One of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services is Capgemini, it announced that they already accomplish a strong transition phase with Agrana Group, providing a Finance and Accounting Business Process Outsourcing services. The Capgemini has already beginning working on conversion and processes harmonization using its Global Process Model and the Agrana Standard Process Model methodology to attain efficiency, standardization and process compliance under the of the seven year affiliation.
The Capgemini’s goal is to help centralize Agrana’s F&A processes including Accounts Payable, General Ledger and Accounts Receivable. From Capgemini’s Business Process Outsourcing center in Krakow, Poland services are being delivered in eight different European languages. In Central and Eastern Europe, Agrana is a leading sugar company, manufacturer of customer-specific starch products in Europe and supplier of biothanol in Austria and Hungary as well as a global producer of fruit preparations and of fruit juice concentrates. To help them meet their challenges, Agrana chose Capgemini including support to help minimize back office delay, standardization and optimization, process compliance and improve transparency. Since August 2010, the transition part of the project has been rolled out. The Capgemini has transformed and reorganized Agrana’s teams per process rather than per country during this period.
The Capgemini has also analyzed the differences and gaps in processes and has proposed several standardization approaches and rules.The CFO and Management Board member, Walter Grausam said to Agrana that they chose Capgemini because of their experience in driving process standardization and harmonization. They felt that they had a good understanding of their needs and were a good cultural fit for them. The Capgemini has unrivalled Business Process Outsourcing expertise to help them innovate their F&A process in a collaborative manner and leverage their performance to provide better ROI.
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http://www.uk.capgemini.com/services-and-solutions/outsourcing/business-process-outsourcing/news-events/capgemini-successfully-completes-bpo-transition-phase-with-agrana_pr2353/