McKinsey Separates Content From Presentations; Content Worldwide - Presentations From India
By Sanjay Sharma, Section News
Posted on Mon Sep 20, 2004 at 07:57:59 PM EST
The global business consultancy firm McKinsey is sourcing all its Powerpoint and multimedia presentation for business pitching, out of its IT enabled service unit Visual Graphics India (VGI) in Chennai's Tidel Park. It is saving work hours of consultants who were spending substantial time on preparing eye catching presentations. VGI is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 300 professionals who provide McKinsey's 6,200 consultants with graphics and visuals. They also create visual communication tools like graphics, charts, exhibits, overhead transparencies, on-screen animated presentations, and multi-media products for its 82 offices in 44 countries. Globally, McKinsey works with over 400 companies and many governments.
Also, McKinsey's knowledge centre in Gurgaon employs over a dozen professionals ? including mathematics doctorates, who do statistical research for McKinsey consultants around the world. "Now there is more time for consultancy than preparing for presentations," says a senior Mckinsey official. "The actual productivity of consultants are rising."