Technology Magazine July 2021 | Page 40

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early investments was the integrated Deloitte Ascend™ platform . Blending leading industry insight with digital platforms and automation , Ascend today delivers leading practices , benchmarking data , and solution frameworks across nearly 35 industries .

“ Knowledge of each industry and the way an individual process is expected to operate or drive value in any given industry is a differentiator ,” he says . “ Ascend provides a digital platform to access that information , which accelerates and enriches our clients ’ insights , enabling us to collaborate closely to define the best fit technology solution .”

For EP , the Kinetic framework has become a unifying beacon across both clients and ecosystem partners . Its unifying language , centred on value-driven capability delivery , is written in jargon-free terms that allow the business and technology to speak on the same plane .

Ecosystem Integration and the Importance of Innovation Abdi ’ s third theme is the necessity of coordination and innovation across the solution ecosystem . Crossing technology platforms , manufacturers and academia , Abdi views EP ’ s role as the ecosystem integrator , creating a universal language that creates enterprise-level alignment .

Expanding on EP ’ s ecosystem approach , Abdi highlights a familiar principle .

“ As individuals have differing perspectives , so do each of our ecosystem partners – a software company can think about planning in a different way from someone who does in-house manufacturing at a factory ,” he says . “ As long as you can understand and connect those perspectives , you can solve their problems in a much faster way .

“ We bring our industry knowledge of what our clients will need today and in the future .