Andersen Consulting Opens Philadelphia SAP Solution Center Facility Links Skills in SAP R/3, Change Management, Strategy, Systems Integration, Business Process Reengineering.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 7, 1995--Andersen Consulting announced today the opening of its ninth SAP Solution Center designed to link corporations' people, strategies and business processes with SAP software solutions, including R/3. The Solution Center, at 100 Stephens Ste·phens , Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883. American politician who was vice president of the Confederacy (1861-1865) under Jefferson Davis. Drive in Philadelphia, is located near SAP. America's Northeast Region headquarters, and will house over 50 Andersen Consulting See Accenture. experts assisting clients around the world. The Philadelphia Solution Center joins a network of global SAP Solution Centers housing application development environments and application consultants, BASIS consultants, systems administrators, ABAP/4. developers, and change management experts who support Andersen Consulting project teams at client sites. The SAP Solution Centers are designed to develop and maintain client-specific applications without leveraging the resources or systems at client sites. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Karl Newkirk, partner-in-charge of Andersen Consulting's SAP Business Organization, Americas, the new facility better enables the global management and technology organization to deliver value to clients on a global scale. "The Philadelphia SAP Solution Center empowers Andersen Consulting to deliver rapid business benefits to clients around the world by providing not only leading-edge technological expertise, but industry-specific knowledge as well." "Andersen Consulting is focused on delivering high quality service to its customers," said Klaus P. Besier, chief executive officer and president of SAP America. "This new Solution Center further demonstrates their commitment to SAP and to their R/3 clients." Besier and Newkirk formally opened the new Philadelphia New Philadelphia, city (1990 pop. 15,698), seat of Tuscarawas co., E Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River, in a coal and clay area; founded 1804, inc. 1833. Foundry products, machinery, and pottery are made. The Tuscarawas Campus of Kent State Univ. is there. SAP Solution Center on November 1. The Philadelphia Solution Center houses experienced consultant teams who provide remote system development and support worldwide through Andersen Consulting's Knowledge XChangeTM, an electronic information network that links the firm's 32,000 professionals at client sites worldwide. Through the Knowledge XChange network, consultants leverage a repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. of international Best Practices from Andersen Consulting client sites, to benefit clients presently in the processes of executing enterprise-wide organizational change. Andersen Consulting's global network of SAP Solution Centers includes locations in Cincinnati, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Philadelphia, and Toronto. In addition, Andersen Consulting has established Industry Centers of Expertise, including Automotive (Detroit), Oil and Gas (Houston), High-Tech/Electronics (Foster City, CA), Process/Chemical (Cincinnati), Consumer Packaged Goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (Chicago), and Utilities (Cincinnati). These facilities are used to design and support SAP R/3 industry-specific solutions for Andersen Consulting clients. About Andersen Consulting Andersen Consulting has nearly 3,000 SAP-dedicated consultants worldwide, including professionals with specific experience in strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , change management, technology planning, and business functions such as logistics and manufacturing. These resources provide clients with the expertise to successfully accomplish major process and organizational change. Andersen Consulting is a $3.45 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies. Andersen Consulting has more than 32,000 people in 152 offices and 47 countries. -0- Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Andersen Consulting is not a division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing . CONTACT: Andersen Consulting Timothy B. Blair, 312-507-5133 or Andersen Consulting Linda S. Fishman, 312-507-9803 |
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