Avasant

With its global headquarters in Los Angeles, California; Avasant is a top management consulting firm servicing global blue chip clients across the public and private sectors. Our talented team of consultants, lawyers and technologists average over 20 years of industry-honed experience and have conducted 1,000+ engagements in over 40 countries worldwide. Avasant drives customer value through the use of our proprietary consulting and advisory methods, which have been refined over decades of ‘real-world’ transaction and engagement experience.  The combination of our world-class resources allows Avasant to yield superior business outcomes in three primary domains: Strategic Sourcing, ICT & Enterprise Optimization and Globalization Consulting.

• Strategic Sourcing:  Our market-tested sourcing advisory services lead Global 2000, public sector and non-profit organizations through the complex web of managed services transactions and improved shared services management.  The primary objectives of these engagements are to drive down costs, improve service levels, and improve operational efficiency.

• ICT & Enterprise Optimization:  For Government and Corporations alike, Avasant drives optimization to the enterprise by aligning our client’s technology and operations strategies. Our professionals endeavor to improve client technological capacities while cultivating operational efficiency, effective service delivery and optimal cost savings.

•  Globalization Consulting:  The leaders of emerging countries and world aid organizations turn to Avasant to drive both BPO and ITES opportunities to new and developing economies.  In this pursuit, Avasant supports these economic development objectives by: drafting policies for job growth, driving new Merger & Acquisition activity, designing skill requirements for the local labor force, defining  public-private partnership initiatives, recommending infrastructure development, and connecting global partners to opportunities. 

The name, Avasant, was born from merging the Latin word “ava” meaning “advisor” and the Sanskrit word “sant” meaning “sagely”; thus Sagely Advisor.
 
Avasant has received several recognitions as a leading globalization, sourcing and IT strategy firm.  According to the International Association of Outsourcers (IAOP), Avasant is named us among the “World Best Outsourcing Advisors”.  Further, Avasant holds honored distinctions as the Black Book of Outsourcing’s ‘Number 1 BPO Advisor’ and ‘Top 10 Full Service Advisors.’