„PwC” išrinkta pasauline verslo konsultacijų lydere

Vidas Venckus
UAB „PricewaterhouseCoopers“
Partner, Advisory Department

(2011 06 29 ELTA)

“Worldwide, PwC is seen as much better than its peers at helping clients identify
and implement options for growth.”

IDC, the leading consulting research and analytics firm, has rated PwC as a worldwide business consulting leader with the strongest positioning in terms of strategy, and has judged PwC to be growing faster than the overall market. IDC recently published the ratings in a new series of reports examining current capabilities and future ability to meet customer needs.

IDC states that:

• “Overall, PwC is seen as the most capable of all firms across several characteristics that include leveraging local resources, applying proven methodologies and tools, and helping enterprises   comply with new or existing regulations.”
• "PwC is seen overall as among the most capable of its peers at integrating its project team with the client's."
•  “Worldwide, PwC is seen as much better than its peers at helping clients identify and implement options for growth.”

Mark Okes Voysey, Advisory Leader for Central and Eastern Europe commented, “Here in Central and Eastern Europe, we have made major investments over the last two years into building and diversifying our advisory capabilities.  These investments cover all areas of consulting from industry focused strategy development to IT enabled business transformation.  In many ways, PwC now has more strategy and operations expertise than many of the specialised consulting firms in our region.”

Vidas Venckus, Advisory Leader for PwC Lithuania added, “As the Lithuanian economy recovers, our clients are looking to transform and grow their businesses, while competing in a price sensitive market.  We not only have the expertise to help our clients develop such strategies, we also have the know-how to help them implement them.  This is what sets us apart.”

In Europe, Middle East and Africa, PwC is ranked as a leader with the strongest positioning in terms of its strategy to respond to customer needs in the next 3 to 5 years.  IDC states that:

• “In EMEA, PwC is seen as the most capable of all firms at both integrating its project team with the client's and helping enterprises comply with new or existing regulations.”
• “PwC is seen as among the most capable of its peers at both leveraging local resources and delivering innovation in the project.”
• “PwC is also seen as among the most capable of its peers at meeting the project timeline and integrating its project team with the client's.”

In the Americas, PwC is the only consulting organisation to have achieved the "Leader" classification with the strongest capabilities and the strongest strategy to respond to customer needs in the next 3 to 5 years. IDC states that:

• “In the Americas, PwC is seen as among the most capable of its peers across several characteristics that include applying proven methodologies and tools, providing functional insights, and meeting the project timelines.”
• “PwC is seen in the Americas as among the most capable at helping enterprises comply with new or existing regulations and helping clients improve operational efficiency.”
• “PwC is seen in the Americas as much better than its peers across several issues that include helping clients identify and implement options for growth and helping clients expand into new markets or geographies.”

IDC’s estimates Worldwide Business Consulting spend at $69.1 billion in 2010 and ranks PwC #4 in this market by revenue.

Commenting on IDC reports, Juan Pujadas, PwC  Vice Chairman Advisory  Services, said "This recognition reflects that PwC offers the strongest and deepest Business Consulting capabilities in the world, and we relish our unique position in this market," He added, "What makes this even more satisfying is that this new research presents not only the opinions of IDC’s analysts around the world, but also the opinions of end-user buyers of consulting services who have participated in IDC’s research”.

Excerpts of the reports together with video interviews with the IDC analyst who led the research are available on pwc.com at www.pwc.com/IDC-MarketScape-Report/