Award-winning client work

2008 MCA Awards

More success for PA at 2008 MCA Management Awards

The Management Consultancies Association's Awards are the premier awards for organisations that have achieved significant performance improvement with the assistance of a management consultancy firm.

In the 2008 Awards PA emerged as the joint top performer, picking up four Awards, and extending our winning streak to 10 years. Six of our client assignments were short-listed for the Awards, and four of these won on the night, including an overall winner prize for our work on the Zanzibar e-marketplace.

With four Awards, including overall winner of the Operational Performance category - for our work with OGCbuying.solutions, creating world-class eProcurement through the Zanzibar e-marketplace - we won more Awards than other competing firms, which included Ernst & Young, Capgemini, Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, IBM and KPMG. 

Receiving the Operational Performance Award, Veera Johnson, CEO of ProcServe, said: "Winning such a prestigious award for the UK Zanzibar programme is a huge accolade to the hard work and effort that ProcServe and all of its customers have put into transforming procurement in the public sector. It demonstrates the world-class status that ProcServe has established in delivering eProcurement and will enable us to use this as a platform from which to extend its public and private sector customer base."

To see how PA is so uniquely capable of delivering client value, please click on our 2008 Award Winning, Finalist and Shortlisted case studies, below.

The case studies:

	Winner – Operational performance category
	Finalist – Operational performance category
	Finalist – Business strategy category
	Finalist – Change management category
	Shortlisted – Technology category
	Shortlisted – International category

Winner – Operational performance category

Client: OGCbuying.solutions
Creating world-class eProcurement – the Zanzibar e-marketplace

The UK's Office of Government Commerce worked with PA to develop Zanzibar, a world-leading eProcurement solution that could contribute £2 billion in savings. Launched in late 2006, Zanzibar has already benefited over 600 organisations in 4,000 locations, 30,000 users and 1,300 suppliers. >more

Finalist – Operational performance category

Client: Disability and Carers Service
A better service for some of this country’s neediest citizens

PA enabled the client to increase its service capacity and maintain quality while coping with a 25% staff reduction. Halfway through the project, case clearances were up by 26% and the client is creating its own continuous improvement culture. Savings will be £3.5 million in salary costs alone >more

Finalist – Business strategy category

Client: Norwich Union Healthcare
Turning strategy into reality - A strategic transformation to nearly double the business to £1 billion by 2011

PA helped Norwich Union Healthcare towards achieving the near doubling of its business to £1 billion by 2011, while reducing operational costs by around 15% year on year. These astounding results contrast to the theoretical approach of strategic consultancies that had previously tried to help NUHC. >more

Finalist – Change management category

Client: Office for Criminal Justice Reform
Developing a team of ‘troubleshooters’ to improve the performance of the Criminal Justice System

PA worked with the client's team to improve performance in areas such as victim and witness satisfaction, and the enforcement of court decisions. One prime target - bringing 1.25 million offences to justice by 2007/8 - was exceeded by March 2007, so strengthening public confidence in the system. >more

Shortlisted – Technology category

Client: Partnerships for Schools
PA's innovative benchmark performance management system ensures value for money in schools' capital investment programme

PA's system is ensuring value for money in England’s largest capital investment programme for schools in 50 years. Already a third of local authorities are using the system with 11 deals concluded – a £2.5 billion capital investment in around 150 secondary schools. >more

Shortlisted – International category

Client: Inalfa Roof Systems
A unique restructuring and cost reduction programme puts Inalfa on the path to sustainable profit

Car roof specialist Inalfa asked PA to help plan and implement a fundamental restructuring. PA turned the company around in six months, achieving a rapid return to profitability, repaired/improved processes and data flows, and transforming Inalfa’s culture into one focused on performance and true market needs. >more

Our Award Winning, Finalist and Shortlisted case studies in 2008

Winner – Operational performance category

Finalist – Operational performance category

Finalist – Business strategy category

Finalist – Change management category

Shortlisted – Technology category

Shortlisted – International category