NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Randy Browning will deliver an Executive Solution Session presentation on "How to Build An Agile Foundation for Change" at Oracle OpenWorld 2008. Mr. Browning will address how and why achieving sustainable business success requires embracing the new core competency of agility. This session will take place on Monday September 22, 2008 at 2:30p.m. in room 303, Moscone South, at the San Francisco Moscone Center.
While creating efficiencies and cutting costs through process standardization and IT investment was once an effective way to create competitive advantage, companies are now finding themselves bogged down by inflexible systems and processes. Mr. Browning will discuss how building agility into a company's foundation can help management anticipate likely change and address it deftly, while keeping the business on course and customers happy. This new approach to business agility is the key to thriving amid constant change, rather than just surviving it.
"Change is something that is now continuous, constant, and unrelenting. Efficiencies through process standardization and IT investment alone are no longer an effective way to create competitive advantage," said Randy Browning, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. "It requires a new approach of strategic and operational agility that balances standardization and flexibility in people, processes, and technology."
Randy Browning is the Products and Services Industries leader for the U.S. Advisory practice and is a member of the U.S. Advisory leadership team. He is responsible for the development of Advisory's client-centric approach to multiple sectors, including technology; entertainment and media; communications; industrial products; retail and consumer; automotive; utilities; and energy. Mr. Browning is additionally responsible for raising awareness of the Advisory practice's capabilities in the media and marketplace, and is instrumental in furthering the development of Advisory's market positioning, differentiation and value proposition.
Oracle OpenWorld is one of the world's largest events dedicated to helping enterprises understand and harness the power of information.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is a Platinum sponsor at Oracle OpenWorld 2008 (September 21 - 25, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco). Attendees can learn more about PwC's business advisory services at the Moscone Convention Center South, Booth 912, and can download materials at www.pwc.com/us/oracle.
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