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Accenture has acquired Melbourne-based consulting firm GRA for an undisclosed fee, in a bid to bolster its supply chain and operations capabilities.
GRA, which has a team of 50 employees operating out of Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane, provides services to stakeholders across government, defence and aerospace.
“The pandemic has accelerated the need for businesses to transform their supply chains to become more customer-focused, agile and socially responsible with the flexibility to withstand future disruptions,” Tara Brady, country managing director for Accenture in Australia & New Zealand, said.
“The addition of GRA will expand our supply chain and operations capabilities to help clients with their transformation to intelligent, customer-centric supply chains supporting profitable growth.”
Carter McNabb, a founding partner at GRA, added, “We are looking forward to starting a new chapter with Accenture and contributing our skills, culture and extensive supply chain capabilities to Accenture’s substantive network of clients and partners.
“With supply chains across sectors at a pivotal junction, we are confident that this combination will enable both our team and clients to continue to grow and innovate at an accelerated pace.”
According to Louise May, strategy and consulting lead for Accenture in Australia & New Zealand, GRA’s offering would complement its existing capabilities.
“Their successful track record of delivering value across a range of industries is exceptional, and we are excited about the potential and opportunity this combination presents,” May said.
Accenture’s acquisition of GRA follows the firm’s investment in cloud-native solutions provider Olikka in November 2020; SAP and cloud solutions technology firm Zag in October 2020; data analytics and supply chain management company Icon Integration in February 2020; business strategy and econometrics firm AlphaBeta in February 2020; specialist government consultancy Apis Group in December 2019; and data and analytics company Analytics8 in August 2019.
Last September, South Australian Premier Steven Marshall welcomed the launch of Accenture’s ‘Accenture Adelaide Hub’, which is expected to create up to 2,000 new jobs over the next five years.
[Related: Accenture establishes Adelaide hub to support defence, cyber and space capabilities]
