shortage of management skills – can be bridged within organisations in months rather than years. More CEM key to effective CRM – May 2008 For many years financial institutions and other organisations have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) efforts on obtaining a “single view of the customer” and improving customer communications channels. More IQ automates FNB’s Home Loans commision management system – April 2008 IQ Software Engineering, a division of The IQ Business Group, has developed a bespoke software solution for FNB that enables the bank to boost the management of its home loan commissions. More Software factories one step too far? – April 2008 While software component factories are increasingly being hailed as the answer to the capacity crisis in software development, they could be one step too far. More IQ revamps Absa Capital portal with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server – April 2008 The IQ Business Group’s Software Engineering operation has leveraged Absa Capital’s decision to standardise on Microsoft SharePoint Server (MOSS) to revamp the company’s web portal. More High cost of open source freedom – March 2008 The worsening IT skills shortage in South Africa should be given serious consideration by organisations planning to take advantage of the perceived cost benefits of open source software. More Avoiding the Traps – March 2008 Using due diligence framework to identify and select a recordkeeping system can help avoid some dangerous and expensive pitfalls, explains Panos Alexandratos. More Reform Guide In Black And White – August 2007 The IQ Business Group operating in Australia is finding local financial and technical expertise invaluable in its role helping South African government agencies improve their administrative and business processes. More IQ Acquires Top Learning Companies – May 2007 The IQ Business Group and The HPL Group have set a final seal on an exciting business partnership. More IQ Partners With AA Autobay – May 2007 The IQ Business Group recently partnered with AA Autobay to design and implement the company’s online marketplace. More Banks and SMMEs Need To Speak The Same Language – March 2007 The general belief among South Africa's major financial institutions is that to really understand its small business customers, the investment in time and money - not to mention the lengthy lead times - is enormous, and that it is therefore simply not feasible. More BPM: Start Small, Think Big, Scale Fast! – February 2007 How would a viable implementation roadmap be developed to ensure that the BPM promise can be achieved pragmatically and at the same time ensure real benefits can be achieved? More IQ Delivers Efficiencies With Barclaycard – July 2006 IQ is to provide Business Process Engineering expertise aimed at streamlining the customer experience at Barclaycard. More IQ Explodes Back Onto SA Business Scene With New BEE Shareholding - January 2006 The IQ Business Group sets final seal on successful management buy-out. More Tackling BPM: Implementation vs Product Selection -November 2005 In the past, business has continuously searched for a technological solution that will revolutionise the way they currently work to enable faster time-to-market, enhanced customer service and delivery, corporate flexibility and adaptability, end-to-end visibility and control, and rapid decision making, whilst enabling legislative compliance at the same time. Many organisations have come to the realisation that Business Process Management (BPM) is the solution that they have been searching for to catapult them into the next level of achieving the ultimate technological nirvana. More IQ Launches Credit Bill Solution - October 2005 Compliance nightmare or strategic advantage? The IQ Business Group is able to unlock value and assist credit providers to identify solutions to build strategic value. Read more IQ Launches Worldwide Processing Model - August 2005 The IQ Business Group is able to unlock value by harnessing the worldwide clock, and leveraging strategic locations to offer clients low-cost, 24 hour offshore processing capacity. More Better Ways to Beat the Competition Ralph Gunn, IQ Strategic Research Analyst, talks about operational efficiency being the key to success in maximizing profits in our current economic climate. More Corporate Responsibility A Corporate Challenge of a different kind… The IQ Business Group’s (IQ) employees conquered a challenge of a different nature on Saturday 5th February. More Another Feather in IQ’s Off-shore Cap IQ was commissioned to create a solution to role out technology to doctors and medical specialists. In addition, a directory service, not unlike the yellow-pages, was created. More Assisting You With Compliance With stringent deadlines closing in, compliance is not something financial institutions have a choice about. But instead of implementing compliancy only for regulatory reasons, if implemented as part of a business solution, complying with multiple legislations can offer immense business benefits. More Working Engineering Magic In The Consulting Arena Ralph Gunn, a specialist consultant at The IQ Business Group, has been appointed president of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering (SAIIE), the same body that spearheads the industrial engineering industry. More IQ Wins Sungard Contract SunGard is a global leader in integrated IT solutions for the financial services industry and has a significant installed base among South African institutions. More IQ Finds BPO Sweet Spot BPO promises to bring significant and enhanced efficiencies to high volume processing environments in the healthcare administration space. More Process Orchestration To achieve sustainable business improvement, organisations need to orchestrate their People, Process and Technology resources to ensure that they weave them into a continuous improvement drive to move from ineffective to streamlined processes. More IQ Implements FileNet at Liberty This development, believed to be the first in Africa, is expected to revolutionise document process at the insurance giant, and contribute to a more efficient and streamlined business. More IQ Wins International Recognition The solution IQ implemented won a Silver Award for Global Excellence in Workflow at the AIIM 2002 Conference and Exposition in the United States. More Handing Over Non-Core Processes Economic pressure causes introspection. Costs are evaluated, non value-add areas cut, focus prioritised to business demand, streamlined organisations emerge - fit and ready. Innovative thinking is spawned: Energy rekindled once the fiscal fitness rhythm returns to the organisation. This is the space in which we live, where we add value - doing the simple things well. More
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