Big data may not mean better data
In 2012 PFA delivered the best return on investments they’d ever achieved. A MooD International solution was key to this and helped to make sense of their data.
Commendation for MooD International, 30 April 2013
MooD International was commended in the United Kingdom Council for Electronic Business (UKCeB) Excellence Awards at Defence Information 2013.
Army v Navy for the Babcock Trophy at Twickenham on Saturday 27th April 2013
MooD International joined over 72,000 spectators to cheer the best of the Army Rugby Union and the Royal Navy Rugby Union Senior Teams as the competed for the Babcock Trophy at the home of the RFU, Twickenham, on Saturday 27th April 2013.
MooD International shortlisted for Excellence Award from UK Council for Electronic Business
MooD International, the next generation business software provider has been shortlisted for a UK Council for Electronic Business (UKCeB) Excellence Award. The awards celebrate successful, secure collaboration between organisations that operate across the defence space.
Getting a top down view of Big Data
There’s no doubt that the topic of Big Data is on the agenda of Boards of many organisations. But the question we hear the most from executives is “but what does it mean to my business?”
Achieving a holistic view of supply chain risk
The interlinked, complex and global nature of supply chains makes them increasingly vulnerable to a range of risks. Supply chains are too complex to manage with a traditional siloed view, where risk management is still done at different points in the business. What’s needed is a holistic view of risk...
Financial savings are found in big data
Big data has usually been more associated with a marketing officer than a chief finance officer. This is now changing, with chief finance officers starting to see big data technologies as mechanisms for both better handling company accounts and identifying greater financial savings.
Managing in a global complex environment: an iterative approach
As businesses become increasingly complex, the inevitable desire for greater sophistication can actually become the enemy of progress.
MooD International becomes a Patron of The Prince’s Trust’s Technology Leadership Group
MooD International, the next generation business software provider, is pleased to announce they have become a Patron of youth charity The Prince’s Trust’s Technology Leadership Group (TLG).
Transparency is the key to improving profitability for Outsourcing Partners
In an increasingly challenging European market, there’s a current trend prevailing amongst BPO and IT outsourcing vendors, towards driving profitability through a combination of margin improvement and customer intimacy.
Maximise the value of your outsourcing
According to the World Retail Banking Report, 77 per cent of retail banks now outsource at least one part of their business.
Common industry estimates show that outsourcing provides banks with a saving of 20 – 40 per cent, depending on whether processes are located locally or abroad. And across other industries around the world outsourcing is often the most viable solution for businesses that lack certain specialist skills in their internal teams, but need them to stay ahead of the competition.
Payment-by-Results isn’t just a One-Sided Deal
One of the key predictions for Business Process Services (BPS) outsourcing in 2013 is the increased use of “payments-by-results” in the UK public sector.
This trend is driven by the Government’s aim of shifting the risk of large transformation projects and BPS contracts to its support services partners.
Right data – not big data
FDs should give some attention as to how big data gets into the system.
Handling the business impact of cyber security
We live in a more interconnected and information-rich world than ever before. The media is increasingly publicising the dangers posed by cybercrime, feeding the hype and encouraging alarmist reactions.
What organisations need to realise is that this spending can be targeted to yield real business value if organisations are better informed in assessing their vulnerabilities.
Moving from “What Happened?” to “What’s Happening?”
Investigations into the $US2.3bn loss at UBS incurred by rogue trader Kweku Adoboli have found that a failure in key oversight reporting by an unnamed outsourcing provider was one of the main ways the true risk exposure was hidden.
Cyber defence needs to be acknowledged as a Board-level business risk
It is not possible for business to be conducted today without engaging with the wider cyber world. While this brings with it advantages, such as economies of scale and 24 hour access for some services, it also has inherent risks, as any online system is to some degree open to attacks and disruption.
Compliance Reporting Security solution continues working partnership between MooD International and Multinational Oil and Gas Organisation
Following the successful deployment of a MooD based PROMIS solution delivering business wide portfolio management across the Multinational’s global portfolio, the Compliance Reporting - Next Generation Phase 2 (CR-NG2) security solution continues this working partnership
The Oil and Gas Multinational is a global group, one of the world’s leading energy and petrochemical companies operating thousands of service stations in over 80 countries worldwide, with 90,000 employees, producing 3.2 million barrels of gas and oil every day.
Enterprise level IT infrastructure compliance reporting for the Multinational is conducted through an Operational Effectiveness Indicator Dashboard (OEID) and Infrastructure Environment Controls Dashboard. The creation of these reports currently involves significant manual effort, relying on fragmented data sources.
Effective performance and decision management on complex projects with Serco
In March 2012, U.K. government services company Serco Group plc (Serco) was contracted by the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) to manage the leadership of Defence Business Services (DBS), which provides corporate services for the MoD including civilian human resources, finance, information reporting, and security vetting. Under the contract, Serco provides an executive leadership team that is working with MoD staff to transform the organization into a lean and effective shared services center, building on private sector best practice.
MooD was a key part of the winning bid for Serco, and has also been highly instrumental in achieving success at DBS on an ongoing basis. What MooD allows DBS to do, according to Mike Stone, CEO, DBS, is to distill services into their constituent parts, and then investigate the causal relationships between these parts.
MooD International obtains UK Government backing for the next phase of its technology
– with MooD’s distinctive Causal Modelling approach already delivering significant value to major organisations
Innovation is vital for business growth, and the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board is all about driving innovation. In July 2012, the Technology Strategy Board announced a Smart award to MooD International towards future development of MooD, the UK’s innovative software technology for Smarter Decisions.
The Technology Strategy Board’s aim is to accelerate economic growth by promoting research, development, and exploitation of key technologies to stimulate and support business-led innovation. Through the Smart scheme, the Board funds strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology.
Deciding on and taking the right courses of action to achieve the best business outcome is a critical capability in today's world. This is particularly the case for large, complex organizations, in which operations are under increasing pressure to drive out cost, deliver efficiencies, and improve effectiveness, often in a working environment that is weak in providing insight into how the different components of the business affect each other, directly or indirectly, and how these all add up to deliver the outcomes needed.
Causal modelling delivers better business outcomes
UK software technology company MooD International is demonstrating how a new approach to outcome-driven business decision making, driven by a Causal Model, complements the approach taken by more traditional data analytics tools to create real value for organisations, including major system integrators and service providers like HP and Serco.
Major Energy Provider: A single pane of glass for Supply side Outsourcing Performance Management
MooD has delivered the first phase of its Outsourcing Performance Management Solution for a major international Energy company.
This Outsourcing contract is being delivered by a global Outsourcing provider who is managing the IT infrastructure covering data centres and PCs over a 5 year agreement. This is on top of the deal where they already provide hardware, support services and managed print services.
The MooD Solution provides a single pane of glass across the whole contract to enhance the management of the operational and transformation governance. The leadership team are empowered and informed with concise management information at their fingertips from which they can make swift and improved decisions. In turn this reduces the risk associated with making business decisions at all levels of the organisation.
Major FMCG Company: A single portal for Outsourcing Performance Management
MooD has won another significant deal with a major global partner to deliver a single portal for the performance management of a global FMCG outsourcing contract.
This multi-million contract is being delivered by a global outsourcing provider who is managing the IT infrastructure, Business Process Services and also has accountability for the management of efficient service delivery across multiple suppliers.
The MooD Solution will provide a single portal for the client and all of the suppliers to co-ordinate and manage outcome delivery, this is achieved by providing clear line of sight and alignment between all the moving parts of IT delivery through to the clients critical business processes.
Charity Golf Day raises thousands for the RAF Benevolent Fund
On Tuesday 17th July 2012 MooD International, the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Wellington College joined forces to deliver a highly successful industry golf day to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) the RAF’s leading welfare charity.
MooD Director is elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Dick Whittington – MooD International’s Chief Strategy Officer – has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy. Election is by invitation only; with up to 60 Fellows elected each year by nomination from existing Fellows.
MooD International enters the York 10K Corporate Challenge
We are pleased to announce that MooD International is entering a team of 10 runners into the York 10K Corporate Challenge. This non profit event helps to raise funds for charities such as 'The Jane Tomlinson Appeal', 'Macmillan Cancer Support' and 'St Leonard’s Hospice' more information can be found on their website or by clicking the banner below.
MooD International's Mike Greenslade takes part in a 2 month charity expedition
At the end of April 2012, Mike Greenslade, Geoff Cater, and Andy Mullins will set off in their kayaks from Tatums Beach, Portscatho on the Cornish South Coast. They’ll turn right at the harbour wall and with some hard paddling, some reasonable weather and a lot of luck, they’ll appear again on the horizon some 100 or so days later.
‘Bridging the understanding gap’ – MooD International’s in The Telegraph
MooD International is a regular contributor to The Telegraph’s review of the outsourcing market. Most latterly MooD International published an article in the Business Reporter insert in The Sunday Telegraph and a year ago a similar article in The Daily Telegraph.
MooD International celebrates York’s 800th Anniversary by sponsoring medieval cycle of York Mystery Plays
MooD International is proud to be sponsoring the spectacular 2012 production of the medieval cycle of York Mystery Plays, which has been performed by the people of York across the centuries and is a world-famous part of the city’s cultural heritage." From Creation to the Last Judgment, these plays form one of the greatest stories ever told. The story of God, of man and woman and of the cosmic struggle between good and evil is presented on an epic scale against the magnificent backdrop of St Mary's Abbey.
MooD International golf day raises money for RAF Benevolent Fund
Tuesday 30th August 2011 saw MooD International join forces with senior members of the Royal Air Force and Wellington College to host a highly successful Golf match & Gala Dinner in support of the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF). The day, consisting of an 18 hole team golf competition followed by a drinks reception and dinner in the truly spectacular school Common Room, was hosted by Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant, Commander-in-Chief Air with a special guest of ex-RAF pilot and England rugby international Rory Underwood.
MooD International agrees multi-million pound software licencing agreement with global partner
March 30th, 2012, London, UK —MooD International announced today that it has made a significant step in its plan to be the ERP for Outsourcing. Today MooD International has announced a significant software licensing deal for its Outsourcing Performance Management Solutions. This contract will support the client contracts of a major, global Outsourcing provider.
The contract involves a multi-million pound investment in MooD Software, and will involve the creation of a new MooD International Solution Centre in the United States.
MooD software drives Datapoint’s industry-first solution for Contact Centre Optimisation
Datapoint has launched a new indexing system for its customers giving clearer direction for contact centre optimisation.
The Katalyst mapping index within Datapoint’s suite of contact-optimisation solutions, the first of its kind, brings together an array of complex metrics that allows managers to clearly see how the performance of their contact centre is evolving.
MooD Software appears as leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant
MooD International’s business-driven, model-based solutions for performance management can significantly enhance outcomes for organizations in terms of cost reduction and improved confidence and performance. The MooD technology now enables the concepts and data of ‘business process’ to be fully exploited as part of a business model, generating greater insight and value for the business stakeholder.
This capability has now been recognised by Gartner – with MooD International a ‘leader’ in its latest Business Process Analysis Magic Quadrant.
MooD software drives Datapoint’s industry-first solution for Contact Centre Optimisation
Datapoint has launched a new indexing system for its customers giving clearer direction for contact centre optimisation.
The Katalyst mapping index within Datapoint’s suite of contact-optimisation solutions, the first of its kind, brings together an array of complex metrics that allows managers to clearly see how the performance of their contact centre is evolving.
New patent protects MooD's unique capabilities
MooD has conducted an active patenting process since 1999, aimed at protecting those unique mechanisms and methods that make MooD so distinctive. The process consumes a significant amount of effort: the process from patent application through pending to full grant can take 5-7 years, and can involve engaging in lengthy discussions with international patent examiners.
Gartner recognises MooD in global assessment of software capabilities
A report published by Gartner in 2011 underlines the key changes in the exploitation of enterprise architecture technology and recognises MooD's capability. In their 2010 Magic Quadrant, Gartner positioned MooD as Visionary and now Gartner have further recognised MooD in their 2011 assessment of key capabilities. In this report, Gartner have identified eight capabilities that they see as critical to improving decision making in today's enterprise. Unlike other EA tools, architecture is but one part of the MooD solution. The MooD architecture capability is an enabler, providing the integration and coherence to deliver powerful portfolio balancing and smarter decision making.
MooD software achieves the Queen's Award for Enterprise
The Queen's Award for Enterprise is the UK's most prestigious awards for business performance, recognising outstanding achievement by British companies. The Awards are made each year by The Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions. Winners are publicly announced on 21 April, The Queen's personal birthday, and attend Buckingham Palace to officially receive their awards later in the year. MooD International achieved its first Queen’s Award in 2004.
Outsourcing Governance
In recent years many companies have decided that they are going to concentrate on their core business. They have identified business needs that can be delivered more efficiently by a third party, looked around for an expert in that particular area and given them the contract, essentially saying “just get on with it”. This has worked well in some cases, but how do you know you are getting what you are paying for?