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The Hackett Group's 2025 Digital World Class Finance research reveals how top-performing finance organizations leverage Gen AI and digital modernization to achieve superior results. Digital World Class finance teams operate at 45% lower cost while delivering 74% faster executive insights and 57% faster forecasts. These organizations excel in five key areas: business effectiveness, digital enablement, customer experience, operational efficiency, and process automation. They spend 68% more time on strategic analysis, are 2X more likely to enable self-service reporting, achieve 42% higher stakeholder satisfaction, operate with 35-57% shorter close cycles, and automate 99% of journal entries. The research outlines six key levers for building Gen AI-enabled finance functions: service design, technology adoption, human capital development, analytics management, service partnering, and organizational governance.
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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI consultancy and executive advisory firm, has been named to U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Companies to Work For list. The recognition highlights Hackett's excellence in key workplace metrics including compensation, benefits, work-life balance, career opportunities, and company stability. The selection process evaluated over 5,000 public companies across six key factors: pay and benefits quality, work-life balance, job stability, physical and psychological comfort, belonging and esteem, and career development. Companies were ranked against industry peers to ensure fair comparison. The award validates Hackett's commitment to fostering a workplace culture focused on employee value, respect, and professional growth.
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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI consultancy and strategic advisory firm, has acquired Spend Matters, a prominent procurement and supply chain solutions market intelligence company. Founded in 2004, Spend Matters has established itself as an industry authority in procurement technology and thought leadership. The acquisition enhances Hackett Group's capabilities with Spend Matters' advanced platforms, including TechMatch™ and SolutionMap. Carina Kuhl will lead the combined market intelligence practice, focusing on integrating Spend Matters' technology insights with Hackett's advisory expertise. The merger aims to provide clients with comprehensive procurement and supply chain technology intelligence, enabling faster and more informed decision-making for buyers, vendors, consultants, and investors.
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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) reported its Q1 2025 financial results with total revenue of $77.9 million and revenue before reimbursements of $76.2 million, near the high end of guidance. The company's GAAP diluted EPS decreased to $0.11 from $0.32 in Q1 2024, impacted by $5.1 million in non-cash compensation expense and $2.4 million in LeewayHertz acquisition-related expenses. Adjusted EPS reached $0.41, up from $0.39 year-over-year. Operating cash flow improved to $4.2 million from $2.8 million in Q1 2024. The company repurchased 379,000 shares for $11.7 million and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share. For Q2 2025, Hackett expects revenue before reimbursements of $76.0-77.5 million and adjusted EPS of $0.37-0.39. Notably, the company released AI XPLR version 3, enhancing its Gen AI capabilities.
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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has launched AI XPLR™ 3.0, an enhanced platform designed to accelerate enterprise-wide generative AI transformation. The platform provides thousands of industry-specific Gen AI solutions and AI agents to transform enterprise workflows within hours or days, rather than weeks or months.

Key features of AI XPLR™ 3.0 include:

  • Dynamic ideation with custom solution design
  • Feasibility assessment and ROI analyzer for solution prioritization
  • Integration with ZBrain™ open source Gen AI orchestration platform

The platform enables organizations to explore industry-specific AI solutions, design and build according to specific requirements, and evaluate ROI before making significant investments. This combination of AI XPLR™ and ZBrain™ supports AI initiatives from ideation through implementation across the enterprise.

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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has announced the launch of its Gen AI Executive Advisory Program, a premium service designed to accelerate organizations' Gen AI initiatives through an advisor-led approach. The program builds upon the company's AI XPLR™ and ZBrain™ platform experiences.

The company has appointed John K. Thompson as principal and program leader. Thompson brings 38 years of AI, data, and analytics experience, having previously led global AI efforts at EY where he implemented one of the world's largest private Gen AI environments serving 300,000+ users. He is also a bestselling author and adjunct professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information.

The program aims to define and enable AI-powered business transformation, leveraging The Hackett Group's expertise in working with major corporations, including 97% of Dow Jones Industrials and 90% of Fortune 100 companies.

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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has released its 2025 Key Issues Study revealing widespread adoption of generative AI in HR operations. 66% of HR organizations are currently utilizing AI-powered tools, with expectations of a 10% increase in workload by 2025 despite budget cuts of 1.5% and headcount reduction of 2%, creating a 12% productivity gap.

The study highlights key areas for AI expansion in 2025:

  • 52% use AI for job description writing, with 39% planning resume screening implementation
  • 48% utilize AI for employee communications
  • 45% plan AI implementation for HR-related inquiries
  • 29% intend to use AI for skills documentation and training

HR organizations project a 4.2% year-over-year increase in automation, with 77% having initiatives to leverage technology for improved HR services efficiency. The company recommends prioritizing improvement projects, investing in reskilling, simplifying processes, and redesigning talent management strategies.

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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has released its 2025 Key Issues Study, revealing that 64% of procurement leaders anticipate AI transforming their roles within five years. The study highlights a significant challenge: while workloads are expected to increase by 10% in 2025, budgets will only grow by 1%, creating a 9% efficiency gap.

Current AI adoption shows:

  • 49% of procurement teams piloting Gen AI use cases
  • 4% reporting large-scale deployment
  • 47% using embedded AI in existing procurement software
  • Up to 10% improvements in productivity, quality and cost savings

Top priorities include improving spend reduction, ensuring supply continuity, transforming operating models, fighting inflation, and implementing digital transformation. Major challenges include data quality, privacy concerns, supplier volatility, and complex technology integration.

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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has released its 2025 Key Issues Study, revealing a dramatic surge in generative AI adoption among executives, jumping from 16% to 89% in just one year. The study highlights finance teams' evolving strategic role, with 65% of finance executives now considered 'valued business partners,' up from 41% last year.

While AI adoption in finance is expected to grow 20% this year, approximately 22% of finance organizations haven't yet acted on Gen AI. The study projects a 5% productivity gap, with workloads increasing 4% while budgets and headcounts decrease by 1%. Early adopters are seeing productivity improvements and cost reductions exceeding 10% in areas like transactional processing, tax management, and financial planning.

Key challenges include data quality, process complexity, change management, and AI talent shortage. The report recommends finance leaders develop targeted Gen AI strategies, prioritize value-driving use cases, and invest in team upskilling to ensure AI readiness.

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The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) has scheduled its Q1 2025 earnings conference call for Tuesday, May 6, 2025, following the release of financial results for the quarter ended March 28, 2025. The conference call will begin at 5:00 P.M. ET.

Participants can join via phone using (800) 593-0486 for domestic callers or (517) 308-9371 for international callers. A rebroadcast will be available from 8:00 P.M. ET on May 6 through 5:00 P.M. ET on May 20, 2025. The company will also provide a live webcast through their website, with an online replay available during the same period.

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The current stock price of Hackett Group (HCKT) is $24.1 as of June 13, 2025.

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The market cap of Hackett Group (HCKT) is approximately 678.9M.
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