Corporate Profile for Andersen Consulting, dated June 7, 1996.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0- Published Date: June 7, 1996 Company Name: Andersen Consulting
Address: 100 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Ill. 60606
Main Telephone Number: 312/372-7100 Chief Executive Officer: George T. Shaheen Chief Financial Officer: Michael O. Hill Investor Relations Contact: David J. Deal Business number: 312/507-5156 e-mail address: david.j.deal@ac.com Public Relations Contact: David J. Deal Business number: 312/507-5156 e-mail address: david.j.deal@ac.com Industry: Consulting Company description: Andersen Consulting See Accenture. is a $4.2 billion 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 whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. Its consulting work encompasses technology, management strategy, change management, process improvement, and outsourcing. Andersen Consulting counts among its clients about half of the Fortune 500 firms. The firm is composed of 38,027 persons located in 47 countries. Andersen Consulting has been consulting for several decades. In 1954, when the firm was a division of 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 , Andersen Consulting installed what is widely believed to be the first computer for commercial use, at General Electric. In 1989, Andersen Consulting was established apart from Arthur Andersen. The firm believes that clients are more likely to implement change successfully if the change links a company's people, processes, technology, and strategy. Andersen Consulting calls this holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine. "business integration." Business integration is the driving force of the firm's operations. Andersen Consulting delivers its services through industry markets such as Financial Services because industry specialists can relate to clients on the clients' terms. The firm recruits people and develops their skills through competency groups: Change Management, Process, Strategic Services, and Technology. However, throughout the course of their careers, consultants also develop industry specialties. CONTACT: Andersen Consulting David J. Deal, 312/507-5156 |
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