Greybeard Advisors Named a Top Strategic Sourcing Consultancy by Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory
(PRWEB) January 12, 2016 -- Greybeard Advisors, a Pittsburgh-based strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm, has been named a Vanguard service provider by Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory. Kennedy, a leader in market analysis of the consulting profession, released its first-ever comprehensive assessment of 36 leading global firms in the Sourcing & Procurement Consulting category on December 30, 2015. Firms achieving Vanguard status demonstrate market-leading depth in particular capabilities or meaningful depth across a broad spectrum of services.
“Given the stature of Kennedy, and its reputation for independent and comprehensive benchmarking, this is one of the highest honors our organization could receive,” commented Greybeard Advisors president Robert A. Rudzki. “Since our founding 11 years ago, we’ve consistently received industry recognition, including being named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 and “Pros to Know” annual listings. This new recognition from Kennedy affirms our firm’s continued growth in capabilities and reputation.”
Kennedy’s study also named Greybeard as the Best of Breed service provider in the area of Organizational Excellence—the ability of the consulting firm to design clients’ procurement organizational structure, determine staffing requirements, align roles and responsibilities, and integrate procurement with R&D, production, logistics and sales activities.
“Providers identified as Best of Breed stand out from their peers for their highly effective and often innovative approaches,” explains Nathan Simon, Director of Strategy & Operations Consulting Research at Kennedy. The study cited the deep, real-world experience of Greybeard’s consulting staff, the firm’s focus on cross-functional collaboration, and a demonstrated ability to create a more engaged procurement function.
To prepare its study, Kennedy examined each consulting firm and detailed key service strengths and weaknesses, as well as the firm’s focus. Capability maps illustrate each firm’s standing in relation to peers. “We thoroughly research consulting firms to help potential clients understand the landscape and how to best use each firm,” said Mr. Simon.
ABOUT GREYBREAD ADVISORS
Greybeard Advisors is a Pittsburgh-based advisory firm that helps organizations transform their sourcing and procurement culture in order to achieve sustainable improvement in total costs and working capital. Greybeard has generated proven results across a wide variety of industry segments — including mining and metals processing, light and heavy manufacturing, medical products, utilities, higher education, retail, the public sector and more. Greybeard Advisors has consistently been named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive (SDCE) 100 annual listing of distinguished service providers, and its founder and chief executive Robert A. Rudzki to the SDCE “Pros to Know” listing. Rudzki is a noted author and speaker at professional conferences in the supply chain and procurement fields whose book, Straight to the Bottom Line®, is an ISM Book Selection and best seller. His sequel, Next Level Supply Management Excellence: Your Straight to the Bottom Line® Roadmap, has been named one of the ten greatest purchasing books ever written.
Web site: http://www.greybeardadvisors.com/
ABOUT KENNEDY (ALM INTELLIGENCE)
Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory is the world’s most influential market research firm devoted exclusively to the consulting industry. Since 1970, Kennedy has been the leading resource of market analysis on management and IT consulting because its reports are written for experts, by experts. Its clients have access to unparalleled industry expertise that builds on a 45-year foundation of consulting profession knowledge—to make better business decisions with research and analysis that spans multiple service areas, client vertical industries and geographies.
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Robert Rudzki, President, Greybeard Advisors LLC, http://www.GreybeardAdvisors.com, +1 (412) 874-8410, [email protected]
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