Sergio Colella, a managing director at Accenture, said in a statement: "Our clients are shifting to global operating models and the complexity of their products and services is increasing. There is a greater demand to integrate product and service development processes across disciplines from innovation to manufacturing, supply chain and customer service. With the combined capabilities of PCO Innovation and Accenture, we improve our ability to address this fast-growing market which is core to our clients as they build their future offerings."