About Accenture

About Accenture Company 

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries.

Accenture was founded by Clarence DeLany in 1989, Hamilton, Bermuda. Currently, the CEO of the company is Julie Sweet. The headquarters of Accenture is in Dublin, Ireland.

The parent organization of the company is Andersen Consulting. Accenture has many subsidiaries, some of them are Avanade, IMJ Corporation, Trivadis AG, Droga 5, Proquire LLC, Accenture AB, Karmarama, Accenture Ltd, Kurt Salmon, Mudano Limited, and Cloud Sherpas.

About Accenture’s History

Let’s learn about Accenture’s history and its achievements –

1989 to 1993

Partners vote to form Andersen Consulting as a separate business unit. Andersen Consulting’s image was launched with innovative, groundbreaking TV and print ads.

First Global Management Council was formed to ensure that Andersen Consulting leadership was focusing on global issues. Business Process Management was formed, laying the groundwork for what we know today as Business Process Outsourcing.

1994 to 1998

The company opened Centers for Strategic Technology in Palo Alto, California, and Sophia Antipolis, France. Today these are known as the Accenture Technology Labs. The new organization model focused on delivering quality client service globally. An internal “community of practice” structure was launched. 

1999 to 2003

Joe Forehand succeeded George Shaheen as Managing Partner and CEO. Accenture and Microsoft create Avanade, a joint venture helping Global 2000 clients optimize Microsoft investments. 

Accenture launched its new name on January 1, and strategic imperatives were announced – bold growth, a great place to work, and operational effectiveness. 

2004 to 2008

Bill Green was named CEO, succeeding Joe Forehand, who retained the chairman role. Accenture and Microsoft offered technology solutions for the Smarter Retailing Initiative.

The company launched a diverse supplier development program. Accenture was included in the Ethisphere Institute’s “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list for the first time.

2009 to 2013

Accenture and the Accenture Foundations committed to contributing more than $100 million in cash and services over three years to support corporate citizenship. Pierre Nanterme becomes CEO, succeeding Bill Green, who remained chairman of the board. Ambition 2020, the long-term vision for market leadership of the company was launched. 

2014 to 2018

Accenture Operations was formed, combining business process outsourcing with infrastructure and cloud services. Accenture surpassed 150,000 women employees globally, contributing to a stronger, smarter, and more innovative workplace.

Accenture set a new goal of achieving a gender-balanced workforce, with 50% women and 50% men, by 2025. Accenture reached a milestone market capitalization of $100 billion. 

2019 to Present

Julie Sweet assumes CEO role, succeeding David Rowland, who becomes executive chairman. Accenture ranked No. 1 on Barron’s new list of the Most Sustainable International Companies. 

Accenture Cloud First launched with a $3B investment over 3 years to accelerate clients’ cloud migrations and digital transformation. 

About Accenture Services

In this ever-changing world, businesses need to reckon promptly and stay competitive. That compels strategies that work in the real world. With experience across the quality chain, end-to-end, only Accenture helps clients to formulate strategies that come not just from knowing, but from the know-how of doing.

The integrated model enables 360° value creation by giving the strategists the advantage of Accenture insights from AI and data science and deep industry expertise, combined with the experience of efficiently operating business functions, optimizing and running supply chains, designing and executing technology, and building resilient operating models and cultures. 

Accenture Strategy leverages this advantage in the work with boards, CEOs, and C-suite executives to create 360° value for shareholders and stakeholders by defining and answering their most strategic business questions on topics like growth, profitability, technology-driven transformation, M&A, operating models, and sustainability.

Benefits of using Accenture

Let’s take a look at some of the benefits about Accenture – 

• Overall Benefits

Reduces paperwork and phone calls, while increasing the volume of sales visits, order lines, and productivity at the point of sale.

• The Big Picture

Allows people to limit outlay and avoid overspending; once the budget is hit, the promotion is automatically stopped. Multiple routes to market manage operations from start to finish from pre-sales, order, and inventory control to van sales and delivery and performance analysis.

• Sales Made Simple

Designed for all sales personnel, however unskilled or inexperienced. Quick and simple, minimal training is required before people start seeing results.

• Get It Right

Meet the right customers, at the right time with the right promotions and stock levels. Optimized route plans help make the most of every visit.

• Support your Team

Helps people to take control of even the largest, most complex network – whether rural or urban, high-volume outlets or sole traders on market stalls.

• Smart and Scalable

Grows with business, supporting anything from ten to ten thousand users, with the added benefit of Accenture’s services and capabilities.

This was all about Accenture; about Accenture’s history, services, and benefits which has made it one of the renowned consulting and strategy-making companies.

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