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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has announced its agreement to acquire Staufen AG, a German management consulting firm specializing in operational excellence for manufacturing and supply chains. The acquisition will enhance Accenture's capabilities in discrete manufacturing industries, including automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial goods, and medical equipment.

Staufen brings expertise in Industry 4.0, supply chain management, and organizational change, along with data-driven tools and lean management principles. The company's team of over 200 professionals across Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil will join Accenture's supply chain and operations practice.

The acquisition aligns with Accenture's strategy to combine Staufen's proven expertise in operational excellence with digital technologies like AI, generative AI, and digital twins. This integration aims to help clients transform their core value chains, improve efficiency, and build resilient, autonomous systems. The transaction's terms were not disclosed and remain subject to customary closing conditions.

Repsol is expanding its Digital Program through a collaboration with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to implement AI agent systems built on the NVIDIA AI platform. The initiative aims to accelerate and reinvent key business processes across all company areas. The partnership will deploy customized, autonomous AI agents powered by components of the Accenture AI Refinery™ platform and NVIDIA AI technology.

The implementation includes AI agents and NVIDIA Omniverse for digital twins and robotic solutions to enhance maintenance efficiency at industrial and logistics centers. The program will focus on improving process efficiency, customer experience through personalized offerings, and employee training in new technologies. This extension of Repsol's Digital Program builds upon their two-year work at their Generative AI Competence Center.

BCC Iccrea Group, Italy's largest cooperative banking group, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have formed a partnership to support BCC's IT transformation. The agreement includes Accenture acquiring an equity stake in BCC Sistemi Informatici and is part of a broader IT reinvention plan with an investment of over €300 million over the next three years.

The transformation aims to enhance services for 114 BCC member banks and subsidiaries, focusing on modernizing core banking applications, expanding digital channels, and accelerating AI strategy. The partnership specifically targets digital platforms, core systems, and data platform improvements. Accenture will also contribute to improving infrastructure and developing a new service model for enhanced security and resilience.

Workera, an AI-powered skills intelligence platform, announced a strategic investment from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). The partnership includes a reseller collaboration and technology integration, establishing Workera as the official skills intelligence layer within Accenture's LearnVantage platform.

The alliance aims to address critical workforce challenges, as Accenture research shows 61% of workers worldwide will need retraining by 2027. While 94% of employees are willing to learn new skills, only 5% of organizations effectively implement reskilling at scale. This is particularly important in high-demand fields like AI, machine learning, and cloud computing, where technical skills now require updating within four years.

The collaboration builds on Accenture's April 2024 selection of Workera as a skills intelligence partner for LearnVantage, focusing on addressing the rapidly shortening half-life of technical skills.

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has made a strategic investment in QuSecure, a post-quantum cybersecurity leader founded in 2019. The partnership aims to provide comprehensive post-quantum crypto agility solutions for government agencies and private businesses.

QuSecure's QuProtect software delivers quantum security-as-a-service architecture, combining zero-trust and quantum-resilient technology to protect networks against current and future quantum threats. In 2023, Accenture and QuSecure achieved the first successful multi-orbit data communications test secured with post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

A notable implementation includes Banco Sabadell's successful project with both companies to integrate PQC technologies into their banking infrastructure. As part of the investment, QuSecure joins Accenture Ventures' Project Spotlight program, gaining access to Accenture's expertise and enterprise clients.

Telstra and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have announced a proposed seven-year joint venture to accelerate Telstra's data and AI initiatives. The JV would be 60% owned by Accenture and 40% by Telstra, combining specialists from both companies' Data & AI teams. Telstra would gain access to Accenture's $3 billion AI investment portfolio and Silicon Valley AI teams.

The venture aims to modernize Telstra's AI platforms, implement responsible AI design, and develop specialized AI tools. Key focuses include reinventing business processes through agentic AI and building workforce AI fluency. The partnership would consolidate Telstra's data and AI providers from 18 to just two JVs - Quantium Telstra and this new Accenture venture.

Telstra's core Data & AI workforce in Australia and India would be offered positions in the JV, with guaranteed roles at Telstra after the seven-year term. The deal is subject to consultation with Telstra's employees and unions.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired a digital twin technology platform from Percipient, a Singapore-based fintech company. The platform creates virtual duplicates of banks' legacy and modern systems, integrating data into a single real-time hub. This acquisition enhances Accenture's banking modernization capabilities in Asia Pacific.

The technology enables banks to develop new products and services faster without disrupting existing operations. According to Accenture's research, banks that shift to modern, cloud-enabled digital cores can achieve up to 60% higher revenue growth rates and a 40% increase in profits.

Percipient's founder and CEO Navin Suri, along with the core technology leadership team, will join Accenture. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Accenture has released its 25th annual Technology Vision report, highlighting a new era of AI-powered autonomy across organizations. The research reveals that 69% of executives believe AI brings new urgency to business reinvention, while 77% state AI's true benefits will only be realized when built on trust.

The report predicts AI will evolve into a technology development partner, brand ambassador, and physical world operator through robotics. Key findings show that 81% of executives agree trust strategy must evolve alongside technology strategy. The vision explores AI's impact across multiple dimensions, including software development, customer experience, robotics, and workforce interaction.

80% of executives express concern about AI chatbots potentially giving every brand a similar voice, while 77% believe brands can differentiate through personified AI experiences. The research also highlights the emergence of generalist robots and the importance of maintaining positive human-AI relationships in the workplace.

KION GROUP AG has partnered with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and NVIDIA to revolutionize supply chain optimization through AI-powered robots and digital twins. The collaboration, showcased at CES 2025, introduces Mega, an NVIDIA Omniverse blueprint for large-scale industrial digital twins.

The partnership enables warehouse operators to design efficient facility configurations using digital twins, optimizing robot fleets, worker allocation, and automation equipment without disrupting operations. The system integrates with KION's warehouse management software and uses advanced AI to simulate and refine operations through continuous learning.

Accenture has developed an interactive application that monitors key performance indicators such as throughput, task completion time, and safety incidents. The partners are working to integrate the digital twin with a vision language model using NVIDIA NIM, creating an environment where humans and machines can collaborate seamlessly while predicting and addressing potential operational issues.