Accenture Supports Canadian Charities with C$780,000 in Grants and Volunteering

Press release:

September 18, 2012

Accenture Supports Canadian Charities with C$780,000 in Grants and Volunteering

 

Grants reflect Accenture’s Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative

 

TORONTO; September 18, 2012 – Accenture has awarded 12 grants totaling C$780,000 to help support Canadians who are seeking job skills to re-enter the workforce. In addition to the grants, Accenture employees are volunteering and donating pro bono consulting skills, reflecting the company’s Skills to Succeed initiative to equip 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business.

 

“By working with these strong organizations and programs, Accenture hopes to help Canadians from coast to coast develop their skills and find new careers,” said Michael Denham, president and country managing director, Accenture.  “We share the commitment of these organizations to making a significant, lasting impact on the long-term economic vitality and resilience of individuals, families and communities around the world.”

 

The charities were selected following an official call for proposals to all Accenture employees in Canada.  A panel of Accenture’s corporate citizenship team in Canada then decided to fund programs that include:

 

• United Way (Ottawa) – assisting the Minwaashin Lodge’s Employment Readiness Program in efforts to help Aboriginal women find meaningful work and/or training to participate in the job market.
• The Salvation Army’s Harbour Light ministry (Vancouver) – training disadvantaged people in Vancouver’s downtown eastside community, using technology programs to start businesses or find jobs.
• Mixed Company (Toronto) – training at-risk young adults from diverse backgrounds and cultures in skills development, so they can gain employment and explore opportunities to develop their own creative ventures.
• Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Foundation (Toronto) – supporting Employment Works!, a program that helps people with a history of mental health issues and/or addiction to successfully return to the workforce.
• Hull Child and Family Services (Calgary) – partnering with organizations to assist young people, adults and families of people with significant developmental and behavioral challenges learn new skills to achieve success in their lives.
• Green Skills Network (Niagara) – mentoring and providing skills training to young adults, so they understand pathways to careers in the renewable energy field.
• Le Refuge des Jeunes de Montréal (Quebec) – developing a program to help disadvantaged young men in Quebec start a business or secure meaningful work.

 

Grants will also be given to Free The Children, The Canadian Centre for Diversity, Ability Online, ACCES Employment and Alberta Ecotrust.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  Through its Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship focus, Accenture is committed to equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

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Accenture to Help Oi Transform Business Operations and Support Strategic Growth Objectives

Press release:

September 13, 2012

 Accenture to Help Oi Transform Business Operations

and Support Strategic Growth Objectives

 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sept. 13, 2012 – Oi SA (NYSE: OIBR/C), one of Brazil’s leading providers of communications services, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have signed a seven-year agreement for Accenture to help Oi transform its business by having Accenture manage Oi’s billing and collections, finance and accounting, human resources, supply chain, and select back office functions.

 

Under the agreement, Accenture will provide Oi services through a flexible model designed for today’s business challenges, ultimately supporting Oi and its goal to improve efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness. Through its deep communications industry knowledge, and supported by its management consulting, technology and business process outsourcing expertise, Accenture will focus on improvements designed to help transform Oi’s operations and support future growth.  

 

“We are committed to Oi’s success as they execute their strategic business plans and undergo this transformation,” said Robert Sell, group chief executive of Accenture’s Communications, Media & Technology operating group. “By leveraging Accenture’s industry and functional expertise combined with analytical tools and technologies, we’ve moved beyond operational cost reduction to drive more meaningful business outcomes for Oi. This agreement expands our longstanding relationship, and the work we perform will help make Oi an even stronger market competitor.”

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

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Accenture Grants Plan International an Additional US$3.65 Million to Equip Young Adults in Thailand and Indonesia with Skills

Press release:

September 06, 2012

Accenture Grants Plan International an Additional US$3.65 Million to Equip Young Adults in Thailand and Indonesia with Skills

 

Award is part of Accenture’s global corporate citizenship focus, Skills to Succeed

 

NEW YORK; September 6, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Plan International today announced that Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded Plan International an additional grant of US$3.65 million – distributed over a three year period – to help provide approximately 7,100 disadvantaged young adults in Thailand and Indonesia with the technical, vocational and entrepreneurial skills necessary to find employment or build a business.  This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to Plan to more than $5.5 million since 2011.

 

As part of Accenture’s global corporate citizenship initiative, Skills to Succeed, which will equip 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business, this grant will help Plan International increase its ability to provide highly marginalized young people with vocational and entrepreneurship training as well as the job placement support necessary to find employment.

 

“Supporting Plan International helps bring to life Accenture’s commitment to building skills,” said Adrian Lajtha, chief leadership officer at Accenture. “We share Plan’s commitment to making a lasting impact on the economic well-being of individuals and their communities by connecting young people with programs and skills that will enable them to be successful.”

 

“Despite the rapidly growing economies of both Thailand and Indonesia, many young people continue to enter the job market lacking relevant skills and experience,” said Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International. “Accenture and Plan are working together to help ensure that young people have the skills and support to actively participate and share in the benefits of these growing nations.”

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  Through its Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship focus, Accenture is committed to equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

About Plan International

Founded over 70 years ago, Planis one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. We work in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.  Its website address is www.plan-international.org.

 

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Microsoft Recognizes Accenture and Avanade with 2012 U.S. Regional Partner of the Year Awards

Press release from Accenture:

August 29, 2012

Microsoft Recognizes Accenture and Avanade with 2012 U.S. Regional

Partner of the Year Awards

 

Companies Honored as Eastern Region Cloud Partner of the Year, Central Region Enterprise Compete Partner of the Year and Northeast District Dynamics CRM Partner of the Year; Receive Individual Recognitions for Healthcare Industry Solutions and U.S. Federal Dynamics Partner of the Year

 

NEW YORK; Aug. 29, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, and Avanade, a business technology solutions and managed services provider, have been recognized with several regional U.S. Partner of the Year awards for 2012 by Microsoft.

 

The U.S. East region was honored as Cloud Partner of the Year and the U.S. Central region was awarded the Enterprise Compete Partner of the Year. This marks the second consecutive year that Accenture and Avanade have been honored with these two awards. The Cloud Partner of the Year Award honors the partner that sold and deployed innovative solutions and services for customers with hybrid on-premises, public cloud and private cloud needs across the U.S. East region.

 

Microsoft also recognized Accenture and Avanade with the Enterprise Compete Partner of the Year for its work on strategic accounts across the central United States. Additionally, Accenture and Avanade were honored as the Northeast District Dynamics Partner of the Year for CRM. This award recognizes a Microsoft partner who provides innovative solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and fosters superior customer engagement in the Northeast District.

 

“Accenture and Avanade continually work with clients to achieve maximum performance from the Microsoft platform,” said Scott Harrison, global managing director of alliances channel management at Accenture. “As companies continue to look for ways to become more competitive, Accenture and Avanade are helping organizations achieve important business results through technology innovation in areas such as cloud computing and CRM, and in industries such as healthcare. We are pleased to be recognized by Microsoft for the results we have delivered to our clients.”

 

Aziz Virani, Avanade’s president of North America, said, “These awards reflect Accenture and Avanade’s commitment to enabling customers to harness the business benefits that can be achieved with the Microsoft platform. Together we are working with customers across all industries to help them drive down costs, strengthen customer relationships and improve performance."

 

Accenture and Avanade were also individually recognized for their work in the healthcare industry. Accenture was named the U.S. Health and Human Services Partner of the Year for 2012 for its Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) offerings. The Accenture Public Health Platform (APHP) is based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology and is designed to enhance administrative efficiency, improve flexibility in program management and speed deployment, thus reducing total cost of ownership. The platform enables states to better adapt to the continually evolving Medicaid landscape, budget pressures and initiatives surrounding health reform mandates.

 

Separately, Avanade was recognized as the U.S. Health and Life Sciences Dynamics Partner of the Year for its innovative work developing solutions that enable the healthcare industry to build stronger customer relationships. For example, Avanade is working with a leading cancer treatment organization in North America to create an automated patient relationship management system to ensure that patients and caregivers have the best experience possible throughout the entire relationship – not just during treatment. Built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the solution enables hospitals to track each patient throughout the care lifecycle, as well as ensure ongoing contact with primary caregivers and family members.

 

Finally, Accenture Federal Services was recognized as the U.S. Federal Dynamics Partner of the Year for its Task Management solution, TMT. TMT is the leading task management solution deployed in the U.S. Department of Defense and is used by over 70,000 users world-wide.

 

The companies were selected for these awards by Microsoft’s Field Partner Awards Program, which enables Microsoft to award regional partners on a global scale. The recipients of the 2012 Microsoft Partner of the Year awards were recognized at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, held July 8-12 in Toronto. More information can be found at: http://www.digitalwpc.com.  

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company with over 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology solutions and managed services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft® technologies to help customers realize results. Our people have helped thousands of organizations in all industries improve business agility, employee productivity, and customer loyalty. Avanade combines the collective business, technical and industry expertise of its worldwide network of experts with the rigor of an industrialized delivery model to provide high quality solutions using proven and emerging technologies with flexible deployment models–on premises, cloud-based or outsourced. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation and has 16,000 professionals in more than 20 countries. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

 

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Avanade and Accenture Named to 2012 Inner Circle and President’s Club For Microsoft Dynamics

Press release from Accenture:

August 29, 2012

Avanade and Accenture Named to 2012 Inner Circle and President’s Club For

Microsoft Dynamics

 

NEW YORK; Aug. 29, 2012 – Avanade, a business technology solutions and managed services provider, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, have jointly been named to the 2012 Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle and 2012 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club. The awards recognize Avanade and Accenture as high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners with a commitment to customer satisfaction.

 

Mick Slattery, Avanade’s executive vice president of global service lines, said, “As a global leader in Microsoft Dynamics services, Avanade works closely with companies to help them build deeper customer relationships and profitable businesses. Our industry solutions coupled with our deep Microsoft expertise enable us to deliver the right solutions for our customers to meet changing consumer expectations and business demands. Recognition as a top Dynamics partner is a testament to the strong relationship we’ve fostered with Microsoft and business results we’re helping customers achieve.”

 

The Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club honors high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners with a commitment to customers reflected in their business success and growth. This group represents the top five percent of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide. The Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle represents an elite group of the most strategic Microsoft Dynamics partners from around the globe, with sales achievements that rank them in the highest class of the Microsoft Dynamics global network of partners. These partners are recognized for their exceptional overall company performance in delivering valuable solutions to Microsoft Dynamics customers.

 

Scott Harrison, global managing director of alliances channel management at Accenture, said, “Consumers are more demanding than ever and are not afraid to look at alternatives when they receive poor service. For the last decade, we have helped organizations deliver exceptional customer experiences and improve loyalty with solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Dynamics AX. We’re seeing high demand for Microsoft Dynamics products due to their ease of use, speed of deployment, low cost of ownership and flexible delivery options via cloud computing or on-premise. We look forward to an ongoing partnership with Microsoft to help companies achieve high performance.”

 

This marks the sixth year that Avanade and Accenture have been named to the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle and the fourth consecutive year that the companies have been name to the President’s Club.

 

“Avanade and Accenture have developed a leading reputation by supporting organizations with highly adaptable and scalable solutions to improve their customers’ experience,” said Doug Kennedy, Microsoft. “This recognition is a direct reflection of their continued excellence and partnership with Microsoft Dynamics solutions and services.”

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company with over 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

About Avanade

Avanade provides business technology solutions and managed services that connect insight, innovation and expertise in Microsoft® technologies to help customers realize results. Our people have helped thousands of organizations in all industries improve business agility, employee productivity, and customer loyalty. Avanade combines the collective business, technical and industry expertise of its worldwide network of experts with the rigor of an industrialized delivery model to provide high quality solutions using proven and emerging technologies with flexible deployment models–on premises, cloud-based or outsourced. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation and has 16,000 professionals in more than 20 countries. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.

 

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Accenture Qualifies for $750 Million IT Services IDIQ with U.S. Department of State

Press release from Accenture:

August 28, 2012

Accenture Qualifies for $750 Million IT Services IDIQ with U.S. Department of State

 

ARLINGTON, Va.; Aug. 28, 2012 – The U.S. Department of State has selectedAccenture Federal Services as one of nine prime contractors to provide technical supportand consulting services under a $750 million Development, Modernization, Enhancement (DME) contracting vehicle. The DME has a one-year base, with four, one-year options.

 

The State Department’s DME is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle that supports the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ modernization strategy to develop, enhance and maintain the technology tools for the bureau’s major business processes: issuing visas and passports and managing the Office of Overseas Citizens Services, which assists Americans with lost passports and provides other, similar services.

 

DME allows the Bureau of Consular Affairs to purchase software engineering development and modernization, technical and operations support services, and analytical and research support.

 

“The State Department is taking action to strengthen national security through modern technology, tools and systems. This program will improve delivery of services to American citizens living or traveling abroad and will support efficient and secure issuance of passports and visas,” said Amy Tener, who leads Accenture’s work with the U.S. Department of State.

 

Accenture recently was awarded contracts by the State Department to analyze the department’s supply chain and enhance the Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS) that provides materials and services to its global workforce. The ILMS program recently was recognized as an industry best practice. The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) honored the State Department and ILMS earlier this year with two Excellence.gov awards, recognizing exceptional government programs and projects that use information technology in an innovative ways to improve services to citizens, enhance government operations and provide a more open and transparent government.

 

Accenture’s federal business serves every cabinet-level department and 20 of the largest federal organizations. The U.S. federal portfolio spans across clients in civilian, defense, intelligence and public safety agencies.

 

Learn more about Accenture’s global Public Safety practice,from Insights to Outcomes, itswork with federal agencies and delivering Public Service for the Future.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US $25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31. 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

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Accenture Named Leader In Business Technology Transformation

Press release:

August 27, 2012

Accenture Named Leader In Business Technology Transformation

 

NEW YORK; Aug. 27, 2012 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader in Business Technology Transformation by Forrester Research, Inc.

                                                                                                                                       

Forrester®, an independent global research and advisory firm, evaluated 10 companies and included Accenture as a Leader in a July 2012 independent report titled, “The Forrester Wave^™: Business Technology Transformation, Q3 2012.”

 

“We believe Accenture’s Leader position in the Forrester Wave is a testament to our proven global capabilities and innovative approach to complex technology-enabled business transformations,” said Marty Cole, group chief executive, Technology at Accenture.  “Our passion is helping our clients transform their businesses by applying a unique blend of broad industry knowledge, superior technology proficiencies, and exceptional business process management capabilities.”

 

The 10 vendors were evaluated against 18 specific criteria, which were grouped into three high-level buckets:

 

• Current offering.Forrester evaluated the transformation capability of each vendor, including assessing their ability to deliver a balance of both technology consulting and business consulting services.
• Strategy.Forrester evaluated the ability of providers to align IT transformation strategy with key business objectives.
• Market presence.Forrester analyzed the number of consultants who could be considered dedicated to technology-enabled business transformation, as well as the number of purely technology-focused consultants who could be leveraged for technology-enabled business transformation.

 

According to the report, “Accenture’s breadth and depth of offerings and its technology and business process expertise placed it firmly in the Leader category. In addition, Accenture believes that business transformation is the goal of the entire organization, not just a discrete group within Accenture. Thus, its consultants are able to deal with both the technology and business stakeholders. Accenture has outstanding knowledge management capability, and Accenture consultants view the reusable methods and IP and processes as the critical success factor in their everyday activities. Its ability to leverage institutional assets and knowledge allows Accenture more time and flexibility to innovate on behalf of its clients.

 

“In our view Forrester’s assessment of Accenture reflects our ability to meet market demand for strategic transformations that deliver real business value and measurable outcomes,” said Sander van ’t Noordende, group chief executive, Management Consulting at Accenture. “Clients expect us to help them improve margins, enter new markets and improve their agility. Technology can only deliver those goals if it is closely integrated with company strategy, business processes, talent and skills.”

 

About Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

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Navy Mutual Launches New Life and Annuity Insurance System Based on Accenture's Software

Press release:

August 20, 2012

Navy Mutual Launches New Life and Annuity Insurance System Based on Accenture's Software

 

NEW YORK; Aug. 20, 2012 – The Navy Mutual Aid Association has gone live with the Accenture Life Insurance Platform, the life and annuity insurance software suite from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The Platform supports Navy Mutual’s life and annuity product configuration, new business, underwriting and policy administration processing needs.

 

Navy Mutual selected the system, which was deployed earlier this month, to support growth, while enhancing overall customer service and keeping operating costs low.

 

"The new system, which supports virtually all of our processing needs across our business, is a key component of our growth agenda," said Bruce Engelhardt, president and CEO of Navy Mutual Aid Association. "We expect the Accenture Life Insurance Platform to deliver simplified product development functionality based on pre-configured processes, as well as real-time testing capabilities that should allow us to respond even more effectively to changing market conditions."

 

As part of the project, Accenture converted 138,000 policies from Navy Mutual's legacy systems using the Accenture Insurance Data Migration Factory, an end-to-end data migration solution. This conversion allows the insurer to handle all new business and service existing policies on a single platform.

 

“Cost pressures and market uncertainty continue in the life insurance business,” said Mitchel F. Ludwig, product line lead of Accenture Software for life insurance. “To compete more effectively, insurers must move new products to market as rapidly and cost-efficiently as possible, but that goal is often compromised by an aging and restrictive technology environment. Navy Mutual's new platform will enable the association to more easily create products that meet its members' needs and bring these to market faster.”

 

“This go-live also demonstrates that a project that involves the full replacement of multiple legacy systems and the migration of all existing policies onto a single modern platform can be realistic, affordable and achievable.”

 

About Navy Mutual Aid Association

The Navy Mutual Aid Association serves those protecting our nation.  Navy Mutual continues to support that mission today by providing exceptional life insurance and annuity products, assisting sea service members and their survivors in securing the federal benefits to which they are legally entitled, and providing education on matters of financial security which are specifically tailored to the military member and family. Navy Mutual is a nonprofit, federally tax-exempt, mutual benefit Veterans Service Organization which was established in 1879 by sea service members for the purpose of providing financial protection to the sea service member and family.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

Accenture Software combines deep technology acumen with industry knowledge to develop differentiated software products.  It offers innovative software-based solutions to enable organizations to meet their business goals and achieve high performance. Its home page is www.accenture.com/software. For Life Insurance software, its home page is www.accenture.com/lifesoftware.

 

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U.S. Department of Defense Awards Accenture Forecasting Improvement Contract

Press release:

August 14, 2012

U.S. Department of Defense Awards Accenture Forecasting Improvement Contract

 

Work will focus on using advanced analytics to improve supply chain cost and performance

 

ARLINGTON, Va.; Aug. 14, 2012 –The U.S. Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense has awarded Accenture Federal Services a two-year contract to identify ways that will improve forecasting techniques throughout the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Accenture will work with forecasting, inventory and metrics leads from all branches of the military and the Defense Logistics Agency to baseline current practices for forecasting Department of Defense inventory.

 

Work will focus on the lifecycle of an item or weapons system: when it is fully fielded, has an established operational requirement, when it is being phased out of operations. Accenture will use advanced analytics and simulation tools to determine how enhanced forecasting processes may help improve forecast accuracy, inventory levels and supply chain performance. 

 

“As budgets continue to shrink and demand for smart business decisions increases, analytics and simulation are essential tools to accelerate and improve supply chain systems,” said John Goodman, who leads Accenture’s defense and intelligence business.

 

Accenture’s federal business serves every cabinet-level department and 20 of the largest federal organizations. The U.S. federal portfolio spans across clients in civilian, defense, intelligence and public safety agencies.

 

Learn more about Accenture’s defense work, from Insights to Outcomes, its work with federal agencies and delivering Public Service of the Future.

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US $25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

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BP Selects Accenture as its Global Outsourcing Provider of Finance and Accounting Services

Press release:

August 14, 2012

BP Selects Accenture as its Global Outsourcing Provider of Finance and Accounting Services

 

LONDON; August 14, 2012 – BP has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) as its global outsourcing provider of finance and accounting (F&A) services to complement its in-house captive business service centers. Terms of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed.

 

Under the agreement, Accenture will help BP consolidate its global F&A function through standardized reporting and metrics and by using advanced analytics to improve business controls and drive greater insights into the business. Specifically, Accenture will be responsible for providing record to report, order to cash, procure-to-pay and production revenue accounting services.

 

In addition, BP will be able to leverage Accenture’s industry processes, industry knowledge, and business process outsourcing (BPO) technologies across BP’s finance organization to drive end-to-end process standardization and controls.

 

“BP’s decision to select Accenture reflects our continued commitment over the past two decades to helping BP achieve its business objectives,” said Arthur Hanna, managing director of Accenture’s Energy industry group. “We will continue to draw on our industry knowledge, leverage our capabilities worldwide and bring innovation to support BP’s finance function.”

 

Accenture and BP have a long story of working together. The companies signed their first F&A agreement in 1991.

 

“BP sees this partnership with Accenture as an important milestone in driving standardization in our finance and accounting processes by consolidating our F&A service providers,” said Brian Puffer, Group Controller at BP. 

 

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 249,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.  Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.  The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011.  Its home page is www.accenture.com.

 

About BP

BP is one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, serving millions of customers every day in more than 90 countries, and employing 83,400 people. BP’s business segments are oil and gas exploration & production, and refining & marketing. In alternative energies, BP has low- and no-carbon wind and biofuels businesses, and a carbon capture technology team. Through these activities, BP provides fuel for transportation; energy for heat and light; services for motorists; and petrochemicals products for plastics, textiles and food packaging. It has strong positions in many of the world's hydrocarbons basins and strong market positions in key economies.

 

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