Accenture

Working with Oracle, Accenture is helping retailers infuse customer insight into four key areas—retail planning, merchandise management, supply chain management and retail point-of-service—helping clients achieve high performance with Oracle Retail Solutions.

When it comes to implementing solutions for the retail industry—from incremental improvements to enterprise transformation—Accenture has the necessary knowledge and experience. The knowledge comes both firsthand and through industry research. As for experience, Accenture has worked with more than 85 percent of the retailers implementing Oracle Retail Solutions. Accenture’s track record includes global projects that focus on business strategy, process, large-scale IT implementation, outsourcing and human performance. The company works with 350 of the Fortune 500 retailers and countless others that are on their way to becoming global leaders.

Much of Accenture’s knowledge of Oracle’s retail solutions comes from the collaborative relationship between the two companies. Whether we are working on research and development or combining efforts to transform a company’s operations, the strong relationship and mutual knowledge delivers tangible benefits for clients.

Enhancing this collaboration are Accenture’s industry research and its network of more than 50 integrated delivery centers. These centers—which house more than 1000 professionals dedicated specifically to Oracle Retail—offer an environment in which experience blends with new ideas, resulting in innovative applications and processes that help boost the performance of retailers.

Retailers working with Accenture have seen benefits throughout their operations including:

• A reduction in markdowns by up to 25 percent.
• Increases in inventory turns by up to 20 percent.
• A reduction in inventory by as much as 25 percent.
• Increases in gross margins by five to 10 percent.

Visit accenture.com to find out how Accenture can help you achieve high performance with Oracle Retail Solutions.