Zinnov's perspective on what lies ahead in 2010

The Value Metrics framework is an effort to map and quantify the impact of every activity performed at the MNC R&D subsidiary, to the organization wide business goals. The scope of the framework includes understanding the organization goals and reprioritizing/modifying/adding metrics at the execution/project level to showcase organization level and business level impact.

Time: 10 AM- 12 PM IST

Agenda:

The earlier 2 sub-council meetings on “Understanding markets” decided that one of the key deliverables as part of the council for the year, would be a Consumability Index. After the first few rounds of discussion and follow up one on one meetings; we at Zinnov have worked upon to create an initial framework for the index. 

Agenda:

-          Zinnov update on progress made since the last update

-          Framework for Consumability Index 1.0

-          Case studies on specific products/ ideas tested on Consumability Index 1.0 Framework

-          Feedback session & Open discussion

At the end of this sub-council meeting discussion, we hope to have an agreement on the feasibility of the Consumability Index 1.0 framework and get inputs on building a refined Index , over the next few months

As part of the Zinnov’s R&D Globalization council initiative; we are hosting a sub council on "Post Recession - Retention Strategies" on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at the Zinnov office.

In the wake of the recession, the loyalty of the employees who have survived retrenchment has been compromised. As the economy continues to turn, many MNC R&D centers are faced with a situation where the engagement levels of the remaining employees has lowered considerably.

We have defined the following agenda to understand what companies are doing to retain their employees keeping in mind these emerging trends
 
Target Audience: HR Executives of MNC R&D Companies

As part of Zinnov’s Globalization Council meetings, we are hosting a Shared Services Event on Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Houston.

Having achieved offshoring maturity in IT, energy companies are now leveraging their learning and expanding steadily in the Shared Services domains.

Organizations today, in order to gain cost advantages and leverage experienced talent in offshore locations are transitioning critical functions such as F&A, HR, Procurement, Sales & Marketing, Services and Support. Many technology companies that have initiated global shared services have already seen significant success.
We have defined the following agenda to discuss the emerging global models and present the analytical tools to assist in better planning and optimizing your Shared Services initiatives.

Target Audience: Senior Executive's of Energy Companies

Participation is open for Senior Executives ( Directors, Sr. Directors , VPs, SVPs and C level Executives ) from Energy Companies

Having achieved offshoring maturity in IT and product development, companies are now leveraging their learnings and expanding steadily in the Shared Services space.

Organizations today, in order to gain cost advantages, enhance scalability and leverage burgeoning talent in global locations are offshoring critical functions in Shared Services such as F&A, HR, Procurement, Sales & Marketing, Services and Support. Companies like Oracle, SAP, HP, AMD, Microsoft, Symantec, Honeywell, Agilent, McAfee etc. have already seen success.  

To assist companies plan and optimize their Shared Services initiatives, we have defined the following agenda to discuss the changing global trends in the Shared Services space. Having achieved offshoring maturity in IT and product development, companies are now leveraging their learnings and expanding steadily in the Shared Services space.

Target Audience: Senior executive's from Enterprise Companies

The event participation is open only to Senior Executives ( Directors, Sr. Directors, VP, SVP & C level executives) from Product companies
 

Time: 9:30 AM- 11:30 AM

To join the online meeting (to access the shared screen)

1. Go to https://zinnov.webex.com/zinnov/j.phpED=116614397&UID=1015830412&PW=NOWQyMmVkZTc0&RT=MiM0MQ%3D%3D

2. Enter your name and email address.

3. Enter the meeting password: Bbangalore2009

4. Click "Join Now"

Conference bridge access number:

The focus for the 3^rd sub-council meeting will be-

-     To take the participants through the Questionnaire

-     To ensure that everybody is on the same page for data collection process

Dial in number: 080-6160 0600

Participant code: 61938065

At the first council meet on this topic, the forum had unanimously agreed on the fact; that there is vast IT opportunity in emerging markets such as India, China etc. The council decided on 2 key action items, namely;

- Understanding e-governance related opportunities

- Defining a “Consumability Index (CI)” for IT adoption in India

Zinnov has taken the initiative to commence background research on the above topics and we also met with some of the council members individually to discuss the same in detail. Based on the discussions and our initial findings, the 2nd sub-council meeting is scheduled on next Friday, September 11th, 2009. The meeting would focus on-

- Key findings from the research and framework definition for e-governance opportunities

- Approach note from Zinnov on creating the consumability index and expectations from council members to bring out the index

In the past year, companies have significantly scaled down their engineering capability to withstand recession. However, with economic resurgence currently underway; companies are now beginning to re-evaluate their existing capabilities and are taking proactive measures to sustain, if not grow their market share.

We have defined the following agenda to present these trends and the strategies adopted by the companies. These agenda items will also be used to facilitate a discussion among the participating members in order to learn from each others best practices.

Target Audience: Senior executive's from R&D Companies

Understanding markets framework will look in to provide insights on the emerging markets like India etc; its uniqueness with respect to market needs, price points and usability. The outcome of the discussions will help us to provide insights on emerging market offerings, needs and how MNC subsidiaries can be been better tuned to market needs.

The scope of the meeting is to-

- Define the current challenges in understanding growth markets

- Define the opportunities for the R&D centers in the growth markets

- Define and formulate the scope of the problem the sub-council will intend to solve

- Refine methodology/framework for the project

- Decide on the frequency of the sub-council meetings

The focus for the 2^nd sub-council meeting will be to discuss and arrive at a consensus on-

- Definition of a project from the benchmark exercise perspective

- Project Selection criteria

- Self assessment questionnaire- inputs and feedback

Time: 9:30 AM- 11:30 AM

To join the online meeting (to access the shared screen)

1. Go to https://zinnov.webex.com/zinnov/j.php?ED=114441307&UID=0&PW=NZTNiNzViMjc4&RT=MiM0MQ%3D%3D

2. Enter your name and email address.

3. Enter the meeting password: Bbangalore2009

4. Click "Join Now"

Conference bridge access number:

Dial in number: 080-6160 0600

Participant code: 61938065

Maturity model framework will look in to provide insights on the maturity levels ((i.e. Operational Support, Operational Independence, Strategic Independence, and Global Strategic Partnership) of the Indian R&D centers and the best practices used by companies to move from one maturity level to another

The scope of the meeting is to-

- Discuss the current maturity model and identify the gaps and operational issues with the current model

- Discuss the various industry segmentation required for the maturity benchmarking exercise

- Define the detailed scope

- Discuss and define the framework and methodology for maturity model framework

- Define the key parameters that needs to be used for the benchmark

- Discuss the data collection process and timelines for the benchmarking study

- Decide on the frequency of the sub-council meetings