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New York, NY – September 12, 2018 – ALM Intelligence – Consulting division, previously known as Kennedy Consulting, has released its 2018 ratings of Asset Performance Management consulting providers. Seven firms were identified as leaders in the consulting industry: Accenture, Deloitte, Dupont Sustainable Solutions, EY, McKinsey, PwC and T.A. Cook. Asset performance management consulting services help clients maximize the productivity of their capital assets through reliability engineering, utilization optimization, and effective maintenance and repair services.

“In an environment characterized by rapidly evolving technologies, leading consulting firms must adapt their tools and methods to remain at the forefront of delivering solutions that result in positive client impact,” said Naima Hoque Essing, Senior Research Analyst at ALM Intelligence. “The ability to extract meaningful, actionable insights from equipment data is the next frontier in achieving step-change improvement in asset performance.”

Providers that attained challenger status include: ARMS Reliability, Assetivity, Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini, IBM, KPMG, Life Cycle Engineering, Oliver Wyman Group, Porsche Consulting and TBM Consulting Group. Other firms that were rated include: A.T. Kearney, Argon Consulting, Bain & Company, BearingPoint, Emerson Consulting Services, Hitachi Consulting, L.E.K. Consulting, Nexus Global, PA Consulting, Roland Berger, and Systemex Consulting.

ALM’s Vanguard research series assesses firms in terms of their relative ability to create impact for their clients. In addition to its overall rating assessments of consulting providers’ depth and breadth of capabilities and best-in-class provider designations, this series includes detailed capability evaluations for each covered provider as well as a qualitative analysis of their consulting organization, approach, and service delivery model.

For more information or to obtain the full version of The ALM Vanguard: Asset Performance Management Consulting, visit the ALM Intelligence website: www.alm.com/intelligence/consulting-industry

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