Straight Talk From The Executives At AcornWe know that as a Global 2000 Business, you can choose from many vendors and providers. So, WHY PARTNER WITH ACORN FOR YOUR SOLUTIONS NEEDS? Read on for a perspective on this critical decision.We Operate with Ethics & Integrity- These qualities are the #1 force that drives our people and partners. They frame how we work with each other, and how we work with clients. They are not optional traits. They are expected characteristics of our people and our partner network.
- Our Promise to You
- • If we say we will do it, we will. If we can't do it, we will tell you we can't. We will show you, not just tell you. If we have not done it before, we will say so, and collaborate with you to create the best way to get the job done.
- • We will back our solution with facts, experiences, and client references, not just PowerPoint and rhetoric.
- • We Promise.
We are Passionate about YOUR Profit Improvement- We are The Profit Improvement Company®. Delivering on our mission of improving your profits keeps our people and partners up at night. We have helped companies like yours achieve over $1 Billion in annual profit improvement. Now that's something to be passionate about!
- We are passionate and focused on
- • Increasing YOUR bottom line via sustained solutions that provide accurate and validated insight into where you are making and losing money, and why.
- • Providing just the right amount of consulting services (strategy, business, implementation, and technical) to achieve the objective. Not consulting for the sake of consulting.
- • Driving down your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in the solution
We Provide SOLUTIONS, not just Technology- We bring you holistic SOLUTIONS that fit your specific needs.
- Technology is critical, but no more important than all the components that make our offering a true solution.
- • A mastery of Performance Management.
- • A deep understanding of how our solution applies to your industry and needs.
- • A World Class, "best - of - breed" application with post implementation support and continual R&D to make our solution powerful, feature rich, and results oriented.
- • A proven Profit Path Implementation methodology that implements a sustained solution and drives continual profit improvement in your company.
- The right solution for you may range from "just software" all the way to a comprehensive Profit Improvement Solution that includes software, industry and performance management competencies, integration to Decision Support Systems, and transformational / change management competencies
We have PROVEN Success- That means greater results and less risk for you.
- The best measure of our success is the results of our clients, and what they say about our people, execution, and solutions.
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Our clients are glad to be references for us. Why? Because we have delivered for them, we did what we said and did it on time, on budget, and with passion and vigor.
- • Several clients have doubled or tripled their Net Operating Profits using the insight we provide.
- • One Financial Service client reduced annual costs by $600M and increased shareholder value by $9 Billion in three years by combining our insight with the courage and conviction to take action on it.
- Our Clients
- There is no better barometer of our success. Our clients include Fortune / Global 2000 leaders such as
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• AIG
• American Express
• Charles Schwab
• CitiGroup
• Coca Cola Belgium
• Fisher Scientific
• Lowe's
• Johnson & Johnson
• Sysco
We Keep "WORLD CLASS" Company- When you choose Acorn you are getting so much more. You also receive the benefit of our WORLD CLASS NETWORK of experts, thought leaders, practitioners, technologists and technologies.
- Our Board Includes
- • Dr. Robert Kaplan, the distinguished Harvard Business School Professor; Considered the modern day "Father" of Activity Based Costing; Co-creator of The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative and Strategy Maps; Recently named one of the most influential business strategists of our times.
- • Top-notch, seasoned executives from two Tier 1 VC firms, Insight Venture Partners and Austin Ventures.
- Our People
- • Include MBA graduates with honors from the best schools in the world, including Harvard Business School, Princeton, The University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth.
- • Our Management team has a total of 189+ years of experience with leading companies such as McKinsey, IBM, BMC, Oracle, HP and Microstrategy.
- Our Partners
- To create your solution we also bring the competencies of over 90 Partners who span the globe.
- • 50+ top consulting firms.
- • SAP, who formally resells Acorn's solution globally as SAP Business Profitability Management by Acorn.
- • 14 "best-of-breed" technology and platform companies including Microsoft, Cognos, and SunGard.
Our Confidence and Financial Foundation- We have gained so much confidence over the past 10 years, and we have built such a strong business model and financial foundation for repeated results, we are willing to put "our money where our confidence is" with the Acorn Challenge. How many companies will truly do that?
- We have repeatedly delivered as promised to world class clients in 23 unique sectors/industries across the globe. This has resulted in billions in aggregate in Profit Improvement for these clients. We can't help but be confident that we will repeat this success with new clients. How confident are we? Acorn is willing to back this confidence with a low-risk way for you to experience proven profit improvement.
Take the Acorn Challenge- Take 15 minutes to talk with one of our Executives about how we will partner with you to create a Profit Improvement Solution. A phone call to our Executives will separate those of you thinking about Profit Improvement and those of you that are ready to EXECUTE for RESULTS.
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Leland Putterman, Chief Executive Officer: 713-963-9000, x2036
Alex Fernandez, President: 713-963-9000, x2039
Chris Fraga, Chief Strategy Officer: 610-687-8400, x1014
- If you call, you can expect a frank and collaborative discussion about your needs, our solutions, and creative ways that we can partner to share the risk and plan to win with you and your company. Take the Acorn Challenge, it's 15 minutes, and potentially worth Millions to your bottom line.
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- This is the first software application that we've implemented that worked
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- CFO of $100M+ Steel Company
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A historical look at Profit Improvement and how Acorn has helped customers improve their profits.
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