ATLANTA--Aug. 14, 2006--Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC has named veteran consulting professional David Riviere national leader of its supply chain practice. Based in Atlanta, Mr. Riviere also leads the firm's Southeast consulting practice.

With more than two decades of experience, Riviere will lead a national group of senior consulting professionals who work with organizations across a range of industries to develop effective supply chain solutions that drive measurable results for important operating metrics, such as product quality, total system costs and improved customer satisfaction.

"Supply chain management can be a company's greatest area of opportunity when it comes to improving its operations and overall profitability," said Mr. Riviere. "If performance is suffering because of high operating costs, changes in customer base, or ineffective manufacturing or distribution processes, the company must evaluate its supply chain. Alvarez & Marsal draws on years of technical and operational experience to pinpoint root causes of underperformance and develop a customized solution that can be executed in a sensible timeframe."

Tom Elsenbrook, head of Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, added: "For the past several years, we have been hand-selecting a team of world-class professionals who have the breadth and depth of experience to deliver customized solutions to corporations representing a range of industries and market caps - from middle-market organizations to global enterprises. David is a talented professional with vast knowledge in implementing complex supply chain solutions, and we are excited to have him in the position to continue to lead the supply chain practice in this direction."

Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting's Supply Chain practice works with companies in good market and financial positions, as well as, jointly with A&M's restructuring professionals, in under-performing or "profitability challenged" situations, to address specific supply chain issues throughout every stage of the lifecycle, including: strategy, procurement of materials and services, logistics and distribution, demand planning and customer service.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Riviere has worked with numerous Global 1000 companies in industries including aviation, manufacturing, industrial, consumer products and retail to streamline and optimize their supply chain processes through technology systems. Prior to joining A&M, he led the technology enablement practice of Kurt Salmon Associates. Previously, Mr. Riviere was a managing director with Perot Systems, and earlier in his career he was a partner with Andersen Business Consulting, where he led the Southeast supply chain practice and served on the cross discipline leadership team for the global products industry.

Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting

Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC is comprised of a dedicated team of senior consulting specialists who deliver functional, process and technology skills to corporate management. Building on Alvarez & Marsal's core operational and problem-solving heritage, the team helps to improve the business processes and performance of healthy as well as underperforming companies. Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting services include: strategy and corporate solutions, information technology solutions, finance solutions, human resource solutions, supply chain solutions, customer and channel solutions, and outsourcing advisory services.

Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC is a division of Alvarez & Marsal, a global professional services firm that excels in problem solving and value creation for businesses around the world. Founded in 1983, the firm's network of seasoned professionals in locations across the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America provide services including turnaround and restructuring advisory, crisis and interim management, performance improvement, creditor advisory, corporate finance, transaction advisory, dispute analysis and forensics, tax advisory, real estate advisory and business consulting.

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