Hitachi Consulting, the business and IT consulting company of Hitachi Ltd., has received one of only seven awards recently presented by BeyeNETWORK for an ongoing implementation of strategic business planning processes, BI solutions, and technology interfaces, including the Microsoft BI platform at Schumacher Group, a nationwide provider of emergency care solutions to hospitals in 19 states, based in Lafayette, La.

Hitachi Consulting received the BeyeNETWORK 2009 Vision Award for Business Impact in the Business Intelligence category.

“Our long-term goal has always been for this project and its results to serve as an Advanced Business Planning (ABP) learning model for how health care providers, and many other types of companies, can use data, strategic thinking, and cutting-edge solutions to improve their business, in this particular case – the lives of patients and their families receiving emergency care,” said Patrick Bolin, Project Lead for the Hitachi Consulting engagement that began in 2007 and has continued through 2009. “We believe this award from BeyeNETWORK recognizes not only the success of the project from Schumacher Group’s perspective, but our vision for the greater and more expansive applications for the ABP solution set.”

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