Associate Director
Huntington - NY United States
The big idea: In 25 words or less, please tell us how this Fast 50 Nominee is helping to address the planet's problems.
JVKellyGroup, Inc. is transforming the way companies can leverage complex data to make timely decisions in areas such as Supplier Performance Management, Risk, Spend Analysis, Business Process Management, and Marketing Intelligence.
Please describe how this nominee is using business as a force of positive change. What technology, idea, or strategy is the nominee using -- and what problem, such as global warming, poverty, or pollution, does it address? (suggested length: 100 words)
The four traditional components of actionable business intelligence are: data quality, timeliness, usability, and cost. Since 2002, JVKellyGroup, Inc. has focused Web 2.0 innovations in all four areas to deliver sustained change in several industries. Traditional dashboards focus on depicting what has already occurred and allow you to manage to a static set of metrics. By understanding that what matters today may not matter tomorrow, JVKellyGroup’s team of business intelligence experts designed a flexible dashboard solution in which clients can readily change what metrics they’re monitoring, while maintaining their original metrics in the background.
Jason Busch of www.SpendMatters.com says, “JVKellyGroup's Ryder Daniels and Jim Kelly have really helped inspire and shape my views in terms of how dashboards can be most effective. […] JVKellyGroup are absolute pros at creating flexible reporting and visualization tools for procurement.”
What are the results, both financial and social? How has the nominee's business performed, and what impact has it had on the problem it addresses? (suggested length: 100 words)
This evolving form of distributed intelligence is valued by JVKellyGroup’s clients. Their dashboards are being used with great success by C-level, Fortune 500 managers, among others. A Deputy Controller for a major global financial institution said, “JVKellyGroup prepared a dashboard that highlighted key metrics and led to the desired management visibility. Without their careful listening skills and deep knowledge of business intelligence, we would not have been as successful as we were.”
JVKellyGroup has also helped achieve the following tangible results for their clients:
• Reduction in reporting turnaround from three weeks to 24 hours. This particular dashboard is used to understand breakages and to identify continuous improvement opportunities with a client company’s monthly financial close process. The faster turn-around in reporting has led to increased resource availability.
• Enhanced resource utilization through the use of a departmental tracking dashboard. Chief Procurement Officers are able to optimize workflow and staff utilization.
• Increased demand management and contract compliance through the use of spend category (i.e., travel) compliance dashboards. Specifically, clients using this tool for travel management reached better than best-in-class compliance levels of 92%. This led to significant savings from negotiated contracts.
• Better supplier management and supplier relationships. Through risk management dashboards, clients are able to understand the financial state of both Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. This keeps a level playing field between customer and supplier and allows their clients to understand the weaknesses of their supply chain.
Comments that readers have made about this submission:
This Company continues to be one of the best kept secrets in the industry.
Their data visualization tools are leading edge.
This is a great company. They really know their stuff!
This is a great company, unique and innovative in providing solutions to companies needs.
JVKellyGroup, Inc. is a truly innovative company with a great suite of analytic tools and people. This combination allows JVKG to provide it's customers with the necessary information to make timely decisions.
Jim and Ryder were early innovators in these areas and continue to be on the cutting edge.
I have worked with and observed the team at JVKellyGroup since their founding. They have applied their experience, knowledge, and intellect to create a BI solution that is truly unique. They not only bring to their clients practical solutions but they constantly push themselves to drive innovation in what they do. This is not your run of the mill consultancy that sits back and relies on qualifications of the past. They are constantly pushing each other to innovate for the future.
JVKellyGroup is a flexible and incredibly innovative company with deep industry expertise.
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The technology of JVKG is positively impacting the bottom line of many household names in business. The founders have spent a lot of time and energy developing visualization tools that provide management with the reliable information they need to make accurate, and often snap, decisions that affect the entire organization.
JVKG has continually customized, innovated and evolved to match its clients' needs and in so doing has transformed the prospects of both the company and its clients. I'm extremely proud to have been a part of this company in its first five years and to have witnessed firsthand the JVKG team in action. As a firm, JVKG represents committed people delivering smart products and creating great value.
Innovative and results driven, JVKG delivers uncommon value.
JVKellyGroup - A world class team with extensive subject matter expertise, a proven track record and tools that make it all come together to deliver simple, streamlined solutions that delivers value for their clients.
JVKelly Group has done a tremendous job with their innovative dashboards. My customers have been impressed with the tool and the ease of use.
I agree with the above and more
JV Kelly has demonstrated to me multiple times that they know how to find significant cost savings and establish processes to ensure it is realized year after year.
JVKG has leveraged new technology, data analysis, and an innovative view to help clients implement improvements for plaguing problems. The company has a bright future.
This company is one of the best companies to work for and is going places....
They are company that is truly a joy to work with.
JVKelly is the leader in bringing insight to data so their customers can take action. Their agile development and total solution approach allows them to delight their customers. They can solve the customers problems and help customers succeed in no time at all. This approach is valued by customers because they can rapidly begin to realize their goals and increase shareholder value. This agile approach to solutions allows JVKelly to allow other customers to benefit from its improved product. As an example, customers are demanding ways to identify green suppliers. As a result, JVKelly has been able to deliver supplier solutions that indicate which suppliers are certified as "Green". Now, all customers can benefit from this dimension of data, and we all can strive to make the earth a better place to live. This is what makes JVKelly unique and without peers.
A first class company with first class people.
JVKellyGroup, Inc. is an innovative company that creatively converts data into information and information into business knowledge through process formulation and the utilization of system tools. JVK also promotes the integration of sourcing, procurement and business strategies to ensure successful supply chain results.
I've known Jim and some of his team memebers for quite a few years now; they are among the most professional, caring and passionate bunch of folks you'll ever meet. Kudos to you all!!!!
Tom Grech
I've known Jim and some of his team members for quite a few years now; they are among the most professional, caring and passionate bunch of folks you'll ever meet. Kudos to you all!!!!
Tom Grech
I've known Jim and some of his team members for quite a few years now; they are among the most professional, caring and passionate bunch of folks you'll ever meet. Kudos to you all!!!!
Tom Grech
I've known Jim and some of his team members for quite a few years now; they are among the most professional, caring and passionate bunch of folks you'll ever meet. Kudos to you all!!!!
Tom Grech
JVKellyGroup's Ryder Daniels and Jim Kelly have really helped push the Supply Chain envelop. To truely understand performance you must first develop KPIs which are business drivers. But that's not enough ... many people compile vast quantities of data but glean very little actionable or TIMELY information from it. Kelly's dashboard concepts allow for the sifting of these quantities of data into concise and actional pieces of information which are then presented in real time situational to those needing to act and act quickly before trends become outdated. If necessity is the mother of invention, then clear, concise and timely information is the father of sucess.
JVKellyGroup, Inc. is the winning combination of "Real World Experience" and "Cutting-Edge Proprietary Solutions". The company's subject matter expertise, and technological tools and are a tremendous benefit in any organization.
I have engaged this group on several projects. They roll up their sleeves and do the job. True professionals and a credit to the industry
As a communications and marketing professional, I admire how JVKellyGroup, Inc. serves their clients by listening to their issues, obstacles and concerns so that the company first understands the business context before offering tailored solutions. Rather than merely recommending available products, JVKellyGroup investigates what intelligence and systems their clients need – both today and tomorrow – to be successful, and they then develop strategic dashboards and procedures that will serve and support the clients’ interests. They also clearly lay out the features and benefits so that clients easily see how these tools will help them. Because JVKellyGroup provides its clients with tools that truly improve clients’ businesses, they have a high level of client satisfaction as well as a high degree of repeat business and referrals.
The JVKelly Group consists of a staff of innovative and dedicated professionals who are a pleasure to work with. Not only do they design flexible products that respond to real needs, but they care deeply about their communities and the environment. This is reflected in everything that they do.
Great Company!!!!
Best kept secret by every stretch of the imagination. Long Island based and can swing with the heavy weights on a Global level.
Extraordinary company
JVKellyGroup has exhibited cutting-edge innovation in their area of expertise.
JVKellyGroup,Inc is great because they train their employees with great care. The system of mentorship and learning through doing is quite effective.
JVKG is a rapidly evolving and innovative consulting firm, led by some of the brighest minds in their field. Their solutions focus on enhancing company performance, efficiency and ultimately, cost savings. Unlike many of their competitors, JVKG delivers real savings results in areas that provide sustainable returns. It is easy enough for consultants to recommend plant closures or staff reductions and declare "a savings victory" without considering the long-term impacts; not JVKG, they focus on returns that enhance the value for all stakeholders and impacts that increase over time. The JVKG team is active in their community and encourages all employees to support local charities as much as possible. It is a business that understands its value rests in the people that work there and the long-term satisfaction of the customers they serve. The big consulting firms could learn a thing or two from JVKG. The Fast 50 will be incomplete without them on the list.
Great organization, great innovators and wonderful results!!!! My company has worked with JVKellyGroup for several years and we are very satisfied. They are a very professional dedicated team.
