Consulting Firms MetaChain and Supply Chain Fusion Combine to Form Avata

Companies Join Forces to Deliver Increased Value and Proven Success to Customers using Oracle Value Chain software

NEW YORK & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MetaChain and Supply Chain Fusion announced today that the two companies have merged to form Avata, Inc.

“It enables us to accelerate our growth and better address the needs of increasingly complex supply chains.”

MetaChain is a global business and IT consulting company providing services across customers’ full supply chain initiatives enabled by Oracle’s Value Chain Planning solutions. Supply Chain Fusion is a specialized consulting firm focused on leading-edge supply chain processes as well as Oracle Value Chain solutions. Together, Avata offers a strengthened and complementary array of deep, industry supply chain expertise as well as unparalleled Oracle software experience. The new company will have headquarters in New York City and Santa Clara, CA, and will continue to serve customers throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia / New Zealand.

“This merger unites two firms with a common strategic vision and an uncompromising focus on client success,” said Duane Hardacre, Partner at Supply Chain Fusion. “It enables us to accelerate our growth and better address the needs of increasingly complex supply chains.

“This merger strengthens our position as a global leader in providing supply chain services to customers,” said Stefan Achilles, Partner at MetaChain. “It reinforces each company’s existing market presence and provides greater reach into new markets. It is exciting to be part of such a talented team of supply chain professionals that share in a common vision and passion for delivering supply chain results for our customers.”

Avata will be exhibiting at the Oracle Open World conference being held September 30 through October 4 at the Moscone Convention Center, West Exhibition Hall Level 1, booth 3324 in San Francisco. Many of Avata’s clients will also be presenting at the Open World conference including Hunter Industries, ICU Medical, Massimo Zanetti, National Oilwell Varco, and Pharmavite.

About Avata

Headquartered in New York City, New York and Santa Clara, CA, Avata is a specialized consulting firm with services in Management Consulting for Supply Chain from strategy, metrics, and process re-engineering to complete transformation services. Avata also provides unmatched Implementation Services in Oracle’s Value Chain Planning (VCP) and Value Chain Execution (VCE). Additional services include Education & Training and Business Process Services (BPS) to deploy VCP in the cloud.