Analyst Acclaim from IDC

A key feature of Hitachi's go-to-market approach is to be more market responsive than its competitors. IDC believes Hitachi is trying to take advantage of its size to build a more flexible company than can outperform competitors in terms of short life-cycle decision making, collaboration, asset allocation, pricing and profitability, and in making adjustments to the changing requirements of clients. Hitachi is striving to be known as the most market responsive provider in the following five areas:

Analyst Acclaim from Gartner

Point of View: Enabling Market-Responsive Companies

Hitachi Consulting believes that companies need to be market-responsive. According to Hitachi Consulting, a market-responsive company:

• Knows how to respond to stimuli and compete in a short shelf-life/short business-cycle world
• Competes on technology, collaboration and decision making

The notion of market responsiveness is aligned with one of the key tenets of the discipline of BPM - namely, that business processes should be designed for change.

Vendor Focus for Hitachi Consulting: BPM Consulting and System Integration Profile
Michele Cantara August, 2008

Hitachi Consulting's Solid Growth

Of all of the major Japanese conglomerates that have pushed consulting services, Hitachi Consulting (HC) has been the most diligent. Sixteen months ago, Hitachi CEO Kazuo Furukawa claimed that "we will make the Hitachi Consulting brand a global leader in providing IT and business consulting services." The company has backed that declaration by growing to more than 1,800 professionals and $400 million in revenues, with 15% growth and a series of strategic acquisitions.