Product description
KPMG Management Consulting South Africa comprises 120
professional and support staff based in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
Our core services include:
Performance improvement
Performance Improvement is the most critical challenge
facing South African businesses today. Using a suite of management tools, including
Business Process Re-engineering and Activity Based Costing, organisations are transformed
to achieve sustained profitability and competitiveness by addressing the areas of cost,
quality and cycle time. Performance improvement looks across the whole organisation,
starting with strategy it then goes on to business processes, then it examines resources
and the last step is structure.
Major current assignments are in Iscor and Eskom.
Project services
Project Services provides specialist skills and resources
to assist clients in the effective definition, execution and review of projects. The
services provided can be grouped in terms of; project risk management, project management
processes, project management systems services and products, project review. These
services are provided across all industry sectors with special emphasis on engineering,
development, IT, organisational, research and development and sport projects.
Major assignments are currently being undertaken for
Sasol, Eskom, Saldanha Steel, Iscor and Alusaf.
Integrated vendor solutions - SAP
Over the past few years many companies have reconfigured
their computing resources away from monolithic mainframes to PC's, servers and networks.
An enabling technology business solution, SAP software addresses the core functions of
most business organisations.
All these functions are designed and installed as large
integrated systems that can be fine tuned to match the specific requirements of the
organisation.
Current SAP implementation assignments include BMW,
Siemens, Transnet and Land Rover.
Human resources training and consulting
Our consulting is tailor-made for the particular needs of
organisations. We emphasise an integrated approach to organisational development whereby
we address all aspects of the organisation: strategy, structures, systems and resources.
Our diverse team of professionals will help address such
challenges as developing global competitiveness; implementation of affirmative action
programmes; leveraging workplace and marketplace diversity for competitive advantage, and
strategic alignment. Our consultants are au fait with current labour legislation and Trade
Union requirements. The development of Social Audit in South Africa - ensuring that an
organisation fits in to its social, political and economic environment - has been led by
KPMG consultants.
Strategy and strategic management
The rapid pace of technological, commercial and social
change taking place in South Africa, and in our international markets, has forced
organisations to re-evaluate the way in which they operate. The challenges facing today's
decision makers includes:
- increasing international competition
- new customers with changing lifestyles
- rising resource costs due to low productivity
- socio-economic pressures.
It will be organisations with imagination and flexibility
that will grow and prosper because of, not despite, rapidly changing conditions. By
raising the competitive edge and helping companies achieve general economic health, our
multi-skilled team adds value to our clients operation by serving as a catalyst,
interacting with their own skills and experience to optimise their processes and
resources. Now more than ever organisations are aware of the of the benefits that can come
from advice that is independent, expert and concentrated on analysing and solving
operational and management problems quickly and effectively.
Our specific interventions are in the fields of Financial
and Cost Management, Manufacturing Consulting, Strategic Planning, Operational Reviews,
Feasability Studies and Profitability Improvement.
Major assignments are currently being undertaken for the
Department of Public Works, the Department of Trade & Industry and Federal Mogul. |
