{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"162090","rtpr_id":"nBw1sfvt7a-20261006","ticker":"HCKT","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["HCKT"],"title":"The Hackett Group® Establishes AI World Class Information Technology Benchmarks","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-06T14:00:00.866Z","article_body":"The Hackett Group(®) Establishes AI World Class Information Technology\nBenchmarks\n\nNew research shows AI World Class technology organizations reduce IT process\ncosts by 27%-35%, improve project ROI by 1.5X-2.5X and drive compounding\nenterprise performance improvement\n\nThe Hackett Group, Inc.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=The+Hackett+Group%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=5fb87dc7383059b6d85e7163a72065b6)\n(NASDAQ: HCKT), an AI enterprise transformation firm, today announced its AI\nWorld Class information technology research, introducing a new set of\nperformance benchmarks\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Foperating-model-hackett%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=performance+benchmarks&index=2&md5=5f4e7f67918a18cd4ab216e583cf0b50)\nthat quantify how leading organizations use disciplined artificial\nintelligence (AI) investment to change the economics of enterprise\nperformance.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/)\n\nHow AI value compounds across the enterprise: AI World Class organizations\nfund AI investment by reducing technical debt, rationalizing applications and\nmodernizing operating models. By reducing that burden, technology leaders\ncreate capacity to invest. That same discipline improves the economics of the\ntechnology function, reducing IT process costs by 27%-35%, lowering IT\nstaffing levels by 34%-44% and improving project ROI by 1.5X-2.5X.5 The\ngreatest returns extend beyond the technology function. Finance organizations\nredesign order-to-cash processes to reduce costs by 52%-59% while accelerating\ncash conversion. Procurement organizations generate up to 2.7X greater ROI and\nsignificantly greater sourcing impact. HR organizations reduce recruiting\ncosts by 61% while increasing recruiter productivity by 119%. As these\nimprovements reinforce one another across multiple business functions, the\nenterprise return on AI investment extends far beyond the direct savings\nrealized within IT.\n\nThe research reveals that a 75% performance gap is emerging between\norganizations that redesign end-to-end processes around AI and those that\nsimply automate existing processes. According to The Hackett Group’s\nanalysis, AI World Class organizations achieve significant advantages by\nsimplifying technology environments, reimagining work and directing AI\ninvestments to the highest-value opportunities across the enterprise.\n\n“CIOs face a paradox: AI requires greater investment while the business\nexpects lower costs with higher performance,” said Michael Fuller,\nprincipal, The Hackett Group(®). “Leaders are creating capacity for AI by\nsimplifying technology, reducing technical debt and redesigning operating\nmodels, then directing that capacity to the investments with the greatest\nreturn.”\n\nThe results are significant. AI World Class technology organizations reduce\ninformation technology (IT) process costs by 27%-35%, lower staffing levels by\n34%-44% and improve project return on investment (ROI) by 1.5X-2.5X. Beyond\nthe technology function, those improvements help drive enterprisewide gains in\nproductivity, operating leverage, cash conversion and customer experience.\n\nThe findings also demonstrate how the benefits of disciplined AI investment\ncompound across business functions. Benchmark modeling identified\nopportunities for organizations to achieve 52%-59% lower order-to-cash process\ncosts, up to 2.7X greater procurement ROI, 53.5% fewer inventory days of\nsupply, and 61% lower recruiting costs when AI investments\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fglossary%2Fai-investment%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AI+investments&index=3&md5=72fa81552d4440010a5c357a17685fe6)\nare aligned to end-to-end business outcomes.\n\nRather than pursuing isolated use cases, AI World Class organizations start\nwith the business outcome. They identify the enterprise priorities with the\ngreatest potential impact, then manage AI as an enterprise investment\nportfolio, continuously identifying, prioritizing, and scaling initiatives\nthat deliver measurable business outcomes. By directing investments to the\nhighest-value opportunities, they maximize enterprise return and accelerate\nperformance improvement\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fprocess-improvement-hackett%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=performance+improvement&index=4&md5=6616c24ec2188932c548ad3c700b2c16)\n.\n\n“The CIO’s role is rapidly expanding from managing technology performance\nto enabling enterprise performance,\" said Kyle Robichaud, principal, The\nHackett Group(®). “CIOs must help determine where AI can create the\ngreatest value and build capabilities to scale it securely and efficiently.\nThose that consistently identify and scale high-return AI investments will\ncreate a lasting competitive advantage.”\n\nSpanning 16 end-to-end business processes, AI World Class benchmarks quantify\nwhere AI-enabled transformation\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fglossary%2Fai-transformation%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AI-enabled+transformation&index=5&md5=78287e4b7b12b53786b5e395adee2e9b)\ncan create the greatest value and establish future-state performance standards\nfor organizations seeking to improve both technology and enterprise\nperformance. The AI World Class benchmark methodology draws on more than three\ndecades of benchmarking data, process intelligence and transformation\nexperience with 98% of the Dow Jones Global Titans, 97% of the Dow Jones\nIndustrials and 90% of the Fortune 100.\n\nThe full research paper, “Close the Enterprise AI Performance Gap: How\nDisciplined AI Investment Changes the Economics of Enterprise Performance\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.poweredbyhackett.com%2Faiwcit2608nr&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=Close+the+Enterprise+AI+Performance+Gap%3A+How+Disciplined+AI+Investment+Changes+the+Economics+of+Enterprise+Performance&index=6&md5=513011d0238dc7522d6e918b177aa6c9)\n,” is available for complimentary download\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.poweredbyhackett.com%2Faiwcit2608nr&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=download&index=7&md5=4534800a96de6ef3c2f61a3162298ac2)\n.\n\nAbout The Hackett Group(®)\n\nThe Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an ROI-led, AI enterprise\ntransformation firm that helps clients enable AI World Class performance. Its\nexperts and engineers leverage Hackett AI platforms, including XT\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Ftransform-with-confidence%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=XT&index=8&md5=6e0180d67700eb2175b8762545e54068)\n™, AIXelerator\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Faixelerator-reimagining-software-implementation-delivery%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AIXelerator&index=9&md5=def6f570f60ea539c0efa549488f942f)\n™, Hackett AI XPLR\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fintroducing-ai-xplr%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=Hackett+AI+XPLR&index=10&md5=40011c6a5a5b1f7874dbd7a20834dd11)\n™, ZBrain\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fmaximize-your-business-potential-with-zbrain%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=ZBrain&index=11&md5=673baf06a2987860dff6854affb76c9f)\n(®) and XDA\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fknow-when-your-data-is-ready-for-ai%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=XDA&index=12&md5=b01783cd09443d1f76dcab351037a257)\n™, to accelerate and enhance the delivery of the company’s solutions and\nservices.\n\nThe Hackett AI platforms are powered by the company’s domain-specific\nSolution Language Model informed by Hackett Process and Performance\nIntelligence, including Digital World Class(®) and AI World Class benchmark\nmetrics, industry-specific best-practice process flows and service delivery\nmodel frameworks. The Hackett Group’s proprietary insights are based on\nbenchmarking results from leading global organizations, including 98% of Dow\nJones Global Titans, 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials and 90% of the Fortune\n100. Visit www.thehackettgroup.com.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thehackettgroup.com.&index=13&md5=a344e38bfe830e4bbe96f659d41d2016)\n\nTrademarks\n\nThe Hackett Group(®), quadrant logo, ZBrain(® )and Digital World Class(®)\nare the registered marks of The Hackett Group(®).\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking” Statements\n\nThis release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of\nSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements including without\nlimitation, words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,”\n“plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” or other similar\nphrases or variations of such words or similar expressions indicating, present\nor future anticipated or expected occurrences or outcomes are intended to\nidentify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not\nstatements of historical fact and involve known and unknown risks,\nuncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results,\nperformance or achievements to be materially different from the results,\nperformance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking\nstatements. Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include\nwithout limitation, the ability of The Hackett Group(®) to effectively market\nits digital transformation services, our ability to transition our\ncapabilities to support generative artificial intelligence (AI)-related\nconsulting services and solutions and other consulting services, our ability\nto effectively integrate acquisitions into our operations, our ability to\nmanage joint ventures and successfully cooperate with our joint venture\npartners, competition from other consulting and technology companies that may\nhave or develop in the future, similar offerings, the commercial viability of\nThe Hackett Group(®) and its services as well as other risk detailed in The\nHackett Group’s reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange\nCommission. The Hackett Group(® )does not undertake any duty to update this\nrelease or any forward-looking statements contained herein.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/)\n\nmedia@thehackettgroup.com (mailto:media@thehackettgroup.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw1sfvt7a-20261006","title":"The Hackett Group® Establishes AI World Class Information Technology Benchmarks","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"HCKT","created":"2026-10-06T14:00:00.866Z","tickers":["HCKT"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"The Hackett Group(®) Establishes AI World Class Information Technology\nBenchmarks\n\nNew research shows AI World Class technology organizations reduce IT process\ncosts by 27%-35%, improve project ROI by 1.5X-2.5X and drive compounding\nenterprise performance improvement\n\nThe Hackett Group, Inc.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=The+Hackett+Group%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=5fb87dc7383059b6d85e7163a72065b6)\n(NASDAQ: HCKT), an AI enterprise transformation firm, today announced its AI\nWorld Class information technology research, introducing a new set of\nperformance benchmarks\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Foperating-model-hackett%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=performance+benchmarks&index=2&md5=5f4e7f67918a18cd4ab216e583cf0b50)\nthat quantify how leading organizations use disciplined artificial\nintelligence (AI) investment to change the economics of enterprise\nperformance.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/)\n\nHow AI value compounds across the enterprise: AI World Class organizations\nfund AI investment by reducing technical debt, rationalizing applications and\nmodernizing operating models. By reducing that burden, technology leaders\ncreate capacity to invest. That same discipline improves the economics of the\ntechnology function, reducing IT process costs by 27%-35%, lowering IT\nstaffing levels by 34%-44% and improving project ROI by 1.5X-2.5X.5 The\ngreatest returns extend beyond the technology function. Finance organizations\nredesign order-to-cash processes to reduce costs by 52%-59% while accelerating\ncash conversion. Procurement organizations generate up to 2.7X greater ROI and\nsignificantly greater sourcing impact. HR organizations reduce recruiting\ncosts by 61% while increasing recruiter productivity by 119%. As these\nimprovements reinforce one another across multiple business functions, the\nenterprise return on AI investment extends far beyond the direct savings\nrealized within IT.\n\nThe research reveals that a 75% performance gap is emerging between\norganizations that redesign end-to-end processes around AI and those that\nsimply automate existing processes. According to The Hackett Group’s\nanalysis, AI World Class organizations achieve significant advantages by\nsimplifying technology environments, reimagining work and directing AI\ninvestments to the highest-value opportunities across the enterprise.\n\n“CIOs face a paradox: AI requires greater investment while the business\nexpects lower costs with higher performance,” said Michael Fuller,\nprincipal, The Hackett Group(®). “Leaders are creating capacity for AI by\nsimplifying technology, reducing technical debt and redesigning operating\nmodels, then directing that capacity to the investments with the greatest\nreturn.”\n\nThe results are significant. AI World Class technology organizations reduce\ninformation technology (IT) process costs by 27%-35%, lower staffing levels by\n34%-44% and improve project return on investment (ROI) by 1.5X-2.5X. Beyond\nthe technology function, those improvements help drive enterprisewide gains in\nproductivity, operating leverage, cash conversion and customer experience.\n\nThe findings also demonstrate how the benefits of disciplined AI investment\ncompound across business functions. Benchmark modeling identified\nopportunities for organizations to achieve 52%-59% lower order-to-cash process\ncosts, up to 2.7X greater procurement ROI, 53.5% fewer inventory days of\nsupply, and 61% lower recruiting costs when AI investments\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fglossary%2Fai-investment%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AI+investments&index=3&md5=72fa81552d4440010a5c357a17685fe6)\nare aligned to end-to-end business outcomes.\n\nRather than pursuing isolated use cases, AI World Class organizations start\nwith the business outcome. They identify the enterprise priorities with the\ngreatest potential impact, then manage AI as an enterprise investment\nportfolio, continuously identifying, prioritizing, and scaling initiatives\nthat deliver measurable business outcomes. By directing investments to the\nhighest-value opportunities, they maximize enterprise return and accelerate\nperformance improvement\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fprocess-improvement-hackett%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=performance+improvement&index=4&md5=6616c24ec2188932c548ad3c700b2c16)\n.\n\n“The CIO’s role is rapidly expanding from managing technology performance\nto enabling enterprise performance,\" said Kyle Robichaud, principal, The\nHackett Group(®). “CIOs must help determine where AI can create the\ngreatest value and build capabilities to scale it securely and efficiently.\nThose that consistently identify and scale high-return AI investments will\ncreate a lasting competitive advantage.”\n\nSpanning 16 end-to-end business processes, AI World Class benchmarks quantify\nwhere AI-enabled transformation\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Fglossary%2Fai-transformation%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AI-enabled+transformation&index=5&md5=78287e4b7b12b53786b5e395adee2e9b)\ncan create the greatest value and establish future-state performance standards\nfor organizations seeking to improve both technology and enterprise\nperformance. The AI World Class benchmark methodology draws on more than three\ndecades of benchmarking data, process intelligence and transformation\nexperience with 98% of the Dow Jones Global Titans, 97% of the Dow Jones\nIndustrials and 90% of the Fortune 100.\n\nThe full research paper, “Close the Enterprise AI Performance Gap: How\nDisciplined AI Investment Changes the Economics of Enterprise Performance\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.poweredbyhackett.com%2Faiwcit2608nr&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=Close+the+Enterprise+AI+Performance+Gap%3A+How+Disciplined+AI+Investment+Changes+the+Economics+of+Enterprise+Performance&index=6&md5=513011d0238dc7522d6e918b177aa6c9)\n,” is available for complimentary download\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.poweredbyhackett.com%2Faiwcit2608nr&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=download&index=7&md5=4534800a96de6ef3c2f61a3162298ac2)\n.\n\nAbout The Hackett Group(®)\n\nThe Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an ROI-led, AI enterprise\ntransformation firm that helps clients enable AI World Class performance. Its\nexperts and engineers leverage Hackett AI platforms, including XT\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Ftransform-with-confidence%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=XT&index=8&md5=6e0180d67700eb2175b8762545e54068)\n™, AIXelerator\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Faixelerator-reimagining-software-implementation-delivery%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=AIXelerator&index=9&md5=def6f570f60ea539c0efa549488f942f)\n™, Hackett AI XPLR\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fintroducing-ai-xplr%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=Hackett+AI+XPLR&index=10&md5=40011c6a5a5b1f7874dbd7a20834dd11)\n™, ZBrain\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fmaximize-your-business-potential-with-zbrain%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=ZBrain&index=11&md5=673baf06a2987860dff6854affb76c9f)\n(®) and XDA\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2Finsights%2Fknow-when-your-data-is-ready-for-ai%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=XDA&index=12&md5=b01783cd09443d1f76dcab351037a257)\n™, to accelerate and enhance the delivery of the company’s solutions and\nservices.\n\nThe Hackett AI platforms are powered by the company’s domain-specific\nSolution Language Model informed by Hackett Process and Performance\nIntelligence, including Digital World Class(®) and AI World Class benchmark\nmetrics, industry-specific best-practice process flows and service delivery\nmodel frameworks. The Hackett Group’s proprietary insights are based on\nbenchmarking results from leading global organizations, including 98% of Dow\nJones Global Titans, 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials and 90% of the Fortune\n100. Visit www.thehackettgroup.com.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehackettgroup.com%2F&esheet=54616695&newsitemid=20261006987338&lan=en-US&anchor=www.thehackettgroup.com.&index=13&md5=a344e38bfe830e4bbe96f659d41d2016)\n\nTrademarks\n\nThe Hackett Group(®), quadrant logo, ZBrain(® )and Digital World Class(®)\nare the registered marks of The Hackett Group(®).\n\nCautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking” Statements\n\nThis release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of\nSection 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements including without\nlimitation, words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,”\n“plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” or other similar\nphrases or variations of such words or similar expressions indicating, present\nor future anticipated or expected occurrences or outcomes are intended to\nidentify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not\nstatements of historical fact and involve known and unknown risks,\nuncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results,\nperformance or achievements to be materially different from the results,\nperformance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking\nstatements. Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include\nwithout limitation, the ability of The Hackett Group(®) to effectively market\nits digital transformation services, our ability to transition our\ncapabilities to support generative artificial intelligence (AI)-related\nconsulting services and solutions and other consulting services, our ability\nto effectively integrate acquisitions into our operations, our ability to\nmanage joint ventures and successfully cooperate with our joint venture\npartners, competition from other consulting and technology companies that may\nhave or develop in the future, similar offerings, the commercial viability of\nThe Hackett Group(®) and its services as well as other risk detailed in The\nHackett Group’s reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange\nCommission. The Hackett Group(® )does not undertake any duty to update this\nrelease or any forward-looking statements contained herein.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/)\n\nmedia@thehackettgroup.com (mailto:media@thehackettgroup.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-06T14:00:01.011646094Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791295201011},"received_at":"2026-10-06T14:00:01.063Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261006987338/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"150591","press_release_id":"162090","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Professional Services","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"other","narrative":"The Hackett Group published new AI World Class information technology benchmarks quantifying how leading AI adopters change enterprise economics.\n\nThe research found AI World Class organizations reduce IT process costs by 27%-35%, lower IT staffing levels by 34%-44%, and improve project ROI by 1.5X-2.5X, with a 75% performance gap emerging versus companies that merely automate existing processes.\n\nThe release is thought-leadership marketing supporting the company's AI transformation practice rather than a disclosure of financial results; it cites benchmarking coverage of 98% of Dow Jones Global Titans and 90% of the Fortune 100.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Hackett research positions its AI benchmark IP ahead of enterprise AI consulting demand -- low news value, brand-building only."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"performance_gap":"75%","procurement_roi":"up to 2.7X","it_staffing_reduction":"34%-44%","project_roi_improvement":"1.5X-2.5X","it_process_cost_reduction":"27%-35%","recruiting_cost_reduction":"61%","recruiter_productivity_gain":"119%","order_to_cash_cost_reduction":"52%-59%"}},"quotedText":"CIOs face a paradox: AI requires greater investment while the business expects lower costs with higher performance","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Michael Fuller","role":"principal, The Hackett Group"},{"name":"Kyle Robichaud","role":"principal, The Hackett Group"}],"products":["XT","AIXelerator","Hackett AI XPLR","ZBrain","XDA"],"companies":[{"name":"The Hackett Group, Inc.","ticker":"HCKT","relationship":"filer/author"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"This is a marketing research publication announcing new AI World Class IT benchmarks; no financial results, contracts, or guidance are disclosed. 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