It Consulting Services

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With so many consulting firms offering services tailored to your business it seems it may take more time to decide on one company than it would for them to formulate a proposal. The decision is difficult because each one promises to devise a strategy that will take your company to the top of whatever industry you are in. These companies promise to save time, money and headaches. And offer services from data storage solutions to virus protection to vow to streamline your infrastructure. Two companies were reviewed for this essay: Accenture and EDUTECH consultations services. Regardless of what the websites say, one must be wary of over promising. Whatever company is chosen, get references and feedback from other customers to ensure your money is not going to waste. In my opinion, hiring an in-house IT professional is the ideal first step. This would guarantee a certain amount of loyalty and dedication to your company’s needs first. As with any outsourced service, the outsourced company has other obligations and will not be thinking of your bottom line and the survivability of your company. They may be dealing with any number of other companies at the same time. Where will your company fall in their list of priorities? Accenture promises to give the company “The ability to collect and analyze internal and external data can dictate how well an organization can generate knowledge and ultimately value. Accenture offers a comprehensive set of Business Intelligence services to help clients harness structured data to improve decision-making, financial management, regulatory compliance and customer service”. It sounds great and Accenture is a leading company in the field. This company has an exceptional marketing budget and has an impressive list of happy successful clients. One particular client, Best Buy, has gone on record praising Accenture’s ability to facilitating growth by using computer applications to facilitate growth. Accenture helped Best Buy compare and identify meaningful relationships between product categories and different demographic groups. In particular, the solution studied what customers buy after a major product purchase so that Best Buy could improve product assortment and in-store product placement; create unique bundles and increase replenishment and in-stock levels. Ultimately, enabling customers to purchase everything they need at the same time or over multiple visits, with fewer hassles and return visits. Although they did not specifically state how much more was made in sales by these improvements, they imply that post implementation data confirmed that their services made a significant impact.

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