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In 1993, Booz.Allen & Hamilton forsook its previous, highly local organizational structure. It was motivated by a desire to serve multinational clients more effectively and to provide greater value to clients with more localized business by collecting best practices from around the world. Following a plan entitled Vision 2000, the firm created unified staffing pools based on industry and functional (strategy, operations, or information technology) expertise, within each of the three large regions, Atlantic (containing Europe and N. America), Asia-Pacific-Japan, and Latin America. In staffing each client engagement, partners considered all available staff within their regions attempting to provide the best consultants for the project, regardless of where they were located. The firm also redesigned compensation and evaluation methods, segmentation strategy, and staff development programs to fit its more integrated service delivery system. New systems and programs for sharing intellectual capital between consultants increased the firm's ability to provide value.