PwC Named Vanguard Leader in Supply Chain Strategy & Planning

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US has been recognized as a Vanguard firm in The Kennedy Vanguard™[1] of Supply Chain Strategy & Planning Consulting Providers report. According to Kennedy, "PwC is closing the gap on analytics with a newly launched risk management tool and forthcoming forecasting, demand, and profitability analytics capabilities. The firm is also building out a distinctive, integrated approach to logistics." PwC is one of five providers to achieve this Vanguard rating.

"This recognition showcases PwC's ability to help businesses use effective supply chain management as a vehicle to achieve greater profitability and growth – from strategy through execution," said Mark Strom, Advisory principal and Global Operations leader, PwC. "In any facet of supply chain management, PwC can help organizations respond flexibly to market opportunities, deliver superior value to customers, and align costs with business strategy."

According to the report: "PwC delivers supply chain strategy & planning consulting services through the differentiated supply chains portion of the advantaged operations offering of its global operations consulting practice that seeks to address the breadth of operational capabilities as well as cross-cutting technology, tax, and risk enablers. PwC's approach to supply chain strategy & planning starts from the premise that operations should be a strategic capability, not just a cost-effective utility.

Kennedy highlights PwC's strengths in the report, which include:

• Assessment & Design Principles: "PwC combines among the best capabilities to assess the supply chain and devise design principles informed by both external and internal perspectives to systematically guide supply chain strategy and planning improvements."
• Supply Chain Strategy: "To its existing strength in designing the footprint, flow, and scope of the physical supply chain strategy broadly reflective of its depth in discrete manufacturing sectors, PwC is adding a global Logistics Center of Excellence, consisting of a hub of subject matter experts in network optimization, inventory optimization, warehousing and distribution, transportation management, and IT applications supporting logistics."
• Repeatability: "With its broad process design acumen and multi-service platform, PwC takes a systematic approach to crafting the processes, structures, transactional and legal model, metrics, controls, and assets to consistently deliver supply chain strategy and planning activities."

The report also notes: "PwC matches its pedigree with among the most top-to-bottom approaches to the competency area, capable of progressing from high-level supply chain configuration to detailed process design and role chartering. The firm's "capabilities-driven strategy" framework together with its Performance Measurement Group afford among the most penetrating two-way mirror insights into a company's truly distinctive capabilities as a guide for solution design."

Kennedy's competency-based research examines provider capabilities at the engagement level to inform buyers of consulting services of the strengths and limitations of specific providers. Kennedy independently evaluates providers according to a consistent set of criteria and The Kennedy Vanguard™ assesses consulting firms in terms of the relative breadth and depth of service capabilities.

For more information about PwC, visit: http://www.pwc.com/operations

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[1] Supply Chain Strategy & Planning Consulting 2014, Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory,  Kennedy Information LLC

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