Qedis
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Qedis Consulting Ltd. is a UK based firm, offering services in management consulting
and technology consulting. Incorporated in the United Kingdom
, Qedis employs over 100 people and has a turnover
of approximately £13 million. The name ‘QED IS' is derived from the Latin
"quod erat demonstrandum"
meaning "that which was to be demonstrated".
consultants. The initial funding for the start-up was provided by Paramjit Uppal (CEO) and QED Business Systems Ltd.
Qedis began with the name ‘QED IS Consulting'. The name is derived from QED which in Latin
is "quod erat demonstrandum"
meaning "that which was to be demonstrated”. The vision was to create a different kind of consulting – something that Qedis now refers to as ‘Next Generation Consulting’. In 2005, after two years of growth and to represent the development of a broader based consultancy from one with an initial IT
focus, QED IS Consulting rebranded itself to become “Qedis” as it is known today.
The Head Office is on Southampton Street in Covent Garden
. A secondary office in Maidenhead
provides the site for commercial support functions.
The firm was the only management consultancy to achieve a “3 Star Rating” in 2011, and is currently ranked 7th in “Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For
” list..
Qedis was awarded the Corporate Investor of the Year Award in 2010 by Bright Futures, a National Student Organisation.
Qedis received IIP
status on 9 February 2006 and was successfully reassessed in 2009.
Qedis offers a graduate recruitment scheme for Analyst positions, and an intern programme for undergraduate university students.
firm. Qedis has considerable expertise in 3 key solution domains and 7 industry sectors. These are:
2. Business Change
3. Professionalising IT
2. Public Sector
3. Media and Telecommunications
4. Financial Services
5. Retail and Commerce
6. Life Sciences
7. Education
Consultancy framework. It is one of eleven suppliers, which can provide services to the public sector
via this procurement route from August 2009 until August 2013.
business with over 2000 consultants in 47 offices around the world.
Highland Worldwide offers global coverage with eight principal offices in the USA, Europe and Australia and an International Fortune 500
client base. Highland Worldwide was founded by North Highland, Horvath & Partners and Oresys. Other member companies include LiTMUS Group, Bonfiglioli, Twynsta Gudde and Alfa Consulting.
Sydney
Vienna
Brussels
Shanghai
Paris
Berlin
Budapest
Milan
The Hague
Lisbon
Bucharest
Singapore
Barcelona
Zurich
Dubai
London
Atlanta
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
and technology consulting. Incorporated in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Qedis employs over 100 people and has a turnover
Revenue
In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....
of approximately £13 million. The name ‘QED IS' is derived from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
"quod erat demonstrandum"
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase , which translates as "which was to be demonstrated". The phrase is traditionally placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when what was specified in the enunciation — and in the setting-out —...
meaning "that which was to be demonstrated".
History
Qedis was formed in 2003 by a group of ex-Arthur AndersenArthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
consultants. The initial funding for the start-up was provided by Paramjit Uppal (CEO) and QED Business Systems Ltd.
Qedis began with the name ‘QED IS Consulting'. The name is derived from QED which in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
is "quod erat demonstrandum"
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase , which translates as "which was to be demonstrated". The phrase is traditionally placed in its abbreviated form at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument when what was specified in the enunciation — and in the setting-out —...
meaning "that which was to be demonstrated”. The vision was to create a different kind of consulting – something that Qedis now refers to as ‘Next Generation Consulting’. In 2005, after two years of growth and to represent the development of a broader based consultancy from one with an initial IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
focus, QED IS Consulting rebranded itself to become “Qedis” as it is known today.
The Head Office is on Southampton Street in Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
. A secondary office in Maidenhead
Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a town and unparished area within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies on the River Thames and is situated west of Charing Cross in London.-History:...
provides the site for commercial support functions.
Reputation
Qedis has been featured in numerous publications for its outstanding working culture and is renowned for recruiting high quality applicants .The firm was the only management consultancy to achieve a “3 Star Rating” in 2011, and is currently ranked 7th in “Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For
Since 2001, the Sunday Times newspaper has published annual lists of the best companies to work for in the UK. The award is highly valued by its winners.The list ranks Britain's best companies to work for based a number of criteria...
” list..
Qedis was awarded the Corporate Investor of the Year Award in 2010 by Bright Futures, a National Student Organisation.
Qedis received IIP
Investors in People
Launched in 1991 Investors in People is a business improvement tool administered by UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ....
status on 9 February 2006 and was successfully reassessed in 2009.
Structure
Qedis operates a career model with grades from Analyst through to Director. The grades, from junior to senior, are Analyst, Consultant, Senior Consultant, Manager, Principal and Director. An operational and support team runs across the core functions.Qedis offers a graduate recruitment scheme for Analyst positions, and an intern programme for undergraduate university students.
Service Areas
Qedis is a full service management consultingManagement consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
firm. Qedis has considerable expertise in 3 key solution domains and 7 industry sectors. These are:
Key Solution Domains
1. Driving Delivery2. Business Change
3. Professionalising IT
Key Industry Sectors
1. Travel and Transport2. Public Sector
3. Media and Telecommunications
4. Financial Services
5. Retail and Commerce
6. Life Sciences
7. Education
Buying Solutions Framework
Qedis is a supplier on the Buying Solutions ICTInformation and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
Consultancy framework. It is one of eleven suppliers, which can provide services to the public sector
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
via this procurement route from August 2009 until August 2013.
Highland Worldwide
Qedis is part of Highland Worldwide, a $500m international management consultingManagement consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
business with over 2000 consultants in 47 offices around the world.
Highland Worldwide offers global coverage with eight principal offices in the USA, Europe and Australia and an International Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
client base. Highland Worldwide was founded by North Highland, Horvath & Partners and Oresys. Other member companies include LiTMUS Group, Bonfiglioli, Twynsta Gudde and Alfa Consulting.
Offices
Key office locations include: SydneySydney
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ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
BrusselsBrussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
BudapestBudapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
MilanMilan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
The HagueThe Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
LisbonLisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
BucharestBucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
ZurichZürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
DubaiDubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
London
London
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AtlantaSee also
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