Birchman Participates in an Investigation Project at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute |
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February 2010
Álvaro Ortín, partner of Birchman Spain, is participating in the investigation project “ENGINEERING SELF-* VIRTUALLY-EMBEDDED SYSTEMS” (EVE) at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), a research center belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
The main aim of this project is to apply multi-agent technologies to the engineering of self-* systems composed of software and/or human agents, while paying special attention to those that are to be virtually embedded.
The proposal is to achieve the aim by fulfilling the following three objectives:
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To design new computational models and algorithms for their application to the achievement of coordination in self-* systems.
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To develop a simulation environment to test virtually-embedded self-* systems.
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To construct three proof-of-concept prototypes that illustrate the algorithms and technologies created in the project.
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Best Industry Practice Award 2009 for SAP Business All-in-One |
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January 2010
Birchman Spain has been awarded the Best Industry Practice Award 2009 for SAP Business All-in-One.
“SAP Business All-in-One solutions best fit the needs of midsize companies looking for comprehensive, integrated industry solutions to power their businesses end-to-end. Unlike other business software on the market, SAP Business All-in-One offers the business a single configurable solution to help manage everything from financials, human resources, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, product development, and corporate services, to customer service, sales, and marketing.” |
Birchman Maintains its SAP Gold Partner Category for 2010 |
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January 2010
SAP Consulting Partner Program follows a tiered approach that allows companies to grow their business with SAP. Each tier is aligned with a set of criteria, business impact, and visibility into the SAP Services organization. Each partner relationship is driven and measured by program commitments and targets that map to the appropriate level or category. Birchman proudly has reached the SAP Gold Partner category for an additional year.
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Birchman Includes Esker’s Technology in its Service Offering |
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January 2010
Birchman has signed an agreement with the leader in Document Process Automation, Esker. This will allow Birchman to distribute its technology as part of its solutions’ portfolio for IT optimisation.
Esker offers IT solutions that help companies automate document processes, such as, customer or vendor invoices, sales orders, etc. This document process automation allows companies to reduce manual touch points involved in the management of paper documents, giving managers the ability to optimise the tracking and control of incoming and outgoing business documents. As an Esker Certified Partner, Birchman integrates Esker’s DeliveryWare technology in its Service Offering portfolio to companies that want to optimise their business processes, giving them the option to use the technology either on premise (inhouse), SaaS or based on a Renting model.
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New General Manager Beacon |
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December 2009
Beacon Technology is Birchman’s Custom Software division. Birchman has recently appointed Phil O’Shea to the role of General Manager. Phil has over 30 years experience in Systems Development and IT Management in the financial services and retail domains. Phil’s main role will be to ensure Beacon continues to be operate successfully in their chosen markets and pursue new growth and improvement opportunities as appropriate. |
Birchman Argentina - New Offices |
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December 2009
Birchman Argentina new offices have opened their doors on 16th of December with the support of our team, partners (ABC consulting , Invenzis. Universidad Tecnologica) , Oracle and SAP directives, clients and managers of Bank BBVA Banco Frances.
The new offices are located in the northern zone of Capital federal, Buenos Aires.
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Birchman Supports Nepal Book Drive |
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November 2009
Birchman recently supported the ‘We Need Books Campaign’ which raised money and donations of books and toys to set up a library in a school in the remote mountainous village of Ramechhap (approximately 200km from Kathmandu).
Nepal is a country that is much in need of assistance from more wealthy nations. For example the adult literacy rate in 2007 was 57%, average life expectancy is 64, mortality rate is 32 (compared to 3 in Australia) and in 2005 55% of the population were below the international poverty line, earning less than $1.25 per day.
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Leadership Development Conference |
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September 2009
Birchman recently held one of our Leadership Development Conferences at the Birchman Knowledge Induction centre in Pals, Spain. The conference provides an opportunity for our Leaders from around the world to get together to share experiences from the different geographies that we operate in. Topics covered included business management, practice management and development and service delivery. |
Best Vertical Practice Award |
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January 2009
Birchman Spain has been awarded “Best Vertical Practice 2008” by SAP for our FashionWorks solution.
Birchman’s CEO Phil Thistlethwaite said “It is very rewarding for us to have our work recognised in this way. It is wonderful recognition of the successful effort of so many of our people who have been instrumental in the development of FashionWorks.
If you would like any information on FashionWorks
Please contact: Javier Aguayo
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The Birchman Group Names New CEO |
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October 2008
Global IT consulting and solutions provider, Birchman Group, has appointed Phil Thistlethwaite as CEO of the company.
An Australian, born in Manchester, Thistlethwaite successfully co-founded Birchman Asia Pacific. He is well-known within the industry for his specialised skills in helping businesses identify outcomes focused opportunities and in developing and implementing business change programmes. This work has been embraced by some of the best known leading brands, from the world s second largest drinks company to Polaroid, KMPG, HBOS and IBM.
His new role will be to define and deliver Birchman s growth and sustainability strategy and to ensure delivery of the company s brand promise of straight forward, clear thinking, tailored outcomes.
As he says, “In today’s difficult business climate, delivering the right projects better, faster and cheaper than your competitor will create competitive advantage. But it’s not enough to copy your competitors. You also need to tailor the outcomes you deliver. My aim is for the Birchman Group to become the world s leading outcomes based Consulting and Solutions provider.”
The Birchman Group is one of the world s leading consultants in the field of value management. Value management implementation is tailored to the particular requirements of individual organisations, embracing independent solutions to complex business problems, helping businesses to lower cost operational models and to change and adopt new ways and tools with which to capitalise on opportunities or to rationalise their operations.
Over the last five years, Birchman has grown into a worldwide organisation, with offices in Europe, South and central America, the Middle East, Far East and Australia. The company has recently opened new offices in South Africa and Scotland. |
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January 2008
The Birchman Group is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Mexico City.
Birchman’s Chairman, Neil Schoeman commented that “This exciting initiative is in line with our global expansion plans and strategically places Birchman in a strong position within the region to meet customer demand. High growth rates in the local market and synergies with Birchman’s other Spanish speaking operations across South America strengthens our position across the region”.
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Birchman Acquires leading Software Solutions Company in the Asia Pacific Region |
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January 2008
Birchman now represents a powerful force within the Asia Pacific market for high-end consulting and solution services. By combining the services of both companies it more than doubles the existing capacity and extends Birchman’s service offerings into new areas.
Niel Schoeman, Birchman’s international chairman, said “It is pleasing to be able to welcome Beacon into the group in support of our global strategy to build broad consulting and solutions capability in our targeted geographies. This allows Birchman to provide improved support for our clients and to develop our business into new geographies. Beacon has an enviable reputation with clients across Australia and will bring substantial new skills into the group”.
Frank Early, founding partner of Birchman Asia Pacific, is now managing director of the combined group. Frank stated “Birchman has already created significant momentum in the Asia Pacific region and we believe Beacon is a great asset with fantastic client relationships across a number of industries. Beacon brings complementary service offerings to the Birchman brand allowing us to offer a broader range of services to our clients. This is a very important initiative for our existing clients and staff and I am looking forward to the future.”
Mark O’Donoghue, the founding managing director of Beacon, will be a director of the new combined group. Mark commented “I am excited about the possibilities that Birchman brings to Beacon’s existing clients and staff. Based on our existing close working relationship, this important move is the obvious next step for Beacon. I have been impressed by Birchman’s ability to leverage their international capability into the local market and I look forward to working with Birchman to achieve our growth plans across the region”. Beacon has been providing high-end powerful custom software solutions to the Australian market since it was founded in 1995. Beacon offers a full complement of services including application support and development, software integration and software architecture consulting. Beacon has built a strong track record for delivery of complex systems with a broad range of private and public sector clients across Australia.
www.beacon.com.au |
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July 2007
I am pleased to announce the opening of a new Birchman office based in Sydney, Australia.
Due to increased demand for our services in Asia Pacific, the Birchman Group has opened an office in Sydney, Australia. We are fortunate enough to have secured a new partner Graeme Stevens, to lead the business together with our Asia Pacific founding partners, Frank Early and Phil Thistlethwaite. I am delighted with this important initiative as it provides Birchman with a solid base in the region to support our global customers who have operations in the, region and gives us the opportunity to grow our business by serving new clients. |
New Support Centre in Barcelona |
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April 2007
We are pleased to announce the opening of Barcelona’s Support centre to complement London and Madrid in their daily operations.
Due to increasing demand for our services across Spain and other countries of Europe, we have chosen to open this area of application management also in Barcelona
The new Support centre has started its activities beginning this year and is already working with several secured customers giving functional and technical application management support, which contributes to strengthen Birchman’s solution practice. |
Birchman aquires the UK subsidiary of Plaut Consulting |
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January 2007
The Birchman Group, continuesits dramatic growth by announcing that it has acquired the subsidiary of Plaut Consulting in the UK, a leading provider of management consulting and SAP implementation services.
Plaut Consulting in the UK was incorporated in 1993 and has always been built around an exceptional team of highly experienced consultants with a track record of success in a variety of industries. It is also one of SAP’s earliest Partners and has an enviable SAP implementation pedigree in the market. This transaction underlines Birchman’s strategy of strong organic growth mixed with selective acquisitions and will specifically strengthen Birchman’s Solution practice in the UK.
This follows the recent successful acquisition and integration of the Spanish subsidiary of Plaut Consulting by Birchman.
Niel Schoeman, CEO of The Birchman Group: “We are delighted with the addition of Plaut UK to our business and will enhance the range and depth of services provided in the UK. The combination of the businesses will further enhance our ability to deliver major business and IT transformation programmes in the UK market. In addition Plaut’s strong and loyal customer base will benefit from the advisory services and thought leadership of Birchman.”
Hannes Zwicklhuber, CFO of Plaut AG: “This transaction provides Plaut with the opportunity to focus on its core strategic geo-graphical markets, yet retain the wider Plaut network and capabilities. We believe this will result in a win-win situation for both parties and that the success of the acquisition and integration of Plaut Spain into The Birchman Group will be replicated in the UK. ” |
Birchman opens in Argentina |
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July 2006
Due to the increased demand for our services in South America, Birchman has established an office in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Birchman is fortunate to have secured a new Partner, Guillermo Beuchat, who will lead the business together with our South American founding partner, Paul Griffiths. Guillermo has extensive local and international experience in business and technology spaning almost thirty years. Niel Shoeman, Birchman’s CEO, commented “Guillermo adds significant strength to our managerial capability in the region and we are now poised to capitalize upon the emerging business opportunities in the region”.
Birchman is currently planning further expansion across South America as we capitalise upon our growing market presence in the region. |
Birchman Launches BenVista |
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April 2006
Birchman has announced the launch of BenVista, the Benefits Management Toolset.
BenVista has been developed in response to the growing demand from clients to track and monitor benefits, complimenting the Birchman consulting approach. BenVista provides an ability to capture and monitor the progression of all relevant benefit details to measure and publish the success of IT investments. BenVista is a cost-effective, ASP application that can be accessed with low band-width requirements. It can be tailored to meet specific industry needs, benefit and organisational structures as well as client’s reporting requirements. |
Birchman Fashionworks 5.0 New Release |
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November 2005
Birchman has announced the roll-out of the latest version of the FashionWorks Solution based on SAP ECS 5.0 in November 2005. Birchman created the original FashionWorks Solution in 2001 based on the strength of its retail and manufacturing experience in the fashion and luxury goods sectors. Since then, the solution has evolved to reflect current ‘best practice’ processes. This has enabled our many retail and wholesale customers to control and optimise their supply chains from product design and manufacture through to the stores plus also realise ambitious international growth plans. |
Birchman Opens Down Under! |
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October 2005
Birchman is pleased to announce the opening of Asia Pacific .Due to increasing demand for our services across the Asia Pacific region , we have chosen to locate our Asia Pacific headquarters in Perth. We are already working with customers in New Zealand and across Asia and anticipate securing some new contracts in Australia soon.
I believe Perth is an ideal location for our Asia Pacific headquarters due to the proximity to Asia, time zone similarities with key Asian markets and access to a skilled workforce. We are fortunate to have secured two new Partners to lead the business on our behalf. Frank Early and Phil Thistlethwaite have established the new company offices in Perth’s CBD.
Frank, a well known Perth-based IT Executive, has a vast local and international background in business and technology spanning almost thirty years. He was recently the Western Regional General Manager for DMR Consulting/Fujitsu.
Phil has enjoyed a distinguished career having spent a significant number of years overseas running global and pan-European change programs for some of the world’s most popular brands such as Polaroid and Allied Domecq.
I am delighted with this important initiative as it provides Birchman with a solid base in the region to support our global customers who have operations in the region and it gives us the opportunity to grow our business by securing new clients. I wish Phil and Frank every success in the future.
Niel Shoeman - CEO Birchman Group |
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