Accenture Selected to Help Stryker Improve Operating Efficiencies
June 29 2016 - 8:27AM
Business Wire
Deployment of SAP® S/4HANA will help
standardize and automate business processes
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has been selected by Stryker, a leading
medical technology company, to support the standardization of its
business processes across the company.
Accenture will deploy the SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP
S/4HANA) solution as the digital foundation for Stryker’s global
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The scope of the project
will provide systems implementation, business process advisory,
project management and change management services. The program is
intended to standardize and automate business processes in finance,
sales, logistics, supply chain and procurement for Stryker, with a
global deployment of SAP S/4HANA, SAP World Template and leveraging
Assemble-to-Order methodology.
“We selected Accenture for its medical technology experience
combined with an extensive knowledge of ERP systems,” said Bijoy
Sagar, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Stryker.
“The company’s solution will help us drive efficiencies and allow
us to remain focused on meeting our customers’ changing needs.”
Accenture will deliver the work onsite at Stryker, as well as
from the Accenture Innovation Center for SAP in Kronberg, Germany,
and the Accenture Delivery Center in Pune, India. These centers are
part of Accenture’s differentiated approach to delivering SAP-based
solutions and services that help build the next generation of
business solutions by combining advanced analytics, mobility, cloud
and in-memory processing with core SAP technologies.
“Stryker operates in an extremely competitive sector and
recognizes the importance of having an agile and responsive global
ERP system,” said Tom Schwenger, managing director North America,
Accenture Life Sciences. “The work that Accenture will be
delivering to Stryker will enable it to focus on its core business
activities as well as reduce operational costs and improve business
performance.”
SAP and Accenture announced in January of 2016 they are joining
forces in the industry development and go-to-market of SAP S/4HANA,
the next-generation business suite from SAP built on the industry’s
most advanced in-memory platform. This collaboration will
accelerate development of SAP S/4HANA as well as industry and
line-of-business solutions, with a view to simplifying and
fast-tracking customers’ journeys to digital businesses.
“Accenture’s flexible approach to delivering SAP S/4HANA helps
organizations unlock their potential to become a high velocity
enterprise,” said Christophe Mouille, senior managing director and
lead for SAP business at Accenture. “Using innovative technologies
such as SAP S/4 HANA, we are helping the organization shift to the
New IT - becoming faster, smarter, more agile and better
connected.”
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 375,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives
innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
About Stryker
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology
companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make
healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative
products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and
Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital
outcomes. Stryker is active in over 100 countries around the world.
Please contact us for more information at www.stryker.com.
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