TechRepublic Resources
- How to Achieve High Performance through Superior Research & Development
- This paper presents results of a survey conducted by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit to determine how large enterprises within the aerospace, telecommunications, tech manufacturing, and software development industries are spending their R&D budgets.
- Tags: Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Software Development, aerospace, Research & Development, High-performance, Accenture Ltd., R&D, manufacturing, software, survey, telecommunications
- White papers
- Predicting Customer Shopping Lists From Point-of-Sale Purchase Data
- This paper considers the difficult and useful problem of predicting customer purchase decisions from transaction based individual purchase history. This problem is interesting from the perspective of the KDD and machine learning community as a large-scale experimental application of well-known classification techniques, in a time-sequence domain with a high degree...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Accenture Ltd., Productivity
- White papers
- Accenture Case Study: South Africa National Treasury
- The SA National Treasury - established in April 2000 when the departments of Finance and State Expenditure amalgamated - co-ordinates inter-governmental financial and fiscal matters, controls implementation of the annual budget and enforces transparency and effective management of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of government departments, public entities and constitutional...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Government, Asset Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Vesuvius: Enterprise Resource Planning
- In 1999 Vesuvius, the world's leading manufacturer of thermal-resistant refractory products for the steel, glass and foundry industries, acquired Premier Refractories - a move that dramatically increased the company's size. Immediately following the acquisition, Vesuvius turned to Accenture for help in streamlining operations and integrating the two companies' systems and...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., ERP, Vesuvius, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Data Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies
- Mecalux Leverages uCommerce by Establishing Logistics Industry Marketplace
- Mecalux is a company that specializes in storage and equipment systems and holds 360,000 warehouses around the world. Anxious to capture the power of uCommerce, the company decided to set up a Web presence that would add value to transactions in the global logistics and storage marketplace. Mecalux turned to...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Logistics, Mecalux, Supply Chain, Storage, Business Operations, Hardware
- Case studies
- KSB Drives for Standardization & Better Customer Relationship Management
- KSB is a leading manufacturer of pumps and valves for the industrial equipment in the market. The company faced not only low profit margins, slowing sales and fierce price competition, but antiquated IT systems, too. Working with Accenture, the company developed a new operational strategy encompassing completely reengineered sales processes...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., CRM, Standardization, KSB, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain, Sales, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Komatsu America Unlocks Value Through Shared Services
- Komatsu America, one of the world's leading construction and mining equipment manufacturers. It launched a five-year program to improve its IT capabilities, including an Accenture SAP implementation. The company then sought ways to gain maximum value from the new IT platform and - again working with Accenture - launched a...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
- Case studies
- Adtranz Turns Around Its Business With a New Business Model and Strategic Vision
- Adtranz (part of Bombardier Transportation since May 2001) was a leading global provider of railway services, systems and rolling stock. Driven to achieve a strategic turnaround of its entire group, as well as integrate diverse legacy systems into one common SAP/R3-based ERP system, the company turned to Accenture. The goal...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., ERP System, Vision, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Transportation, Enterprise Software, Hardware Upgrade, Strategy, Software, Hardware, Management
- Case studies
- The heureka! Project Post-Merger Integration Bank Austria/Creditanstalt
- Bank Austria is the result of the 1991 merger between Zentralsparkasse Wien (Vienna) and Osterreichische Landerbank. As a result the heureka! project was launched. Its objective was to internally consolidate all of its legacy systems and processes. Whilst undergoing a major restructuring internally, the external running of the two banks...
- Tags: Bank, Accenture Ltd., Integration, Bank Austria, Financial Services
- Case studies
- Large South African Bank: Basel II
- A large South African Bank was challenged to meet the compliance requirements set forth by the Basel II Capital Accord. The bank also needed a consolidated Basel II implementation plan, as well as a solid understanding of the impact of Basel II on its IT architecture and systems. The Accenture...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Compliance, Basel II, Financial Services
- Case studies
- Turning Over a New Page in the History of Digital Publishing
- The Association of American Publishers, Inc. (AAP) is a national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry. As content goes digital, what are book publishers worried about? At the highest level, making eBooks work for consumers. The AAP teamed with Accenture, a firm with extensive experience in the ebook...
- Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Accenture Ltd., E-books, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management
- Case studies
- From Vision to Implementation - Boodai Media Group Prepares to Launch a New Television Station: Al Rai TV
- Boodai Media Group is part of the Boodai Corporation, a long-established Kuwait-based conglomerate with interests in trading, construction, transport and media. Boodai had no in-house experience in the broadcasting industry and would therefore have to develop all the skills and processes needed to run a TV station from scratch. Boodai...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Media, Vision, Boodai Media Group, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Case studies
- Accelerating Into the Digital Future: Simon & Schuster
- Simon & Schuster (S&S), the 4th largest trade book publisher, initiated the "Digital Asset Bank (DAB)" initiative to take advantage of new opportunities offered through digital content. After proving the concept by implementing a digital archive, S&S worked with Accenture to develop a blueprint for a more universal Digital Content...
- Tags: Simon & Schuster Inc., Accenture Ltd., Digital Content, Digital Asset Bank Solution
- Case studies
- Fast Retailing: Systems Infrastructure
- Fast Retailing is one of Japan's leading fashion retailers. To successfully enable international expansion Fast Retailing needed a systems infrastructure capable of matching its ambitious retailing ethic. Accenture's global network of Retek experts and solution centers was mobilized to work with Fast Retailing on replacing their core merchandising applications. Most...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Retek Inc., Fast Retailing, Retail, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- LensCrafters: Assortment Customization
- LensCrafters is the largest optical retailer in the United States. Its inventory was expensive with very slow turnover, typical of eyeglasses. Accenture was brought in to help LensCrafters explore its assortment options with the goal of reducing its inventory expense and improving its overall business operations. Accenture developed a lens...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Customization, LensCrafters, Retail, Productivity
- Case studies
- Match Belgium: Inventory Management
- Match Belgium is a part of the Cora-Match Retail Group. As a result of growing investment needs, Match Belgium was facing increased cash requirements. As part of a value-based consulting project, Accenture helped retailer Match Belgium identify and realize significant working capital reduction by streamlining the company's inventory processes. Match...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Working Capital, Inventory Management, Match Belgium, Managerial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies
- Mothercare.com: Supply Chain Optimization and Customer Service
- Mothercare Direct comprises the Direct mail order catalogue and mothercare.com, the shopping and information website. The challenge was to develop and launch a unique shopping experience using the Internet to complement the retailer's existing store and catalogue channels. The result is mothercare.com, an "Intentions Value Network" site that exploits commerce,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Customer Service, Optimization, Accenture Ltd., Mothercare Direct, Product Marketing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Accenture: accenture.com Transition to Microsoft .NET Platform Technologies
- Accenture's eInfrastructure was originally based on legacy systems and platforms; however, given Microsoft's outstanding family of servers (Windows 2000 Advanced Server ; IIS; SQL Server 2000; Commerce Server), as well as the Accenture/Microsoft Alliance, Accenture decided to upgrade to Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server technologies. The new accenture.com site not only...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, .Net, Microsoft Windows 2000, Application Servers, Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware
- Case studies
- Accenture: eLearning
- As part of its growth strategy, Accenture is redefining the marketplace by building a network of businesses - consulting, technology, outsourcing, alliances and venture capital - to meet any organization's needs. To support this strategy, Accenture needed to operate its learning programs as it operated its businesses - that is,...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., E-learning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies
- Accenture Simplifies IT, Reduces Costs With Single Technology Platform
- When Accenture separated from its parent company in 1999, Accenture had to create its own internal IT organization. Accenture inherited its parent company's disparate technologies and hundreds of specialized global applications, but it quickly realized it needed to improve upon these systems and services to serve a rapidly growing global...
- Tags: Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management
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