FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BUSINESS STRATEGY & RPI CONSULTANTS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Service Offerings Enhanced for Both Firms.
Grand Rapids, MI – January 19, 2011. Business Strategy, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with RPI Consultants Inc (RPI), a Baltimore-based consulting firm specializing in Procure to Pay optimization and shared services.
For over two decades, Business Strategy has been partnering with other businesses to improve and streamline operations. Business Strategy provides Procure to Pay audit recovery and process enhancement through their Recovery Audit services and their AP Automation solutions. Business Strategy has assisted more than a thousand companies to improve their business processes and bottom line. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Business Strategy, Inc. has associates around the country, with sales offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, and Phoenix.
Through this new partnership Business Strategy will be able to offer RPI’s Lawson expertise to its customers using Lawson ERP software. This will enhance the value to the customer during the audit process and provide additional best practices as to how to reduce exposure in the Procure to Pay process. RPI will also bring extensive experience in the design and build of accounts payable and procurement shared service centers to the Business Strategy customer base.
In addition, RPI will be able to offer the comprehensive Procure to Pay recovery audit services to its customer base as well as Business Strategy’s accounts payable automation services, such as document imaging, invoice processing, and workflow solutions.
“Business Strategy and RPI share the same vision of the importance of controls and automation in the procure to pay process”, states Brian Rosenberg, Senior Partner of RPI Consultants, “This new relationship will allow both our firms to provide more value and options to our customers”
“RPI is a leader with expertise in both Lawson software and Shared Services,” commented Dan Geelhoed, President & COO at Business Strategy. “This strategic partnership allows RPI the ability to bring our award winning audit and automation services to their client base while enhancing Business Strategy’s offerings for our current and future clients who are using Lawson ERP software solutions.”
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Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Business Strategy, Inc. employs more than 135 people and focuses on the Procure-to-Pay cycle (P2P) and improving process automation. Business Strategy has seen continued growth, even in these tough economic times, and has hired 10 new associates in the fourth quarter of 2010. Business Strategy builds strategic partnerships with other organizations to focus on P2P processes and vendor contract compliance; as well as implementing controls and process automation to streamline systems and improve the organization’s bottom line. Visit them online at www.businessstrategy.com
RPI Consultants, Inc. is a Lawson-certified consulting partner with specialization in Procure to Pay best practices and Shared Services. RPI provides Lawson optimization consulting services, delivering solutions to business problems through business process change, software solutions, and data improvement. RPI has led the design and build of shared service centers for accounts payable and procurement functions in many industries. To learn more about RPI Consultants, please visit www.rpic.com
For more information about Business Strategy, or to schedule an interview with a Business Strategy Managing Partner, please call Chris Koens at 616-257-6314 or e-mail Chris at ckoens@businessstrategy.com
For more information about RPI Consultants, please call Brian Rosenberg at 410-276-6090 or e-mail Brian at brosenberg@rpic.com
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