Richard Namme OMIS 695 07/31/2000
Ernst & Young Application Services (EYAS), Chicago, Illinois
(Summer Internship 2000)
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About EYAS
Geographical scope of
Business
Type of organizational
structure
Industry Analysis
SWOT Analysis of company
About EYAS
Ernst & Young Applications Services (EYAS) is a new breed of consulting company in the IT marketspace. Going beyond the traditional consulting services of project-to-project nomadic living, EYAS has created a business model focused on centralized operations in conjunction with client site services, long-term client contractual relationships, and practices that allow associates to live and work in the same city.
Geographical scope of Business
EYAS is an operate unit of Cap Gemini-Ernst & Young, recently merged to create an $8 billion services giant, aggressively committed to enhancing and growing its applications management business worldwide. EYAS, now in its second successful year of operations, plans to work with global fortune 100 companies all over the US. Following the merger reached on April 14, 2000, the shape of the future combined new company is that it will be as strong locally as it is internationally. The group will have a near ideal geographic split with 36% of its business in North America and 56% in Europe, well distributed over most of the major countries.
Type of organizational
structure
EYAS
maintains several practices — each a corporate icon of business processes,
professional development and career enhancement. Across the company, teams are encouraged
to replicate the success of the tried and true methodologies followed by our
practices. The EYAS practices are in several areas, including:
· Java™ technology
· Smalltalk
· ADABAS/Natural
· Project Management
· Production Support
· Testing
· and Mainframe Development.
Description of Internship
1. Tasks or activities performed:
2. Internal training received:
Review sessions with Java.
Attended formal Java training at Productivity Point International
SWOT Analysis of company
1. Strengths: EYAS will be among global players, with combined revenues based on 1999 figures of about 7.7 billion euros and 56,500 employees based in 30 countries round the world providing offerings and capability from strategy through build to operation.
It will be a real force in e-business. It had combined e-business bookings of $1.6 billion in 1999 and bookings are expected to double during 2000. By the end of the year, the new Group should have 16,000 full time employees working in the e-business field, compared with a total of just over 9000 for the top ten pure players.
Will be a company that derives equal strength from its global reach and local capability.
2. Weaknesses: New mergers always take some time to adjust to the new structures before a lot of future plans can be achieved, especially with a corporation the size of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. During that time a lot of transformation may take place in the Technology industry that may reshape the way projects are undertaken or outsourced. It may be smarter in the short term to maintain smaller and flexible departmental units especially where the technological environment is constantly changing.
3. Opportunities: Create a group that is one integrated firm composed of the world’s most talented professionals representing multiple skills, critical business disciplines and true international and intellectual diversity.
4. Threats: smaller and more agile firms may provide the same services at more competitive rates. A lot of firms now outsource maintain a handful of experienced IT consultants who in turn outsource technical work freelance professionals and now to countries like India, where highly skilled technicians can perform tasks at a bargain.
Technology Learned: