Consultancies have the crucial job of lending their expertise to the enterprise in areas ranging from accounting to finance, legal and IT.In a bid to fully leverage automation, Whirlpool Corp. called on Accenture PLC for its expertise in successfully getting companies to their automation goals.“We started on the CoE journey of making sure that we’re getting the most return on investment for our business, starting with discovery, making sure that what we’re automating makes sense and is the right process versus just an upgrade or retooling set,” said Lauren Joyce (pictured, right), end-user services manager at Whirlpool