Business Process Transformation Advisory
Transform and optimize your business operations to drive measurable business value, agility and resilience.
Intelligent Business Operations.
Building a More Adaptable Enterprise
Organizations are under pressure to improve productivity, respond faster to change and deliver better experiences for customers and employees. Business process transformation provides the foundation by connecting people, technology and data across the enterprise.
Buyers want providers to lead on AI but can't govern it.
21%
of enterprises have the internal skills to govern AI-enabled BPO services.
Two-thirds expect their providers to lead AI adoption, and 70% expect more innovation from them. Traditional service-level agreements weren't built to measure either. Without new outcome measures and governance, you pay for activity while providers keep the productivity gains.
Source: ISG 2026 State of BPO Report
AI is in the process. The value isn't there yet.
43% vs 14%
of enterprises use AI in outsourced processes mainly for efficiency against 14% reaching AI-first outcomes.
More than half of enterprises have moved beyond labor-led BPO models. Most AI still sits on top of existing workflows, where it trims cost but leaves the process design, roles and commercial terms unchanged. The larger gains depend on redesigning all three.
Source: ISG 2026 State of BPO Report
The strongest results come when technology is combined with process redesign, effective governance and a clear focus on measurable business outcomes.
The next frontier is intelligent, outcome-based operations where human insight and digital intelligence converge to deliver agility, transparency and measurable business value.
Transforming Business Operations
We help organizations to leverage AI innovation to redesign and optimize operations, delivering measurable business outcomes. Combining our deep industry expertise, data-driven insights and proven advisory methodologies, we partner with clients to reimagine their operating models, aligning people, processes and technology to achieve agility, efficiency and growth.
We help you go beyond incremental improvement to achieve impactful transformation that lasts.
Optimize your business operations across the enterprise

Our Business Process Transformation Capabilities
ISG's advisory spans the full transformation lifecycle, strengthened by our independent perspective, market insights and proven results.
Process Diagnostics & Benchmarking
Target Operating Model Design
Build an agile, scalable, digital-first operating model aligned with business outcomes, informed by ISG’s market intelligence.
AI Enablement
Integrate AI, intelligent automation and advanced analytics to enable data-backed decisions and accelerate innovation.
Continuous Improvement & Governance
Foster a performance-driven culture with ongoing optimization and governance for sustained success.
Change Management & Workforce Readiness
Prepare and enable teams to embrace new processes and technologies for lasting, successful adoption, ensuring ROI targets for your tech investments are met.
Strategic Sourcing
Apply ISG’s FutureSource™ methodology, AI-enabled platform, IP templates and expertise to make evidence-based and future-ready sourcing decisions.
Transformation with Global Capability Centers (GCCs)
Design, build, and optimize GCCs and GBS as strategic enablers of transformation, leveraging global talent, automation and analytics to deliver scalability, innovation and measurable business value.
Results our clients acheive:
The Global State of Business Process Outsourcing Report
Discover how AI is redefining the future of Business Process Services.
Featured Insights
Client Stories
Meet Our Team
Robert Stapleton
Partner
Robert Stapleton
Robert Stapleton is an ISG Partner and a North American Business Process lead. Robert brings more than 30 years of execution, management and leadership experience in technology centered strategy, consulting, strategic sourcing, service delivery and advisory services.
Bill Huber
Partner
Bill Huber
Bill works with the world’s leading companies to identify, implement, and accelerate improved capabilities and better ways of working, and to align and optimize the network of strategic suppliers and partners. These efforts have driven hundreds of millions in savings for his clients.
Shahid Bhatty
Director
Shahid Bhatty
Shahid Bhatty is a proven procurement and supply chain management leader who brings significant experience in outsourcing advisory services, procurement transformation, organizational design & development, and project management. He has developed deep expertise in leading strategy assessments, benchmarking and feasibility studies, RFP development, supplier evaluation & selection, contract negotiations and implementation services. He has led procurement operations, implemented digital strategies, and managed large & complex strategic sourcing initiatives both in operational and outsourcing roles.
Stacey Cadigan
Partner
Stacey Cadigan
Stacey Cadigan is an HR thought leader who is passionate about HR and talent management. With more than 20 years in HR, she has leveraged her deep experience and expertise to help clients achieve their strategic, operational, and financial objectives. Through her diverse experience in HR strategy, HRO operations, RPO, HR technology, and transitions, she has developed unique insight and the ability to ask the right questions in assisting organizations with finding solutions to effectively align their HR initiatives with their vision. Stacey was named “HR Thought Leader of the Year” in 2016 and “HRO Superstar” by HRO Today Services and Technology Association for 2016–2024.
Daniel Choo
Director
Daniel Choo
Daniel (Danny) heads up the BAS (Business Advisory Services) in APAC, providing leadership and in depth expertise in Business Strategy, Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, ERP optimization and Business Transformations. He works with MNC and Government clients both locally and across Asia and has extensive client and supply side experience. The BAS practice delivers comprehensive end to end transformational services in support of its clients.
Jarrod Magill
Partner
Jarrod Magill
Jarrod's focus at ISG is delivering transformational outsourcing and shared services engagements for clients across all sectors. These engagements deliver significant savings through labor arbitrage and improved productivity, but also provide and uplift in organizational capability by accessing large pools of talent offshore. Jarrod works across all enterprise functions including Finance, Contact Centers, Procurement, Human Resources, IT and Operations.
Matt Shaheen
Director
Matt Shaheen
Matt Shaheen is a Director at ISG with more than 30 years of experience in procurement, finance and accounting and IT, most of those years with service providers. Matt has worked with an extensive number of clients on well over $1 billion worth of transactions.
Shweta Taneja
Service Line Director
Shweta Taneja
Shweta is the director of BPO/GCC for ISG’s UK, and Nordics business. She designs and delivers shared services, outsourcing, or GCC setup/expansion strategies for clients. She assesses current-state operations and builds operating models, location strategies, workforce plans, and process optimization roadmaps. Her aim is to drive digital transformation involving automation (RPA/AI), process standardization, and efficiency improvements.
Ed Walsh
Principal Consultant
Ed Walsh
Ed helps clients optimize the delivery of operational services, including facilities management. Since joining ISG, he has led the RFP process for managing facilities for a large North American printer with more than 100 sites, 80 of them production facilities. He also advised a top European bank on management of its North American branch network. He has handled assessments for clients in health care, manufacturing, payment services, hospitality and data center infrastructure. Ed is widely published as a thought leader in outsourcing. He also contributes commentary on topics of interest to financial services institutions.
Troy Williams
Partner
Troy Williams
Troy Williams leads a team that provides independent governance and advisory services to help clients with their digital transformations. Leveraging ISG’s market leading research and governance tools, Troy helps clients reduce operational costs through enhanced vendor governance, technology sourcing strategies and as a service delivery models, whilst improving customer and employee experience by advising clients on how to digitally transform and leverage data-driven personalization through automation and AI.