Finalists Announced for The 2014 Association of Management Consulting Firms Awards

NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF), www.amcf.org, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2014 Spotlight Awards. Finalists are selected for project work, which best illustrates how consulting teams add value to their clients' organizations and to society at large. The winners will be announced on Thursday, March 27^th, at AMCF's Spotlight Awards Gala, in New York City at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers.

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The evening is a celebration of the management consulting industry bringing together the foremost group of consulting teams across multiple industries and service lines. "The AMCF Awards program has experienced considerable growth each year, with a greater number of submissions, new firms involved and even more energy around the Spotlight Awards," said Sally Caputo, President and COO of AMCF. "AMCF is proud to recognize the achievements of the consulting teams and their commitment to their clients."  

This year's awards will be presented by Sarah Green, Senior Associate Editor at Harvard Business Review and Tim Sullivan, Editorial Director at Harvard Business Publishing. Proceeds from the gala will benefit AMCF's Foundation for Excellence in Management Consulting; a 501c3 organization that develops education and scholarship programs to support tomorrow's consulting leaders.

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2014 AMCF Spotlight Awards Finalists:

Change Management

• EY with Bloomberg
• EY with Interpublic Group (IPG)
• FTI Consulting with North Shore-LIJ Health System

Corporate Responsibility / Humanitarian

• KPMG with City of New York
• PwC with Forest Stewardship Council

Customer Engagement

• EY with Nike
• Integrated Project Management Company with Land of Lincoln Health
• Tata Consultancy Services with Tata Starbucks Ltd.

Developing Markets

• EY with The Brink's Company
• KPMG with Rio Tinto
• Sanigest Internacional with the Republic of Kazakhstan

Finance / Risk Management

• EY with Fidelity
• KPMG with QGC
• KPMG with Reed Elsevier

Growth Strategies

• EY with Baker Hughes
• EY with Avis Budget Group
• West Monroe Partners with Wells Fargo

Human Capital

• EY with Rio 2016
• Hay Group with Kraft Foods
• JMW Consultants with Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation (GMW)

Information Technology

• PwC with Houston Methodist
• PwC with Laclede Gas
• PwC with Lehman Brothers
• Tata Consultancy Services with Scotiabank Inverlat, Mexico

Internal Initiative

• EY: "Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch"
• Tata Consultancy Services: "Adopting the Global Network Delivery Model (GNDM™) ... to Deliver ... And Accelerate Revenue Growth"
• West Monroe Partners: "Career Equity & Social Responsibility"

New and Digital Media

• EY with The E.W. Scripps Company
• EY with Nike
• KPMG with McDonald's

Operating Model Design

• EY with The E.W. Scripps Company
• FTI Consulting with North Shore-LIJ Health System
• Tata Consultancy Services with Cummins

Operational Performance

• FTI Consulting with North Shore-LIJ Health System
• FTI Consulting with Hostess Brands, Inc.
• PwC with Laclede Gas

Supply Chain

• EY with Bloomberg
• KPMG with Ford Motor Company
• Vector Consulting Group with Godrej Security Solutions

The finalists were chosen by an independent panel of judges who assessed the quality of each submission and rigorously evaluated them against detailed selection criteria. This panel was comprised of experienced executives in both the private and public sectors, including respected journalists and academics. A full list of judges is available here.

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