Deloitte Touche case study

SKS Manufacturing has recently hired Deloitte & Touche as they are in a critical cash position with various internal inefficiencies in their procurement and production processes. Deloitte & Touche and SKS Manufacturing will need to work together in order to solve the issues present at SKS Manufacturing so they can be successful within the automotive parts industry.

Architecture must be developed in order to oversee IT strategy to benefit the whole organizational enterprise. Centralizing IT strategy at the start of the new business strategies will be important to make sure IT and business are working together with common goals that deliver the most value. The following steps are to be completed within each department:

Smith Systems Consulting’s issues revolve around deficiencies in the processes and procedures that they employ, or choose not to employ. The work that they do is top notch, but keeping track of the details and presenting them in a favorable light is the primary focus of the work that needs to be done. The best case scenario will have to be a top down approach with a trickle-down effect. Train the senior members of management on new techniques for how to handle customer interactions and new techniques for how to build a customer’s confidence. Many times in industry it is not enough to simply solve your customer’s problems; after all you not only selling your services, you are selling yourself as well.

Consultants may be retained by individuals or organizations for the purpose of accessing specialized expertise. While consulting approaches vary widely, there is often an assumption that the consultant diagnoses problems and prescribes and sometimes implements solutions. In general, the assumption with coaching is that individuals or teams are capable of generating their own solutions, with the coach supplying supportive, discovery-based approaches and

The Consulting Service Company will lean on its relationships that have been built in the project management industry to take full advantage of an opportunity of a lifetime. We are looking to break into an industry that is not accustomed to utilizing project management to manage their office activities. Law firms are a new industry in which the project management professionals are

recognized with high esteem which could open doors for someone looking for work in other organizations unlike Eezymount, a small unknown organization. There are also more job opportunities at Deloitte because they have multiple offices and multiple positions unlike Eezymount with only one small office. There is also the possibility of promotions and transfers. They also offer bonuses as an incentive for their employees to work hard to earn, which is contrary to Eezymount with no incentives at all.

The first element proposed by Smith was strategic alignment and it is delivering strategic direction of IT and

The dimensions of consultation allow professionals to better understand more about the specific roles, situations and methods consultants may be faced with once they are hired. Ridley (2013) explains that consultants may be faced with two different organizational views. First, where the organization will hire a consultant to provide tactics for preventive measures so that the company can function at a maximum level; this is referred to as Developmental Process. On the other hand the organization will chose to hire a consultant when the company is “pain”, in a crisis; this is referred to as Crisis Consultation.

The ethical issue/event that I will be analyzing occurred between Livent, which previously was a theatre company in the 1990’s and Deloitte who is their former auditor. Deloitte failed to detect fraud and have been ordered to pay damages to the company’s creditors. This case of fraud included improper and inaccurate financial statements that were signed by Deloitte. Livent were using these financial statements to solicit funds from creditors and investors; they had ‘cooked the books’ or overstated their earnings/understating their losses to depict their company as if they were financially strong. Creditors invested their money into Livent and had later suffered a great loss because the company ended

Thank you so much for spending some time to speak to us about your experiences with Deloitte at the case workshop. It was truly a pleasure meeting you, as I enjoyed listening to your advice in regards to the case interview.

In many cases, clients are disappointed with the end result from consulting firm. Many have referred to it as ‘delivering empty promises’ when consultants conclude the project by providing insight that simply states the obvious needs. Clients are furthered dissatisfied when they learn that consulting firms are using ‘blanket solutions’ rather than custom. “Many begin to demand pricing based on the outcome of the engagements rather than the amount of consultant effort put into them. By productizing their business models and frameworks, consultants can better provide repeatable, trackable solutions to specific client problems. The focus thus lies less on the expertise of the consultants conducting the engagement and more on the outcome of the engagement itself”(Blacklock,

Consulting is more than giving advice.  Every client has different goals.  Their purpose drives the engagement between company and consumer and that relationship is usually the focus.  Yet there are more facets that bolster a company and their intentions.

A Systems Consulting Group (SCG) Consultant, Ellen Moore, was sent to South Korea as a project management representative for a Systems Implementation (SI) project involving forty Korean consultants and a SI team. Joint Venture Inc. (JVI), formed between Korean Conglomerate Inc. (KCI) AND Western Systems Inc. (WSI) was to implement the recommended systems into over one hundred local offices and a government agency as end-users of the new system. Moore, appointed by Andrew Kilpatrick to co-manage the SI project with Jack Kim strives to immerse herself into a different work culture, where

This Industry Analysis is on Technology Consulting and Outsourcing Services. Focusing on companies providing Global IT consulting services in this industry. This report will provide industry financial projections, competitors market capitalization, market share, and challenges.

importance in enhancing its value through a four pillar strategy and it is this strategy that has