NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Management Consulting Firms is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2013 awards Celebrating Value & Excellence in Consulting. The awards are given each year by AMCF to projects that best illustrate how consulting teams add value to their clients' organizations and society at large.

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"The wide range of submissions we received across 11 categories highlight the breadth and depth of the management consulting industry," said John Furth, President & CEO, AMCF. "The finalists in each category represent some of the most important work being done by management consulting companies."

The following firms and their clients have been chosen as finalists by an independent panel of judges:

Change Management

• FMI Corp. with Eckardt Electric
• FTI Consulting with PokerStars
• PwC with Adecco
• Tata Consultancy Services with Barclays – Retail and Banking Business (RBB)

 Corporate Responsibility

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
• PwC with PUMA

 Customer Engagement

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
• PwC with ING Private Banking
• West Monroe Partners with Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

 Finance and Risk Management

• FTI Consulting with PokerStars
• IBM Global Business Services with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Towers Watson with Ford Motor Company

 Growth Strategies

• B.E.R. Partners with GLOBALTAP LLC
• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Ecolab
• King Abdullah Institute for Research and Consulting Studies (KAI-RCS) with Riyadh Municipality
• PwC with AT&T

Human Capital

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Pfizer, Inc.
• JMW Consultants Inc. with Ballina Bypass Alliance (BBA)
• Towers Watson with North Shore – LIJ Health System (NS-LIJ)

Humanitarian

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

 New and Digital Media

• Ernst & Young LLP with Bank of America

Operational Performance

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• IBM Global Business Services with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• PwC with Pizza Hut, Inc.

Strategic Operating Model Design

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Bingham McCutchen LLP
• Ernst & Young LLP with Highmark
• PwC with Vodafone UK, Telefonica UK and Everything Everywhere

Supply Chain Performance Improvement

• Deloitte Consulting LLP with Keurig
• Ernst & Young LLP with American Water
• Vector Consulting Group with Fleetguard Filters Pvt Ltd

These finalists will be celebrated and the winners announced at a gala on Thursday, February 28^th in New York City. Read more about the AMCF Awards Program.

About the Association of Management Consulting Firms
AMCF is the trade organization of the management consulting industry, providing knowledge exchange and professional standards for the community of consulting firms worldwide. Through value-driven programs, research, and communications, AMCF promotes a better understanding of the profession among the business community, government, and academia.

Media inquiries: Patricia O'Connell, Director, PR & Marketing, AMCF
917-723-1601   poconnell@amcf.org

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