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New Workforce Survey, Sponsored by Hitachi Consulting, Suggests Aerospace & Defense Facing Most Challenging Environment in Decades Increased rates of voluntary attrition across the industry, combined with weakening demand for future contracts and signals of reduced innovation, indicate Aerospace and Defense (A&D) companies could be facing the most challenging business environment in |
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Evolving your Workforce: Measure for Experience, Skills and Perspective The current Aviation Week and Space Technology survey on the state of the Aerospace and Defense workforce highlights many challenges the industry continues to face. |
| Solution Overview |
Aviation CRM for the Aircraft Manufacturing Marketplace Hitachi Consulting offers an Oracle CRM solution, AviationCRM, which specifically targets specific and unique marketplace needs. |
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Hitachi Consulting Joins EPA Climate Leaders Industry-Government Program Reducing Carbon Emissions for Itself and Clients Supports Hitachi Ltd.’s Environmental Vision; Sustainability Practice Leader Todd Price to Address National A&D Sustainability Conference |
| Whitepaper |
Implementing Program Visibility Solutions Implementing Program Visibility Solutions |
| Whitepaper |
Program Visibillity Tech neutral A&D companies are committed to increasing revenues, decreasing program costs and, most importantly, improving program performance. It is imperative that A&D companies solve their Program Visibility issues and improve their ability to accurately track and |
| Articles |
Challenging the Traditional Supply Chain: Why Is Responsiveness So Hard? Hitachi Consulting and AMR Research recently surveyed 164 manufacturers to better understand the way companies detect change, the levers they use to respond to change, and the obstacles to becoming more responsive. |
| Whitepaper |
Culture of Innovation A&D companies have built strategies to drive innovation and have made significant capital investments to support those strategies, yet as forward-looking as most corporate strategies are, many companies fail to see the factors in their own backyard that c |
| Press Release |
Hitachi Consulting Corporation Aerospace and Defense Managing VP Named to AVIATION WEEK Workforce Survey Advisory Board for Second Year For the second year in a row, Hitachi Consulting Corporation Aerospace and Defense Practice Managing Vice President Lee Palmer has been named to the AVIATION WEEK Workforce Advisory Board which oversees the magazine’s annual report which focuses on workfo |
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Think Globally, Measure Locally Higher prices don’t just hit us on the home front. They also mean increases in the cost of preparing, manufacturing and shipping raw materials as well as finished goods, which influences the costs of the products companies make and consumers buy. |
| Articles |
Think Globally, Measure Locally, Part 2: Building a Sustainability Scorecard Companies should approach the development of a sustainability scorecard, like any other BI/performance management solution – by asking a few questions. |
| Whitepaper |
Growing Effective Project Managers To address the lack of an effective project management culture, leaders need to take three key actions. First, they must clarify the expectations of their team. Second, they must increase the knowledge base of their PMs. Third, they must demand accountability to established standards. |
| Solution Overview |
Global IT Governance solution for multi-national companies Overview of Hitachi Consulting’s Global IT Governance solution for multi-national companies. |
| Press Release |
AIAA Presents Service Citation to Hitachi Consulting A&D Sr. Mgr. Mike Louie The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a premier professional society for aerospace engineers and scientists, has awarded Hitachi Consulting Aerospace and Defense senior manager Mike Louie a special service citation plaque for his |
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New Survey Says Workforce Woes Continue for A&D and Defense Industry; Viable Solutions to Stem Losses Available, According to Hitachi Consulting Expected increases in retirement eligibility rates of existing workers, and documented increases in voluntary attrition rates of younger workers, combined with weak demand for future contracts (work) has Aerospace and Defense companies facing the most cha |
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Pursuing, Bidding, and Winning IDIQ Work – A Methodology for Reducing Risk and Increasing Success In contrast to traditional proposals, IDIQ pursuits require strategies, processes, and tools that greatly accelerate response times while managing the risk inherent in the range and complexity of the associated Tasking Orders. As elusive as these capabili |
| Whitepaper |
Strategy Execution Connect the balanced scorecard’s road map for success to the management processes that steer the business and reap the benefits |
| Whitepaper |
Boomers, Xers and Yers: Making the Generation Gap Work to A&D’s Advantage As more Generation Y workers join Generation X in the workforce, the generational differences are becoming more apparent in areas such as motivation, ambition, and work styles. |
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Hitachi Consulting Managing Vice President Inducted into Microsoft Hall of Fame Mike Gillis, Managing Vice President, Global Microsoft Relationship for Hitachi Consulting Corporation was honored as the initial inductee into the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Advisory Council Hall of Fame, which recognizes an individual’s outstanding cont |
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What Separates Leading Manufacturers From Laggards? What company trait has the most direct correlation to higher profits and share price? Two recent studies found that it’s a company’s ability to quickly respond to market changes that distinguishes leaders from laggards. Being operationally efficient may positively impact the short term, but it does not lead directly to long-term profitability. |
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Hitachi Consulting Makes List of 100 Supply Chain Innovators According to Supply & Demand Chain Executive Hitachi Consulting announced today its inclusion in the 2009 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 listing of “leading providers of supply chain services.” |
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Hitachi Consulting Named 2009 Partner of the Year for Microsoft Dynamics AX Hitachi Consulting was named 2009 Partner of the Year for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft alliance partners for outstanding sales performance, technological expertise, consistently high customer satisfacti |
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New Survey by Hitachi Consulting and AMR Research Shows How Manufacturers Respond to Market Shifts, Customer Demand in Current Economic Climate In a recent survey Hitachi Consulting and AMR Research heard from manufacturers that reducing costs is the chief motivator to improving responsiveness, but success is limited due to the age-old resistance to change and company culture. |
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A&D Supplier - Procurement Sourcing, RFQ and Quote Exchange System A&D Supplier realizes multiple business benefits after implementing Procurement Sourcing Solution, RFQ, and Quote Exchange System |
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Aviall - CRM and Supply Chain Optimization Aviall Services, Inc. re-aligned their business with a customized CRM solution resulting in revenue, margin, stock price and customer satisfaction increasing significantly |
| Reports |
Complex Service Work: Scheduling Technicians, Crews, and Physical Resources Learn about best-in-class capabilities, processes, and tools required for optimum field service management from results of a recent survey of more than 125 Field Service executives. |
| Articles |
Many Pieces Make Up the A&D Workforce Puzzle Aerospace and Defense (A&D) companies are trying to stem the tide of the numbers of employees with many years of experience, specialized skills, industry knowledge, and company know-how from retiring. |
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Tools Available for Better Proposal Pricing |
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Hitachi Consulting Acquires UK IT Consulting Firm, Edenbrook Ltd. Hitachi Consulting has acquired Edenbrook Ltd., a United Kingdom-based IT consulting firm which specialises in delivering Microsoft and Oracle solutions. |
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Hitachi Consulting Sponsors Aberdeen Report, ‘Recession Battle Plan for Field Service’ Companies with field service operations should be doubling their efforts in the field to satisfy customers, according to a new Hitachi Consulting-sponsored Aberdeen Group research whitepaper, Recession Battle Plan for Field Service, indicating the pressin |
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Hitachi Consulting Aerospace and Defense Group Managing Vice President Named to AVIATION WEEK Workforce Survey Advisory Board Hitachi Consulting Aerospace and Defense (A&D) Practice Managing Vice President Lee Palmer has been named to the 2009 AVIATION WEEK Workforce Advisory Board which oversees the magazine’s annual report focused on workforce issues and trends in the A&D indu |
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AVIATION WEEK to Provide Official Workforce Study for A&D Industry Sponsored by Hitachi Consulting, the AVIATION WEEK Workforce Study serves as a single source of reliable data for the A&D industry that can be used to analyze current workforce issues, trends and opportunities in the areas of recruitment, retention, retir |
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Hitachi Consulting Receives Microsoft Dynamics’ Central Region General Manager Award Hitachi Consulting recently received Microsoft Dynamics’ Central Region General Manager Award for excellence in the marketing, sale and support of Microsoft Dynamics, a comprehensive customer business solution for mid-sized and larger organizations. |
| Press Release |
Portland Hitachi Consulting Office Named Top Company to Work for in Oregon The top large company on this year’s 100 Best list is, Hitachi Consulting of Portland. The other large companies recognized at the event are listed in order of rank: Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Qualcomm, Grant Thornton LLP and US Cellular. |
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Hitachi Consulting Announces Services in Support for Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse Hitachi Consulting today announced a new suite of services designed to utilize the scalability enhancements of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and to provide customers with enhanced and economical data warehouse capabilities. |
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Hitachi Consulting Adds New Vice President to Southeast Market Helen Berg has joined Hitachi Consulting as a vice president in the firm’s Southeast Market in Atlanta. |
| Articles |
Make Your Online SAP Sales Screens Your Own Ensure that your SAP users can easily read through your online sales screens by labeling fields with your own company-specific terminology. |
| Articles |
Optimizing the Benefits of EDM and SOA by Coordinating Strategies This article introduces the Coordinated Service-Oriented Data Architecture (C-SODA) framework as an effective and flexible tool for assessing/driving coordination between EDM and SOA strategies and initiatives. |
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Hitachi Consulting Strengthens its Alliance With SAP Under New Global Services Agreement Hitachi Consulting has been named a global services partner by SAP, strengthening its alliance with one of the leading providers of business enterprise software internationally. |
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Chargeback Demonstrates Ongoing Enterprise Data Management Value Usage-based chargeback is the best way to build a price-to-value relationship for data management services, and there are four basic methods for pricing enterprise data management |
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Enterprise Data Security An enterprise data security solution is required to ensure that data within all systems, both operational and analytic, is secured appropriately and consistently. The challenge lies in implementing a security model that is both robust and manageable. |
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Performance-Based Logistics: Helping Raise Your Contract Execution Capabilities Though the establishment of a mutually beneficial contract approach and corresponding metrics are critical, many companies fail to place similar effort and investment to shore up their PBL program execution and post-production sustainment capabilities. |
| Whitepaper |
Aviation Week MRO Military Conference: Setting Action Priorities for Aircraft Weapon Systems AVIATION WEEK provided a two-day event to study the as-is status of the weapon systems and then address the pain points currently existing in sustaining the fleet. |
| Whitepaper |
Integrating People, Information and Resources to Empower Field Services Organizations This whitepaper addresses business and technical decision makers in any organization with a field service component. It describes how the streamlined processes and integrated information provided by Field Services for Microsoft Dynamics AX can empower f |
| Press Release |
Aerospace and Defense Workforce Woes Linked to Short Sightedness “Too much focus on short-term needs” is preventing aerospace and defense (A&D) companies from implementing successful workforce planning solutions, according to an Aberdeen Group Report, sponsored by Hitachi Consulting. |
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Electronic Kanbans: Finding the Next Level of Lean Improvement Because kanban systems have traditionally been manual systems, they fall prey to the 3Ms: Manual means mistakes! As long as kanban systems depend on people doing things perfectly, waste will remain a part of the equation. What we learned when we stopped n |
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Aerospace and Defense Supplier Engineering Software Portfolio Alignment Aerospace and Defense Supplier reduced applications by 90 percent, establishing a strategic roadmap for managing its diverse engineering software portfolio and implementing a comprehensive change management program. |
| Whitepaper |
Chargeback Demonstrates Ongoing Enterprise Data Management Value This whitepaper discusses various models that not only help kick-start the chargeback, but also continuously demonstrate the value of Enterprise Data Management efforts around ICCs or BICCs or MDM. |
| Whitepaper |
Protecting Customer Data When it comes to privacy, your customers' trust is essential for success; learn how to protect your customer data |
| Whitepaper |
Service Oriented Architecture Governance Find out how to revolutionize your business to meet customer demands with a successful SOA implementation |
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