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- Lawsuit against an ERP consulting firm could signal more litigation for the industry
- A botched implementation of SAP R/3 forced former drug distributor FoxMeyer Corp. into bankruptcy, according to a lawsuit filed against SAP and Andersen Consulting. Does this signal more litigation threats for ERP vendors and consultants?While the majority of ERP implementations don’t result in a lawsuit against the implementation consultant, a...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, Peter Buxbaum, litigation, industry, FoxMeyer Corp., SAP AG, ERP, Andersen Consulting, lawsuit
- Technical articles 2001-08-24
- ERP vendors, implementers could be in for an avalanche of litigation
- An botched implementation of SAP R/3 forced former drug distributor FoxMeyer Corp. into bankruptcy, according to a lawsuit filed against SAP and Andersen Consulting. Does this signal more litigation threats for ERP vendors and consultants?Reading the headlines over the last couple of years might lead you to believe that ERP...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, Peter Buxbaum, FoxMeyer Corp., ERP, SAP AG, Andersen Consulting, litigation
- Technical articles 2001-06-06
- A new leader for an old firm
- Andersen, as Arthur Andersen now likes to be known, just announced a new head of business consulting. In this week's Inside Consulting, Tom Rodenhauser says that her first order of business should be to help resolve the firm's ongoing identity crisis.The head-spinning changes at Andersen—forgive us for subconsciously inserting “Arthur”—continue...
- Tags: Outsourcing, leader, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, Arthur, Andersen, Andersen Consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-13
- Andersen, by any other name
- Andersen Consulting has chosen its new moniker and is recasting itself as the world's leading professional service provider. But it will take more than a spiffy new image to be successful, says columnist Tom Rodenhauser.Accenture, the new name for Andersen Consulting announced today, is presented as a striking departure for...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, Hitachi Ltd., Accenture Ltd., consulting, Andersen Consulting
- Technical articles 2000-10-27
- Management Consultants World Conference Report
- Last week's international conference on management consulting in Berlin was definitely Eurocentric and failed to acknowledge the power of the Internet in consulting, writes columnist Tom Rodenhauser. Read his report on the event.The Management Consultants World Conference, a triennial event held in Berlin last week, attempts to stitch together the...
- Tags: Strategy, Arthur Andersen, Tom Rodenhauser, Andersen Consulting
- Technical articles 2000-10-13
- Big Fives' names offer path of least resistance
- Amidst the splits and shuffles among the Big Five consultancies, reports of name changes are raising the eyebrows of insiders. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser sounds off on this branding issue.Of all the daffy outcomes relating to Arthur Andersen/Andersen Consulting’s split, the most bizarre involve reports—like the one that appeared in the...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Branding, Tom Rodenhauser, Arthur Andersen, Andersen Consulting
- Technical articles 2000-09-01
- Solving the Andersen saga
- According to columnist Tom Rodenhauser, the dispute between Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen is about legacy and brand, not money. He predicts the likely fallout of the upcoming ruling.There will be considerable “analysis” of the pending arbitration decision facing Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen. A decision from the International Chamber...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Asset management, Tom Rodenhauser, Andersen Consulting, consulting
- Technical articles 2000-08-04
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- It lives! Andersen and Microsoft joint venture comes out of hibernation
- Avanade Inc., the temporarily dormant venture between Microsoft and Andersen/Accenture, has finally been launched. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser discusses the start-up's lofty goals and its fledgling identity.Avanade Inc., the joint venture launched by Andersen/Accenture and Microsoft last March, is reemerging after seven months of relative dormancy. Whether by design or by...
- Tags: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Tom Rodenhauser, Avanade, Andersen/Accenture, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2000-11-03
- Discussion: What does upcoming PwC IPO mean for consulting?
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers has plans to spin off its consulting unit in an IPO this spring. Is this kind of move enough to assure the public that consultancies can keep their independence despite pressures from clients? Join the discussion.It’s possible that PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC would have spun off their consulting unit in an...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Financial Planning, Paul Baldwin, consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, IPO, independence
- Technical articles 2002-02-11
- Consulting resume example
- IT managers who want to find consulting work first need to create a specific consulting resume. Download this revamped IT manager resume to use as a guide in making your current resume more appealing to consulting firms.
- Tags: Consulting, Outsourcing, IT manager, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Download resources 2003-08-25
- Answerthink attempts to escape the e-consulting quicksand
- With many pure-play e-consultancies sinking fast, Answerthink must distance itself from the chaos and flex its muscle. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser shares his predictions for Answerthink's future.“I yam what I yam,” says Popeye, the cantankerous spinach-gulping cartoon sailor. Answerthink (Nasdaq: ANSR) is the Popeye of the consulting industry.First a Hollywood recap:...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, Investment, Tom Rodenhauser, Answerthink Inc.
- Technical articles 2001-02-16
- Developing and Implementing an Activity-Based Cost System in the Venezuelan Oil Industry
- The implementation process of an activity-based costing ABC system in DELTAVEN, S.A. began in November, 1997. The project team started to study and analyze the different existing cost methods, deciding to select the activity-based costing method as the first choice. The project team selected the OROS tool, marketed by ABC...
- Tags: Industry, Activity Based Costing, Managerial Accounting, Finance
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- Join the discussion: Is ethical consulting possible?
- The collapse of Enron and the role of Arthur Andersen as its auditor made us wonder: Have you ever been asked to do something that was unethical or illegal? Was your contract at risk if you didn't comply? Join our discussion.If the collapse of Enron and the alleged shredding of...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Paul Baldwin, Enron Corp., consulting
- Technical articles 2002-01-29
- The Big Five's future: Consolidation or fragmentation?
- The Big Five consultancies continue to change, or do they? Columnist Tom Rodenhauser predicts that while firms move toward merger, they'll continue to operate separately.Another Big Five consulting division—namely PricewaterhouseCoopers—is about to be swallowed, of that we’re sure. The wags will talk about industry consolidation, citing PwC, E&Y/Cap Gemini, and...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Investment, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, McKinsey & Co., industry
- Technical articles 2000-08-18
- Accenture IPO confirms the value of consulting
- The announcement that Accenture would finally go public proves that there's still money to be made in the consulting trade. But columnist Tom Rodenhauser asks: Can Accenture become the multibusiness professional services firm it hopes to be?Accenture announced its long-anticipated intention to go public last week. But it chose to...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Investment, Tom Rodenhauser, IPO, Accenture Ltd., consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-27
- Consulting Firm Acquires Seven Companies, Doesn't Miss a Call
- This case study examines how Navigant Consulting, an independent consulting firm, used a single, converged IP network to help a dynamic global workforce improve responsiveness to clients -- regardless of location.
- Tags: Consulting Company, Consulting, Cisco Systems Inc., Outsourcing, Networking, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies 2006-08-01
- Claims of "better" don?t yield best
- What do telemarketers and consulting firms have in common? Lately, they're both trying to sell you services that hinge on the claim that they're better than their competitors. This week's Inside Consulting looks at the trend.I’m sure you’re constantly pestered by those telemarketers who want you to a) change long-distance...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, advertisement
- Technical articles 2001-07-13
- Resign from one person consulting company
- Quite a situation. I do consulting work related to IT and other issues in a particular industry. I work with a startup consulting subsidiary. I am the sole consultant, though there is also a president of the sub. The president of the sub is not inv
- Tags: career, JDoe3, consulting, jdeighton@..., sub
- Discussion threads 2006-12-29
- Survey results: Careers in IT consulting
- We recently polled TechRepublic members to find out some specifics about their IT consulting careers. Check out the results.International Data Corporation predicts that the worldwide IT consulting market will nearly double by 2003.While IBM Global Services, EDS, and Andersen Consulting are among the giants of the IT services and consulting...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Professional development, Jennifer Recktenwald, IT Consulting, consulting, career, survey
- Technical articles 2000-07-17
- Consulting Company Saves Thousands of Dollars, Still Boosts Service Quality
- A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, TGO Consulting Inc. serves enterprise customers located in Canada and the United States. As a large part of its business, TGO Consulting provides professional services for Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. But the consulting company was...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Consulting Company, Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
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