We are looking for consulting professionals with a proven track record in demanding management consulting or business development within our main content areas: Market & Business Model Design, Customer Experience Design and Solution Business Acceleration.

Explore is Vectia’s magazine, which is distributed to our customers and business partners twice a year. Cases in this issue are Pfizer, Wärtsilä, SLS (The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland) and Fazer Bakeries.

Utilizing social media in companies: Oppidom increases knowledge with the help of a managed learning community

Professor Kaj Storbacka will present at SAMA Webinar on Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:00 am EST (10:00 am CST) on the following topic: Successfully Creating and Delivering Solutions to the Customer.

Professor Kaj Storbacka will lead a session on Managing Solutions for Growth, Scalability and Profit at SAMA Pan-European Conference 2010. The conference is held 28 February – 2 March in London, UK.

Prewise Group has together with Vectia Oy developed a new, open learning community, Oppidom.

We are looking for professionals with a successful track record in demanding management consulting or business development:

In the book “Arki” (published in Finnish by WSOYPro) the authors Dr. Oskar Korkman and Dr. Heli Arantola suggest a focus on the consumer as a practitioner of his own life and striving for practical insights into the everyday life of the customer.

Explore is Vectia’s magazine, which is distributed to our customers and business partners twice a year. Cases in this issue are Veikkaus, Sinebrychoff, Microsoft, Tamro, OP-Pohjola, and Uponor.

A new doctoral dissertation shows that most firms have considerable improvement potential in the way they manage customer risks.

Vectia’s report for TEKES has been published in summer 2009: "Palvelemisesta palveluliiketoimintaan - Asiakasymmärrys palveluliiketoiminnan perustana" (From serving to service business - Customer insight as basis for service business)

Vectia has moved to a new office in Helsinki. The new address is Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 4, 00130 Helsinki. Phone and fax numbers remain the same.

Customer management and effectiveness were topics strongly present at Valtio Expo, arranged by the Finnish State Treasury on May 7th.

Strong internationalisation and post-merger integration towards a one company culture have brought challenges to change management tools.

Various companies have implemented CRM tools in order to support their sales. Even though CRM applications are seen as important and valuable, the long implementation processes are often difficult and expensive.

In our Forum held in October 2008 we discussed about executing a strategy process in three weeks. Condensed strategy process helps corporate management to concentrate on strategic thinking.

Management consultancy Vectia and IT services company Logica have launched a sales management solution as part of their cooperation.

Explore is Vectia’s customer magazine. The cases in this issue are Componenta, YLE, BE Group, Stork Food Systems, UPM and GS-Hydro.

The Finnish public sector is in the middle of a fundamental transformation. A large number of specialists will retire in a few years’ time and the structure, position, functions and size of the public sector will be redefined.

Vectia’s partner Harry Stol participated as a guest speaker in the 2nd Annual Strategic Key Account Management Conference in Amsterdam on November 20th, 2008.

Growth initiatives have been replaced by cost-cutting programs on many corporate agendas due to the increasingly turbulent operating environment.

Vectia’s Principal Suvi Nenonen acted as a member of the final jury of the 17th annual Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) Case Competition on October 14th 2008.

Vectia’s partner, Professor Kaj Storbacka participated in the Sales Management Forum in Athens, Greece.

Corporate planning cycles dedicate one quarter of a year for the strategy process and strategic planning. Experience shows us, however, that long strategy processes tend not to facilitate strategising; instead they focus on plans and planning.

Vectia has nominated a new principal. Liisa Koski-Lukkari joined the Vectia Helsinki office on 12th May. Liisa’s 20 years of experience cover management, marketing and sales positions within the financial, ICT and consultancy sectors.

Companies are increasingly moving forward in the value chain, attempting to customise their offering towards customers or segments, by adding more components to their offering and calling them solutions.