Category: consulting firm profiles

Insight Sourcing Group

Note: In February 2024, Accenture entered into an agreement to acquire Insight Sourcing. Upon approval, Insight Sourcing will merge with Accenture's Sourcing & Procurement practice within its Supply Chain & Operations function. Insight Sourcing Group is a boutique management consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm specializes specifically in strategic sourcing and procurement consulting. Insight…

RSM: Firm Profile

We talk a lot about the “Big 4” and the “Big 3,” but there are other powerhouse brands in the consulting world as well. Enter RSM – a global network of firms providing audit, tax, and consulting services across all sectors. Given its sheer scale and range of offerings, RSM prides itself on the deep…

EY Firm Profile

  What is Ernst & Young best known for? The better question might be, what isn’t the company known for? Ernst & Young was originally founded as an accountancy but has since expanded into many other businesses. Rebranded in 2013 simply as “EY,” the firm now divides its business into 4 core segments: Assurance, Tax,…

Marakon – A Charles River Associates Company

Marakon is a “boutique” consulting firm with a long history who prides itself on having pioneered “value-based management” way back in the 1990s. Marakon used to be much larger and more successful, particularly prior to its bankruptcy and subsequent purchase by Charles River Associates in 2009. That bankruptcy, however, was driven more by partner profit…

Galt & Company

Galt & Company Overview Note: Galt & Company was acquired by AlixPartners in late 2021. Our Firm Profile series continues with this deep dive into Galt & Company. Galt & Co is a unique player that is known for helping chief executives and senior management teams of Fortune 500 companies develop strategies and organizational capabilities…

Accenture

We profile Accenture, one of the world's most humongous consulting firms - one that often gets lots of attention but mixed reviews from the consulting crowd. What's different about Accenture Strategy? And - pray tell - what does Accenture do? We've asked the questions too. Why is it that Accenture, the mega consulting and technology…

Bulger Partners – Strategic Advisers to the Software Economy

Note: Bulger Partners was acquired by EY-Parthenon in mid-2018. Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. Founded in 2012, headquartered in Boston, and already turning down three projects for every one it accepts, the firm has experienced exponential growth in its first five years of existence.…

Simon-Kucher & Partners

  Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global consulting firm based in Bonn, Germany. The firm has more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. With almost 4 decades in monetization…

ZS Associates

Welcome back! Today's expose is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the U.S.) - a premier boutique firm focused on salesforce and marketing optimization. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for? Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. Zoltners and Prabhakant Sinha (the Z and the S), the…

EY Parthenon

A household name in the consulting world, Ernst & Young (EY) has gone through some dramatic changes in the past few years. Originally a behemoth as one of the Big 4 accounting firms, EY is now set up as a global organization of member firms. In 2014, EY joined forces with Parthenon, a small strategy…