How do you streamline operations to transition from commodity supplier to strategic partner?

Cue Functional Effectiveness: tech-driven innovation, integration and standard operating procedures that create seamless workflows at every stage of the research process.

In this Operations Network webinar, Ruth Partington outlines a step-by-step roadmap to revolutionising the efficiency of your research processes, exploring a highly effective concept for age-old challenges around data flow. This webinar is relevant to anyone involved in managing the research process, and will be particularly useful for Operations Directors.

Ruth will explain:
- How the application of a Functional Effectiveness ecosystem has secured 125% organic growth for EMPOWER Translate in 12 months;
- The complete, 5-step process to optimising operational efficiency;
- What it looks like to transition from commodity supplier to strategic partner.

Jam-packed with tangible action points and plenty of food for thought, this will be an hour well-spent for anyone looking to join the operational revolution for research.

Ruth is a world-leading expert on research localisation. As founder of award-winning insight localisation agency Empower Translate, and with over three decades at the intersection of the insight and translation industries, Ruth has pioneered initiatives for the betterment of international research. Notably, she has also driven EDI and anti-discrimination activities and in 2023, was selected for the E2E Female 100 list of the UK’s most prominent female disruptors.

Ruths significant contribution to the MRS includes being a member of the ACP Council, a co-lead on the ACP Quality and Standards Committee, a member of the Representation in Research Steering Committee and the MRS Pledge EDI strategic Rebranding Group. She has also made significant contributions to other groups including as a Council Member and Chair of the Association of Translation Companies, FSB Immigration Policy Champion and Woman in Research Executive Network. Her contribution to the development of research, insight and data understanding is via webinars, new guidance and articles.



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