ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are thankful to Mr. Muhammad Amir Khan and Mr. Bryan Fernandes of the
PWC CONSULTING, who have provided us the maximum support in respect of preparing
the report on human resources prepared by us, with out which the report cannot
be effectively completed. It is
also pointed out here that while preparing the report we learnt a lot from these
gentleman about the working of an organization.
In our opinion, a lot of
admistrative work should be enforced for the smooth running of an organization
keeping in view the changes occurs in the world. Due to the limited resources of
the country and bureaucratic way of working, the real development to compete the
market is impossible. To flourish an organization, admistrative, financial and
technical expertise are the essential tools and with out which neither the
employer nor the employ/workers can run the organization efficiently and
effectively. To the above we recommend that proper man and material is to be
properly provided for the betterment of an organization.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:
-
PWC
is a leading manpower recruitment agency and is a sole proprietary concern,
owned by Mr. Amir khan, who himself is an experienced and qualified manpower
consultant. With a strong reputation for high professional standards, integrity
and quality, PWC provides overseas work opportunities to skilled and unskilled
manpower and also to skilled technicians, engineers and professionals. At PWC,
we are committed to fulfill all the contractual obligations of our clients and
meet their specific needs for the growth and development of their organization.
TSC is part of
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Middle East and Pakistan.
PricewaterhouseCoopers have operated in the Middle East and Pakistan for over 20
years and currently have 11 offices in the region. We are one of the region's
leading professional firms and employ some 180 management consultants. We have a
reputation for providing quality professional services to a well-diversified
client portfolio, in both the public and private sectors. We have always striven
to create value for clients and to provide these of our clients. with a
competitive advantage by combining our international capabilities and local
market knowledge with our extensive range of skills and industry expertise. We
have been, and continue to be, driven by the aspiration to exceed, and not just
to meet, the expectation Outlined here are the various components of the
Management Consulting Services practice in the region:
LEGAL
status: -
Established
in the year 1999, PWC secured the Overseas Employment Promoters License No.
0795/Karachi, in October 1995 from the Ministry of Labors, Manpower Government
of Pakistan. As a dynamic manpower services provider, we ensure efficient and
productive services in compliance with the laws and regulations of the
Government of Pakistan, pertaining to foreign employment.
INFRASTRUCTURE
& FACILITIES: -
As
a dynamic overseas manpower services provider, we have a clear vision of our
aims and objectives, which is supported by a value-driven culture of our
organization. Our sound financial status and availability of the latest
technological facilities helps in eliminating internal control weaknesses and
ensure efficiency and accuracy of work, which results in smooth functioning of
our businesses. While all our overseas manpower recruitment operations are
conducted from the Head Office located in Karachi, we also have a Branch Office
in Lahore that manages the manpower business opportunities in the province of
Punjab, NWFP, Northern areas and Kashmir.
Overview:
-
PwC
Consulting is one of the world's largest business transformation solutions
providers. We have a deep global footprint with broad local reach in an industry
where few have significant presence outside their home market.
PwC
Consulting is uniquely placed in the newly defined global market for business
transformation services. Among the universe of business transformation
consultancies, we are a leader in our ability to implement high-quality,
complex, end-to-end solutions for clients on a globally consistent basis. With
core strengths in strategic change, performance improvement, and technology, PwC
Consulting helps clients achieve competitive advantage in the wired and wireless
global economy by leading with strategy, applying process and change management,
and implementing technology solutions. The business value offered by PwC
Consulting is as broad as it is deep: scale, industry focus, global delivery
capability, competency in technology solutions, and the broad range of services
to execute business transformation and operate it.
Before starting
the project report we have visited some of the leading organizations of a good
repute and in this respect, we spent about a week. Finally we selected and
decided to write a report on this human resource company. To complete the report
we met various managers/executives and saw the organizational setup. They have
co-operated us in all spheres of work being operated there. They have answered
amicably the question we raised whatever we raised. We visited all the
divisions, sections of the organization. Though the things are running on a
right path but keeping in view the day-to-day changes in the world a lot of
improvements are to be implemented in the countries, industries and
organizations. The employer has directed us to see his website to have more
detail for preparing the project report, no doubt we took help from the website.
The website is a good source to know the detail of an organization.
HISTORY
PwC
Consulting Highlights: -
January 25 2001. Align Technologies
becomes the latest success story of the Pakistani offshore IT services model.
Align is the brain child of the Pakistani CEO and manufactures and services the
latest innovations in dental medicine. Align uses high capability modeling
software to produce it new "Aligner" (an invisible set of braces).
Align is mainly selling the Aligner in the US but operates it product modeling
and call center services from its Pakistani office. Align raised a total of US$
647 million and aims to expand into other markets.
December 10 2000. TSC's first
appearance at COMDEX in Las Vegas last month proved to be a huge success. In
addition to sales leads, TSC has been able to generate a wide network of
contacts that span the whole of the world. Eager participants showed that the IT
industry is pushing ahead just as quickly regardless of warnings of a global
downturn. Innovation continues to be top priority for hardware gurus and
security for software stakeholders.
Environmental
& Quality Consulting: -
Our
Environmental & Quality Consulting (EQC) section was set up to cope with the
new advancements in the field of business management with special reference to
quality and environmental management systems. We are providing comprehensive
consultancy services in the following areas: Total Quality Management, Quality
& Environmental Management Systems (ISO 9000 & ISO 14000), Social
Accountability standards (SA 8000) and Software Capability Maturity Model (SW-CMM).
We have recently launched Q-Pulse, a powerful and market-leading tool for
automating management systems such as ISO 9000/14000/QS 9000. This automation
enables organizations to swiftly and easily target business improvements.
Q-Pulse has been successfully implemented in more than 3000 companies across 55
countries worldwide.
As for as, we are concerned the
environmental aspects, Karachi is one of the best city of the country for
factory and industry. Some more popular cities such as Faisalabad, Lahore,
Multan and hydrabad are also industrial cities. Science Karachi has
international seaport, there is an edge over the other industrial cities. In
Pakistan most of the imports and exports are made through this media of
transportation. In Karachi a number of quality engineers, scientists, qualified
accountants and technocrats can be located and hired. As mention above the
employer has established human resource company in Karachi.
For more derails following is the address of
the organization.
1104, kashif center, shahra-e-faisal
Karachi
Ph. # (92-21) 5677376-5662353-5673368
Fax # (92-21) 5683752
Management Consultants
Human Resource Consultants
Market Research Consultants
ISO 9000/14000 Consultants
WHO
ARE WE?
OUR
MANAGMENT: -
Senior PricewaterhouseCoopers
management consultants lead TSC. Our key leaders are 5 partner and director
level professionals in the firm who have collectively more than 70 years of
experience of delivering technology projects for PricewaterhouseCoopers clients.
We will be happy to put you directly in touch with our leadership team, please
contact our leaders at [email protected].
We take on only professionals,
people that have a strong academic and practical background in IT. In addition
to our team, we maintain a database of more than 1500 professionals in Pakistan
that can be contracted on a short and long-term basis. This makes it possible
for us to mobilize large teams very quickly.
At TSC we are trained as
PricewaterhouseCoopers management consultants. The PricewaterhouseCoopers
approach to consulting and delivery is methodology focused. Our professionals
must master our methods if they are to progress as individuals in our firm. This
is because it is the methods that dictate the outcome of projects and therefore
development of methodology is development of expertise.
Our
Technical Skills: -
Tools &
Languages
|
Java,
Java Servelets, C++, FoxPro, Cobol, RPG 2, Visual Basic, Visual C++,
Borland C++ Builder, Power Builder, Delphi, Developer 2000, |
|
Internet Technologies |
HTML/DHTML,
XML, COM, DCOM, ActiveX, CORBA, RMI, EJB/Java Beans, ASP, JSP |
|
Databases |
Oracle,
SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, Paradox, Access, DB2
|
|
Lotus |
Notes and Domino |
|
Operating System |
Windows NT/9x, Unix, Linux, Novell NetWare |
Our
Infrastructure: -
PwC Consulting Technology Solution
Center is located on the scenic canal of Lahore, which bisects the city into
Eastern and Western halves and is the commercial center of the city. The office
has been custom built, equipped with latest hardware and software technologies
to meet the market demands.
Our office is
connected to the PricewaterhouseCoopers global network through dedicated Lotus
Notes and Internet Servers. Each of our technical staff members is provided with
the state-of-art fully equipped workstations.
Our
brand: -
Since
October 2001, the management consulting services businesses of
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have been operating under the PwC Consulting brand
name.
The
new PwC Consulting identity confirms plans for legal independence from
PricewaterhouseCoopers, while reaffirming our continuing relationship with the
PricewaterhouseCoopers family at large — and our commitment to work together
for the benefit of our clients.
This
new identity allows us to be clearer to our clients about who we are, what we
do, and where we're going.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) has named Thomas O'Neill the CEO of PwC Consulting. Samuel A. DiPiazza,
Jr., made the appointment PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global CEO.
In
his new role Mr. O'Neill will be responsible for moving ahead to position the
PwC Consulting business for legal separation in a way that achieves maximum
benefit for the organization’s clients and people.
To
learn more about Mr. O'Neill, read his biography or the news release that
announces his appointment.
WHAT
DO WE DO?
PwC
Consulting: -
We
transform the businesses of clients that want to be leaders in their industry.
We do that by having a point of view about where they can get to — a point of
view based on our deep industry knowledge. We define how to bring the changes
about by integrating strategy, processes and technology. We create and implement
those changes in practice with our clients to speed their journey through the
complex business landscape. Through all of this, we are consistently open. We
embrace new ideas and work well with others.
There
aren't many people who can do all of that. There are even fewer who can do that
worldwide. There are even fewer who do it well. We do
Management
Consulting Services in the Middle East and Pakistan
The drive to compete in an
increasingly complex environment forces leading global companies to make large-
scale investments in technology and operational improvements to maximize
efficiency, control costs, grow and improve bottom line results.
TSC is part of
PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Middle East and Pakistan. PricewaterhouseCoopers
have operated in the Middle East and Pakistan for over 20 years and currently
have 11 offices in the region. We are one of the region's leading professional
firms and employ some 180 management consultants. We have a reputation for
providing quality professional services to a well-diversified client portfolio,
in both the public and private sectors. We have always striven to create value
for clients and to provide these of our clients. with a competitive advantage by
combining our international capabilities and local market knowledge with our
extensive range of skills and industry expertise. We have been, and continue to
be, driven by the aspiration to exceed, and not just to meet, the expectation
Outlined here are the various components of the Management Consulting Services
practice in the region:
Industry
Focus: -
Our consultants combine strategic,
process and technology skills with industry knowledge and innovative thinking to
find the best solutions for each company's needs. PricewaterhouseCoopers focuses
on the following industries:
Strategic
Change: -
Our Strategic Change group helps
companies plan for and manage large- scale transformations to achieve optimum
business performance improvements, and create and sustain value.
PricewaterhouseCoopers integrates five critical areas: corporate strategy,
information technology, organization, operations and change. The objective of
the group is also to focus through leadership and staff development on
e-Business, e-Transformation, e-Globalization and e-Markets.
Emerging
& Integrating Technologies (E&IT): -
Our Emerging and Integrating
Technologies Service develops and provides skills and competencies in new,
emerging technologies, that are deemed to have substantial implications for
current and/or future Management Consulting Service offerings and Solution Sets,
in the early stages of their adoption lifecycle. In addition, the E&IT
Service develops, maintains, and provides skills and competencies in "core
and enabling" infrastructure related technologies and technology
management.
E&IT
sub-services include the following: -
The
future series: -
Speed.
Change. Uncertainty. These three factors impact virtually every industry and
every company striving to succeed in a challenging business climate. Companies
must be able to shift gears and change direction on a dime as political and
economic changes ripple through the global economy with unprecedented speed.
The
best way to respond to rapid change is through anticipation, which requires
information and knowledge. Our industry points of view can help you on these two
fronts. We analyses the factors that will continue to impact industries into the
future and predict what industries will look like five or 10 years from now. And
we provide our latest thinking on how companies can transform themselves today
to meet tomorrow's challenges.
Below
we provide short previews of our forthcoming points of view on the future of
several industries: -
The reality of
2007 could be that growth is dead and retailers "win."
Manufacturer-branded consumer packaged goods will likely become commodities as
retail mega-chains take a controlling share of consumer mind, wallet and life.
Today, top-line sales growth in the
consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry has slowed to a crawl. Most product
categories have matured in developed countries where a clutter of brands, SKUs
and messages overload consumers. In emerging markets, penetration and growth
opportunities are hindered by a myriad of channel and distribution challenges.
Slow growth becomes exacerbated as
retailers consolidate globally and become more sophisticated in marketing their
own brands. Retailers are flexing their muscles and demanding more and more from
CPG manufacturers, including more trade-promotion spending, "perfect"
service, special pricing and global promotions — all with the threat of
penalties, charges and deductions, and the ultimate threat of loss of
distribution. Their growth and confidence is increasingly matched by their
willingness to exert new pressures on CPG companies.
In addition, the industry suffers
from complacency. It isn't as innovative as it likes to think, and its products
aren't as important to consumers as they once were. In response, CPG companies
must reposition themselves with consumers and retailers in a dramatically new
way. In classic brand marketing sense, they must understand where they are,
where they need to go and what they will need to do to get there.
To recapture influence with
consumers and retailers, CPG companies must marshal their resources and
"play big" on points of maximum leverage. This does not necessarily
mean be big, as massive scale by itself can create rigidity, inflexibility and
slow responses. Instead, it points to a state of mind in which influence can be
created and sustained.
To
play big, CPG companies must: -
1.
Focus operations to unleash maximum influence on consumers and retailers.
2.
Expand consumer value to capture a much greater share of consumer life.
3.
Demand growth by shattering constraints.
4.
Think like retailers to drive leverage.
5.
Collaborate enterprise-wide to capitalise on reach and synergy.
6.
"Operationalise Bigness" for competitive advantage.
The time is now
for managers to adopt a high-impact temperament and to be bold. Those who play
big must realign the core goals of their companies to establish much improved
importance with consumers and to increase leverage with retailers. Therein lies
the choice for the CPG industry — take control or see growth die and retailers
win.
Ready
or Not, Here it comes: High-Tech 2005
The Horizontal, Hyper-Competitive Future: -
Fundamental changes are occurring within the high-tech industry. The very basis of competition is now shifting. The future will be horizontal. Proprietary and vertically integrated business models of the past will be unbundled. The integrated solution stack will break apart into separate layers of software, operating systems and hardware. These will be combined horizontally.
The emergent horizontal,
hyper-competitive world will be radically different and will require very
different responses. By 2005, profound and disruptive features will define the
high-tech landscape.
High-tech companies that don't act
now will see their market positions continue to erode. Successful transformation
to the horizontal, hyper-competitive future will require companies to
fundamentally rethink their roles and their network, and act to realign their
capabilities. Business leaders will need to pick their horizontal space,
redefine and Web-enable their value propositions, assemble their collaborative
networks using e-hubs, integrate their internal operations globally and realign
organisation and technology.
Experience
Rules: The Hospitality and Leisure Industry Circa 2010: -
Two key forces
will shape the hospitality and leisure industry in the next decade and beyond:
globalisation and technology innovation.
In 2010, travel will be about
engaging in tailored, powerful, seamless personal experiences. Successful
companies will identify attractive consumer micro-segments, develop targeted
offerings and niche brands. Nimble companies will form collaborative alliance
networks and will make use of advanced technical capabilities to tailor their
offerings to individuals. They will redirect their workforce to personalise and
enhance the guest experience, relying increasingly on automation to handle
transactional tasks. Finally, they will reinvent distribution and reservations
to flexibly bundle, market, and sell end-to-end travel experiences.
Strategically,
hospitality and leisure companies must adopt a global perspective, promote the
role of the customer in corporate strategy and product development, look for
partnering and acquisition opportunities and rethink how they manage shareholder
value.
They
should invest in technologies and business processes to collect and analyse
guest information, deploy value-added customer relationship management (CRM)
solutions, integrate back-of-house and key front-of-house functions and move
toward a decapitalised external network business model that makes best use of
assets and core skills.
Companies
should also invest in their employees by fostering a positive work environment,
conducting service-focused training and deploying productivity and
knowledge-sharing tools.
2005
and Beyond: The Dynamic Utility Will Be Bigger, Faster ... Flatter: -
Energy and
utilities companies are at a crossroads. By 2005, nearly everything an electric
or gas company owns or controls will be open to trading, upsizing, downsizing
and leveraging.
A combination of forces is driving
the utilities industry toward disaggregation. Trends in capital markets,
globalisation, outsourcing and new technologies and regulation and legislation
will continue to drive this process.
Web
Application Development: -
Development of new Web applications
helps businesses build e-commerce, portals, and state-of-the-art Intranet
applications through the latest Web-based software. TSC can help clients realize
all the advantages of Web-based business in both business-to-business and
business-to-consumer applications.
Web
Enablement: -
Web enabling makes existing
applications Web accessible. This allows companies to do business over the Web
without purchasing, installing, and learning new software. By developing helper
programs, TSC makes existing applications accessible from any Web browser.
Web
Migration Services: -
Migration to Web applications converts an
entire application to a Web-based environment, allowing businesses to reap the
full benefits of Web-centered business. With years of proven experience in
application migration, TSC can convert virtually any legacy-based application
with minimum disruption.
Our multimedia production services
include design, development and delivery of multimedia solutions. Our experts
include artwork directors, producers and technical specialists. Our team works
with a multitude of tools and technologies in bringing together highly creative
and state-of-the-art multimedia products. Included our offerings in this area
are:
-
Website Design and Development
- Animated Presentations
- Computer Based Training materials
- Electronic Brochures and Product Catalogues
- 3-D Imaging Services
- Conceptual Artwork
- Interactive Digital Stories
- Computer Games.
Call centers are essential
components of the customer relationship management strategies of companies. Many
are now opting for offshore locations for outsourcing or setup of their call
center services. TSC offers comprehensive call center setup and management
services. We are keen to form alliances in this area with companies that have an
interest in offshore call centers.
For companies that are looking to
establish independent call centers in a cost-effective economy, our services
range from the functional set up of the call center to the implementation and
maintenance of the technology architecture. For companies simply looking to
outsource their call center function, we have the capability to deliver high
quality call center services.
At PwC Consulting we have deep expertise of both the functional and technical issues in implementing a world-class call center solution. Additionally, call center management has also become an area of focus as more and more companies are realizing the difficulties of effective management of call centers. PwC Consulting has provided consulting services to many of it clients, devising and implementing effective performance management techniques and standards.
Virtually all of the business
processes in an organization can be outsourced. Companies are increasingly
taking advantage of this and having their non-core operation performed by
specialists. PricewaterhouseCoopers offers Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
services in all the major countries of its operations. Our main focus is on the
finance and related processes as this is one of our own core specializes.
The revolution of high capability
communication channels has meant that these services can be performed from
anywhere where the requisite skill set is available. TSC offers these services
over very specific processes. These are Data Entry, Data transcriptions and
Internet Spider Analysis. We are located in Pakistan and this allows us to
provide these IT enabled services at very competitive prices whilst not
compromising on our quality assured methodologies of delivery.
If you are interested in offshore outsourcing
of any of your processes, don't hesitate to get in touch with TSC.
Abacus ERP is our own-developed
business software. In short, it is a middle market ERP business application
suite covering Financial, Supply Chain and Human Resource Management.
The Abacus Suite of Applications,
developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a high performance business applications
solution for companies looking for complete management information, financial
and human resource systems. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, we have a deep knowledge
of which are Critical business processes that require automation at companies in
the middle East and Pakistan. Our systems have been developed from this
perspective and continue to provide our clients with satisfaction.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
cements status as a leader in Customer: -
Relationship Management systems ntegration:
latest report by Gartner further solidifies
pricewaterhouseCoopers leadership position in providing customer.
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
the world’s largest professional services organisation, was once again named
one of the industry’s Leading global systems integrators (SI) in the area of
customer relationship management (CRM) by Gartner, a leading research
organisation, in its most recent analysis of external services providers (ESP).
This
is the third consecutive year in which PricewaterhouseCoopers CRM practice has
been recognised by Gartner as "a leader in CRM."
Adam
Klaber, global leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers CRM consulting practice, said:
"Over
the past few years, our CRM consulting practice has experienced tremendous
growth in terms of revenue, new clients, and add-on work to existing, satisfied
clients. Our leading CRM consulting services ratings are testament to the
strength, leadership, vision and implementation capabilities of our CRM
consulting practice."
PricewaterhouseCoopers
has established long-term, successful strategic alliances with eBusiness
technology companies such as Siebel Systems, Inc. in order to address the
evolving customer facing needs of clients. Late last year,
PricewaterhouseCoopers was Awarded Siebel Systems’ Consulting Partner Award of
Excellence in Europe for attaining the highest levels of customer
satisfaction
and generating exceptional bottom line results for customers.
The
PricewaterhouseCoopers CRM consulting practice works with many companies - from
fast growing and emerging to the
World’s
largest global organisations - in delivering integrated CRM solutions across a
wide variety of industries and services aimed at transforming how companies
market, sell and serve their customers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
offers its CRM services through three strategic areas:
••
CRM
Vision, which helps clients assess their current environment and develop a
transformation strategy to realise optimal efficiency and profitability;
Customer Analytics, which empowers an organisation to utilize its customer
information across all functional areas of marketing, sales and service; and Our
Brand Story
•Integrated
Multi-Channel Solutions, which addresses the complexities of integrating
business process and technology
Solution
across channels to achieve a single view of the customer.
Delivered
by a global team of over 3,500 experienced CRM consultants,
PricewaterhouseCoopers helps its clients achieve
Maximum
results through their CRM solution. The practice generated nearly $1 billion in
services revenue this past fiscal year.
Customer
Relationship Management Solutions (CRMS): -
Customer Relationship Management
Solutions sole intent is to improve our client's sales, marketing and service
capabilities. The group, which goes to market through our industries is
comprised of professionals with deep program management, functional, business
application, change management and enabling technology skills in order to assist
our clients define their most appropriate solution and see it through
implementation. A key tenet of the CRMS group is to deliver holistic solutions,
which deliver the greatest value to our clients. Its objective is to engage our
clients in developing their CRM vision and Business Case so that we can
collaborate with them on the entire transformation.
Financial
Management Solutions (FMS): -
Our FMS consultants work with
clients to provide a robust, innovative financial vision centered on value
creation. We work creatively with executives to identify where Finance can
create value, to shape strategies designed to enhance that value, and to
determine business intelligence tools that will extract value. We give careful
consideration to the importance of intangibles, including brand equity and
intellectual capital.
PwC delivers financial management
solutions that integrate strategy with operations. We seek to develop and
implement enterprise-wide systems and processes that are efficient, responsive
and flexible, and that enable the processes of financial transactions and
decision support. We leverage operational strategies (eg shared services/
outsourcing) and "best practices" in business processes, combined with
enterprise / web-based technology and software products (eg ERP and Data
Warehousing) to effect this change.
Our
areas of focus include: -
Human
Capital Solutions (HCS): -
The HCS Service focuses on HR
strategy and delivery. The group helps clients design and implement all elements
of HR service delivery, including organization, process and technology. The
group is widely recognized as a leader in HR organizational design, data
warehousing, PeopleSoft and Oracle implementations. The HCS team is also working
with highly visible global clients to design and implement internal e-business
strategies, making the B2E portal a key driver of future business strategy to
move work to the web, cut costs, and boost strategy.
HCS
sub-services include the following: -
Supply
Chain & Operations Solutions (SCOS): -
The SCOS Service group helps
clients optimize their supply chain and build competitive advantage through
service offerings designed to optimize and integrate business processes across
all supply chain partners. As supply chain management solutions have evolved to
web based real-time control of the supply chain, SCOS is focused on delivering
value to their clients through several optimization enablers.
Some
of these include: -
SCOS
sub-services include the following: -
Regardless of the size of the
client or the scope of the engagement, PwC Consulting has the tools, resources
and methodologies to deliver technology solutions on time and on budget.
With a strong reputation for high
professional standards, integrity and quality PWC provides overseas recruitment
services in the field of IT Professional, Consltants, Doctors, Engineer, Highly
skilled technicians, Administrative Staff in all disciplines as well as skilled,
semi-skilled and non-skilled manpower. At PWC we are committed to fulfil all the
contractual obligations of our clients and meet their specific needs for the
growth and development of their projects.
The Technology, Media and
Telecommunications sector is experiencing one of the most turbulent periods it
has ever encountered. Large technology corporates have seen their valuation
collapse, accessing new capital has become increasingly difficult and expansion
plans have turned into survival strategies. In an environment where strategic
decisions have become even more critical, only those companies with access to
the best advisory services will generate long-term shareholder value",
according to Feargal O’Rourke, Partner, Technology Group, PwC.
To help technology companies
through these challenging times, PricewaterhouseCoopers has launched a unique
European Technology Centre of Excellence -"Menlo Park Europe" - which
will provide Irish technology companies and investors with a European analysis
of global technology trends and developments.
Bo Parker, Managing Director of
Menlo Park Europe, who will be speaking in Dublin on next Wednesday, 20 March,
2002 at the PwC sponsored conference SummiT2002, commented:
"The European technology
market is the most exciting in the world at the moment, particularly with an
anticipated return to investment in the second half of 2002 We have markets with
advanced corporate adoption of technology, well-developed wireless take-up and
sufficient funding for significant growth over the next five to ten years."
"Menlo Park Europe’s team of
experts has been hand-picked to bring a comprehensive range of specialist
knowledge and experience to bear. Our clients will be corporations, venture
capital firms and fast-growth businesses, all of which require specialist
knowledge of technology in the context of merger and acquisition transactions,
IPO, investment and the management of fast-track growth, whether for themselves
or for the businesses in which they hold an interest."
The centre, based in London, is
evidence of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ continuing commitment to technology and
belief that the rapid pace of advance in Europe's technology sector will
continue, despite the current downturn.
Menlo Park Europe builds on
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ successful Menlo Park Technology Centre in Silicon
Valley, California. Renowned for its advisory work and definitive research and
analysis, including the well-respected annual Technology Forecast, Menlo Park
USA has become synonymous with some of the foremost thinking on the future
applications and implications of technology in the world.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has
hand-picked a select team of senior analysts from a variety of industry
backgrounds to establish Menlo Park Europe, where they will track and analyse
the technology landscape and identify future trends and issues for the benefit
of clients. The team will work alongside the firm’s existing technology
specialists to advise technology clients and their investors on venture capital
funding, IPOs and mergers and acquisition activity. They will also provide
strategic advice to corporations as they undertake technology investment or
consider divesting their assets in this area, and will offer specialist advice
on extracting value from their portfolio of existing technology assets.
In addition to providing thought
leadership and trends analysis, the core activities undertaken by Menlo Park
Europe comprise:
IT PROFESSIONALS: -
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Advance
Technology Consultants |
Oracle
Programmers (Advanced) |
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Web
Designers |
Oracle
Financial Specialists |
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Web
Developers |
Cisco
Certified Engineers |
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Internet
Consultants |
Network
Engineers (Advanced) |
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Mainframe
Consultants |
Database
Managers |
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Oracle
and Power Builder Consultants |
System
Engineers |
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SAP
Consultants |
System
Analysts |
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IT
Professionals |
C++
Programmers |
ENGINEERING & TECHNICAL: -
Engineers |
Telecommunicating
Technicians |
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|
B.E.
CIVIL with 5-7 years experience in designing and contructing CIVIL Works
on the basis of known building codes of practices and various
internationally accepted specifications and standards together with
carrying out tests on materials and inspections of works under
construction. Preferably experience of Industrial Building Structure, Fod
Industries Building, Roads/Embankments etc.
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Instrument Engineers |
Electronics
Technicians |
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Bio-Medical
Engineers |
Mechanical
Technicians |
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|
Project
Manager |
Instrument
Technicians |
|
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Bio-Medical
Technicians |
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Electrical
Engineers |
Architecture
Engineers |
Radar
Technicians |
|
B.E.
Electrical with 5-10 years experience in electrical field, exposure to
Automation Design, Drawing, Installation, Testing and commissioning of
Automatic Process Plants preferably Food Industry, Logic Control Methods
etc. |
Electronics
Engineers |
|
|
Telecommunication
Engineers |
EDICAL & PARAMEDICAL STAFF: -
MANAGEMENT & MARKETING STAFF: -
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Manager
Human Resources |
Manager
Finance |
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Managers
Administration |
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Managers
Marketing (IT) |
Secretary
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