Hi,I am sorry to ask such a standard question, but I have received a graduate offer for Deloitte operations consulting and Accenture supply chain consulting. Any thoughts?It seems there are lots of differing opinions on which company is better, but is anyone aware of which firm would offer the best long run prospects, training and even the possibility of doing a MBa? I would be most grateful for any advice.

Deloitte anyday. I've been at both - take my word for it.

Everybody thinks Deloitte is an accounting firm. Not that there is anything wrong with that. However, Accenture's supply chain practice (if you mean MCIM, not SI&T) is far better than Deloitte operations anyday. Higher prestige, better skills, more strategic, and better exit opportunities (unless you really want to go into accounting- then by all means, choose Deloitte!)

Excuse me, I dont think deloitte is an accounting firm

DO you want to work for a broad ranging consulting firm who are owned by their partners and run autonomously from London, or an IT consultancy with little or no reputation in anything else who are run from new york?

Firstly, do not choose your firm based on whether it is a public company or private partnership. Choose based on a company's reputation, culture, and learning opportunities. However, it should be said that Accenture is still run from within in many ways like Andersen Consulting- partners have great autonomy. While there is a focus on shareholder value, it can be argued that this is a positive quality- Accenture runs itself brilliantly- and is a tremendous role model for its clients. Also, of course, New York is the power center for the entire planet. Many call Accenture an IT consulting firm, but of course there is far more to it. Accenture does management/strategy consulting and pure technology/IT consulting. I remind you that many McKinsey partners are now in leadership positions in Accenture's MCIM practice.

Alex,ACN's SC team is a great place to start off your career. We've grown by 200% in terms of head count during my time with the firm and at the moment are heavily in demand with clients. Hours are reasonable and increases are good. The guys on my team with a similar level of experience as you are being given real client-facing responsibility and are doing SC strategy or process re-design work; those who want to are doing systems related projects. In short, a great place, with a strong pipeline!

As a neutral who has worked for neither but worked for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting some years ago - and know many guys working in both Accenture and Deloitte, I think Accenture is the best place to start one's career. Structured, great training, solid infrastructure - maybe too US focused but at an entry level, that makes little difference.

I would agree. I'm on Accenture's grad scheme now. Coming up for 1 year. I have no intentions to stay my career here but as a starting job i've learned tons and the programme has been great. Money is good too and more than Deloitte at grad level if thats a consideration.

I personally feel that there isn't much in it between Deloitte and Accenture, good graduate schemes, highly reputable companies and reasonable salaries.Therefore the choice is whether you would rather do supply chain or operations consulting?

Start at Accenture and then move to Deloitte after 3 - 4 years.

Hi there,does anybody know sth. about F&PM Practice at ACN?What are they doing basically?cheers chill