Andersen Consulting Responds to Market Need for Enterprise-wide Service.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 1996--Andersen Consulting is changing the rules of the race to design, build and run SAP's R/3(TM) solution. Responding to a shift in buyer values towards the delivery of measurable business results and continuous process improvement at predictable costs, the global management and technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a is introducing a new end-to-end service, Design, Build, Run(SM). The service addresses applications' entire life cycle -- from project conception and strategy through execution and management -- providing measurable results tied to risk-sharing. Talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to executives gathered at SAP's user conference, SAPPHIRE(R) '96, Hap Brakeley, Andersen Consulting See Accenture. partner, described this new delivery of technology solutions as "a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. " for companies needing systems and applications, not only designed and constructed, but also continually supported and managed. Said Brakeley, "Our commitment is to deliver business results for our clients by sharing the risk and tying our compensation to agreed-to service levels." Brakeley said, "As SAP's R/3 systems go 'live', IT executives are finding that running and maintaining these enterprise-wide systems is radically different from any other IT solution." Brakeley contends that companies are faced with challenges unique to the distributed nature of R/3 such as: - the geographically disparate personnel and resources needed, often around the world, at remote R/3 sites; - the deep, detailed table-driven nature of the R/3 system; and - the difficulty in recruiting and retaining R/3 skilled experts. Brakeley said Design, Build, Run(SM) represents "a new gold standard for companies integrating their IT systems across the enterprise," a standard with global delivery of an enterprise-wide service, daily management of operations, and compensation tied to performance. Brakeley explained the new service this way: "With Design, Build, Runsm, Andersen Consulting teams with its clients to share responsibility of their entrerprise-wide environment -- from strategy, design and application development through the day-to-day management of desktop, network, and system operations." Organizations can thus focus on their core business while gaining greater control over their enterprise-wide IT systems. "We see a need among our clients to focus on four service aspects: quality of IT service at all points, minimized risk, controllable costs, and measurable results," said Brakeley. "At the same time, clients want the flexibility to quickly shift budgetary, technological and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. to meet new business challenges and to leverage speed as a competitive advantage." The Design, Build, Run(SM) service is another step in the firm's global strategy for responding to radical change in the marketplace. Andersen Consulting's integrated approach is helping to drive the market's shift into business process management with several groundbreaking engagements worldwide. For example, Andersen Consulting manages IT and provides R/3 services for a number of companies, including The LTV LTV See: Loan-to-value ratio Corporation, H.J. Heinz Company and The Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Overview The Dow Chemical Company is currently the second largest chemical manufacturer in the World (after BASF)[1]. . 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. The firm's global network of SAP Solution Centers includes locations in Cincinnati, Caracas, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Manila Manila (mənĭl`ə), city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, , Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi , 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, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto. Andersen Consulting is a $4.22 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 41,000 persons in 47 countries. -0- SAPPHIRE and R/3 are trademarks or registered servicemarks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . Design, Build, Run(SM) is a registered servicemark of Andersen Consulting. CONTACT: Andersen Consulting Cynthia Vallimont 312/931-3759 cynthia.a.vallimont@ac.com or Andersen Consulting Timothy B. Blair 312/507-5133 timothy.b.blair@ac.com |
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