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Accenture has announced<\/a> that it’s agreed to acquire Blue Horseshoe, a supply chain management (SCM) and consulting firm offering integration services for fulfillment and distribution software solutions. Blue Horseshoe’s 349 employees will be joining Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations group and help clients develop interconnected, innovative, and intelligent supply chains across industries. The specific terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n

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Accenture is a global provider of professional services for organizations across 40 industries, including banking, health, communications, insurance, high-tech, life sciences, retail, travel, and more. Accenture\u2019s capabilities focus on the cloud, digital, and security verticals and include services for strategy, consultations, technology operations, analytics, AI-powered data, automation, and more, all powered by the company\u2019s worldwide advanced technology and intelligent operations centers.<\/p>\n

With its agreement to acquire Blue Horseshoe, Accenture is expanding its supply chain transformation capabilities with a team that has helped clients across industries. These include consumer packaged goods, retail distribution, food and beverage, logistics, and transportation companies. As part of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations team, Blue Horseshoe will help companies optimize supply chain operations with cloud-based supply chain management, ERP, transportation management, and warehouse management solutions.<\/p>\n

Renato Scaff, the North American lead of Accenture\u2019s Supply Chain & Operations, says, \u201cTo be competitive, companies need to transform their supply chains to deliver the innovative and hyper-personalized products, services, and experiences that are in high demand\u2014and fulfillment is core to that transformation. Blue Horseshoe\u2019s deep fulfillment consulting experience and methodologies support Accenture\u2019s vision for building customer-centric, resilient and responsible supply chains that benefit people, society, and the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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