Accenture Wins JDA Software Global Systems Integration Award

Accenture Wins JDA Software Global Systems Integration Award

NEW YORK; May 23, 2011 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named by JDA Software Group, Inc., as the winner of its 2011 Global Systems Integrator Customer Co-Innovation Award. The award recognizes companies that improve customers’ return on investment and drive innovation when implementing JDA solutions. The award was presented at the JDA FOCUS 2011 event in Orlando, Fla.

Accenture won the award for its “Speed to Customer” offering, which helps retailers to identify the customer need and deliver the right product assortments faster than their competitors through improved supply chain performance. This was demonstrated through an initiative undertaken in Accenture’s global Supply Chain Center of Excellence in Barcelona, Spain and the Accenture Customer Innovation Network in Chicago, Illinois, and Shanghai, China, amongst other global locations. Together, Accenture and JDA have created a supply chain experience that allows retailers to gain a real-time view of how multiple actions across functions within a retail operation impact each other. Delivered in a workshop format, it also highlights the importance of collaboration and synchronization across an organization to maintain or increase customer service levels by minimizing markdowns and out-of-stock situations.

“We are pleased to recognize Accenture for its work with JDA to develop an industry-leading supply chain concept that helps retailers better understand, and quickly and effectively address across their entire organization, the challenges presented by ever-changing consumer demands,” commented Mark Nation, group vice president, Global Alliances, JDA Software. “We are excited about continuing our close collaboration with Accenture to drive ongoing innovation for retailers around the world.”

Renato Scaff, senior executive in Accenture’s Retail practice and lead for the Speed to Customer Offering in North America, said, “Rising customer expectations, increased global competition, and the growth of private label are making it imperative that retailers better identify, develop and market the right products faster and more effectively. Our Speed to Customer offering, and our work with JDA at our Center of Excellence, can help retailers to act fast and flexibly to respond to changing demand and supply conditions.”

Learn more about Accenture’s Speed to Customer offering for retailers or Accenture’s Supply Chain Centers of Excellence in Barcelona, Spain and Accenture Customer Innovation Network in Chicago, Illinois; Dusseldorf, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Shanghai, China by clicking on the hyperlinks.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 215,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

About JDA Software Group, Inc.
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, is the leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA’s multiple service options, delivered via the JDA® Private Cloud, provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise. To learn more, visit www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.

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