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 Norbert Kettner takes over leadership of the consulting firm Lodestone Management Consultants in Germany from December 1, 2010. 

SAP-certified ABAP™ Add-on Helps Pharmaceutical Companies Improve Performance and Lower Costs in the R&D Supply Chain;
Lodestone Joins SAP® PartnerEdge™ as SAP Software Solution Partner

Zurich – October 21, 2010 Lodestone Management Consultants today announced the new software release 1.0 of its Clinical Trials Supply Management (CTSM) Add-On Suite®. The solution has achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform, providing more transparency and a reduction of overages in the complex and time-consuming clinical development process of which the clinical supply chain is a key component.

Zurich, August 20, 2010 – Lodestone Management Consultants, a global consulting firm, today announced the opening of a new office in Paris. Launching the office reflects Lodestone's strategic goal to offer the best possible service to its French clients and to grow its business in key markets.

Lodestone Management Consultants, a global consulting company, today announced its new global service partner agreement with Nakisa, provider of enterprise talent and organizational management solutions.

Lodestone Management Consultants have won the reputable ASCO award 2010 in the category “Best Business Transformation”. The jury, representing major players in business and education, decided for the joint project of Lodestone and pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann – La Roche as the winners of the award 2010. Every year, ASCO, Association of Management Consultants Switzerland, call for tenders to award projects that document a sustainable business transformation with an exceptional relationship between client and consultant companies. In the 2-year project the team, led by Geert Crauwels und Frank Leinenbach, introduced and implemented a distribution network as well as new software systems for production, inventory management and supply planning. The overall objective was a standardized process and system landscape in Hoffmann-La Roche’s R&D department in order to facilitate more efficient work procedures. Lodestone’s project succeeded over eight competitors. The members of the jury, among them Audi, Credit Suisse, SAP Switzerland and Zurich Switzerland, made their decision upon fixed criteria. The winner was announced during a ceremony by ASCO, in cooperation with economiesuisse and Handelszeitung. Please find additional information on the ASCO Award on www.asco.ch.

Standardizing master data is an important cost and time saving measure for large companies dealing with great data volumes. With the appropriate implementation method and tool, a spare parts database, for instance, can be updated and aligned for quicker product identification and delivery.

Lodestone Management Consultants has decided to further strengthen its focus on talent management consulting within its HCM consulting practice.

„Since the founding of our HCM consulting practice we have put great emphasis on providing a clear value-add to HR and to supporting our clients in implementing optimal, cross-country, IT supported HR processes“ says Gerhard Bader, Director HCM Practice at Lodestone.

The SSC Project at Allianz was presented in the SAP Insider Magazine.

 

Lodestone speaks at Medical Faculty of the University of Basel about Innovation in Clinical Trials Supply Management on June 28 to 30, 2010. The European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine ECPM is an university institute at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel.
 

Together with Management Circle, Lodestone will host this year's seminar "Quality Management with SAP", 18 to19 May 2010, in Munich.

This event is addressing cross-industry topics and will cover almost all QM aspects, including inspections, deviation/complaint handling, audit management, CAD integration, asset management vs. industry standards and regulations such as ISO/TS, GxP, ISRS, etc.
 

Link: http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/programme.asp?is=4&ref=3243

 

Lodestone Management Consultants will  present with Coca Cola Hellenic at the MDM Summit in London on April 20. The presented success story describes the successful master data harmonization based on SAP MDM 7.1 at Coca-Cola Hellenic’s Shared Service Center.   

Together with Management Circle, Lodestone will host this year's seminar "Quality Management with SAP", 18 to19 May 2010, in Munich.

This event is addressing cross-industry topics and will cover almost all QM aspects, including inspections, deviation/complaint handling, audit management, CAD integration, asset management vs. industry standards and regulations such as ISO/TS, GxP, ISRS, etc.

Lodestone placed an article in SAPInsider issue 1/2010 about our Lodestone BI Strategy approach. SAPInsider is a magazine for executives, managers, consultants and development teams with approximately 125.000 readers.

Link: http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/programme.asp?is=4&ref=3243

 

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the LogiPharma Europe 2010 conference as main Event Partner. Lodestone will host Day 1 of the conference and have a presentation on "Identifying Best Practices For A Fully Integrated ‘End To End’ Global Supply Chain Implementation" jointly with one of our clients.

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the IQPC Smart Lab Exchange 2010 in Brussels, Belgium, both with a booth and with a presentation, whose title is “Strategies to achieve operational excellence in laboratories”.

SAP has bundled all aspects relating data mangement under the umbrella of Enterprise Information Management.
We will particpate in the customer event in Lausanne presenting best practice approaches for global master data solution.

Link: http://www.clinicaltrialsevents.com/europe2010/

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the Logipharma 2009 Asia conference, both with a booth and with a presentation. Logipharma Asia to be held from the 30th November until 2nd December 2009 in Singapore is part of a global series of conferences specifically designed for the supply chain professionals in the pharmaceutical industry.

 

As credit markets continue to flounder, companies are forced to reduce their reliance on external capital, optimize internal operations and bank on organic growth more than ever.
As credit markets continue to flounder, companies are forced to reduce their reliance on external capital, optimize internal operations and bank on organic growth more than ever. Free cash flow generation is the key to self sufficient organic growth and the newfound reality of corporate sustainability in the face of volatile capital market moving forward.

Future free cash flow is also reinstated as the reference point for a company's value. As such free cash flow - more than ever - will be the master key to strategy realization, talent reward and retention and affordable acquisitive growth. The ethical management of sustainable free cash flow growth is taking center stage as the number one priority of management.

In response this management priority, Lodestone has developed the ValueCompass; a proprietary tool to diagnose shareholder value dynamics and identify opportunities to accelerate free cash flow growth in a sustainable manner.
 

Defiance, a leading IT and Engineering Services provider and part of the Hinduja Group, today announced a strategic partnership with Lodestone Management Consultants AG.

Lodestone Management Consultants is the cooperation partner of the seminar "Quality Management with SAP PLM" at the Management Circle in Frankfurt, Germany on 4th and 5th November 2009.

Lodestone is participating at the SAP World Tour 2009, taking place from August 25 to August 27 in Regensdorf.  

As credit markets continue to flounder, companies are forced to reduce their reliance on external capital, optimize internal operations and bank on organic growth more than ever.
As credit markets continue to flounder, companies are forced to reduce their reliance on external capital, optimize internal operations and bank on organic growth more than ever. Free cash flow generation is the key to self sufficient organic growth and the newfound reality of corporate sustainability in the face of volatile capital market moving forward.

Future free cash flow is also reinstated as the reference point for a company's value. As such free cash flow - more than ever - will be the master key to strategy realization, talent reward and retention and affordable acquisitive growth. The ethical management of sustainable free cash flow growth is taking center stage as the number one priority of management.

In response this management priority, Lodestone has developed the ValueCompass; a proprietary tool to diagnose shareholder value dynamics and identify opportunities to accelerate free cash flow growth in a sustainable manner.
 

It was announced today that Lodestone Management Consultants will be the official Event Partner for Logipharma Asia - the region’s premier pharmaceutical supply chain conference this November. 

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the IT Strategy Days at Bensberg Castle (Cologne) on May 11/12, 2009.

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the SAP Personal Management Forum in Lucerne (Switzerland), on May 14, 2009 at the Cultural and Congress Center (KKL).

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the SAP Insurance Congress in Bonn (Germany), on March 24 - 25, 2009 at the Maritim Hotel.

Lodestone Management Consultants will be present at the LogiPharma conference, both with a booth and with a presentation, whose title is “Maximize Efficiency And Increase Collaboration By Revisiting The Enterprise Architecture”

Lodestone Management Consultants has appointed Michael Besser as new Partner for the German practice and underlines its commitment to expanding its activities in the German market.

Lodestone Management Consultants has appointed Mark Easton as Partner to oversee all of Lodestone’s activities in this important growth region. With this appointment, Lodestone is demonstrating its commitment to strengthen its presence in Asia Pacific and to build on the excellent work that has already been done in the region.

Lodestone Management Consultants has appointed Horst Eylerts as Managing Partner for North America to further strengthen its presence in this important market.

Lodestone announces the acquisition of Canberra’s leading SAP business consultancy, Phase III Solutions. The Australian capital is particularly interesting to service the local public authorities.

The HandelsZeitung has published an article on Lodestone's project for Allianz: a Shared Service Center for eight Central Eastern European countries.  

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Lodestone has been mentioned in the HandelsZeitung (German) and PME (French) as one of the fastest growing companies in Switzerland.

In recent years, CIOs and IT leaders have attempted to optimize their enterprise architectures (EAs) by investing in promising solutions such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Lodestone Management Consultants GmbH continues to enhance its commitment to Germany expanding its activities in the German market and appointing new partners.

Lodestone Management Consultants have contracted Eddy Mertens with the objective to strengthen their position in Belgium as well as to pursue the goal of becoming one of the leading players in the global Consulting market.
 

Lodestone Management Consultants AG – a globally active provider of consulting services in the business transformation segment - has established two subsidiaries in Romania and the Czech Republic. Lodestone has already opened a subsidiary in Poland in 2007. With the founding of these two subsidiaries, the company is consolidating its position in the growth markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Lodestone, a leading Swiss management consultant with branch offices in 11 countries, generated revenues of CHF 106 million in fiscal year 2007, representing an increase of 120% over the prior year period. The firm, headquartered in Kloten, significantly outperformed the industry average in fiscal year 2007 and continued to build up its excellent market position as an independent firm.

Lodestone Management Consultants has acquired Singapore-based E2E Infoware, whose 100+ consultants deliver complex SAP based transformation projects for international clients in Asia. The acquisition of E2E significantly strengthens Lodestone’s presence in the Asia Pacific region, giving Lodestone an even broader international coverage and an increased ability to serve its global client base. 

Foundation: Lodestone Management Consultants sp z o.o. Poland 

Zurich, July 1st, 2007 - Lodestone Management Consultants AG (Lodestone), Zurich/Kloten is announcing the integration of Benelong Consulting (Benelong), Australia and formed Lodestone Management Consultants Pty Ltd in Sydney, Australia.

In recognition of Lodestone’s proven focus and track record in Master Data Management, (MDM) SAP has chosen Lodestone as a Special Expertise Partner for MDM.

Out of more than 100 startup companies, Lodestone Management Consultants AG was chosen for the final three in the service industry. Swiss Economic Award 2007   

Zurich, April 1st, 2007 – Lodestone Management Consultants AG, Zurich/Kloten, is announcing the acquisition of GO4 Consulting, Brussels. GO4 is an independent, internationally active company in Management Consulting Services, specifically in the SAP consulting business. Lodestone now has over 180 Consultants in SAP enabled business transformation. 

First multi-national F&A Shared Service Center in the insurance industry successfully live 

With the incorporation of Thailand based Lodestone Management Consultants (Asia Pacific) Limited, Lodestone now has its first footprint in the Asia Pacific Region. Acting as a hub for the Region Lodestone significantly enhances its ability to serve new and existing clients in the Asia Pacific Region. 

Lodestone Management Consultants merges with Mutaris Consulting

This merger significantly strengthens Lodestone’s capabilities in SAP enabled business transformation