PRTM

Infobox_Company
company_name = PRTM
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1976
location = 16 offices on 3 continents
key_people = Managing Directors: Scott Hefter, Michael Aghajanian, Dean Gilmore & James So
industry = Management consulting
services = Management consulting services: Operational Strategy, Product Innovation, Supply Chain Innovation, Customer Management, Business Technology
homepage = [http://www.prtm.com/ www.prtm.com]

PRTM is a privately owned management consulting firm with the goal to help senior management to restructure their organizations for market leadership and greater shareholder value. The firm’s business centers on the areas of operational strategy, supply chain innovation, product innovation, customer management, and business technology. PRTM has been named by Consulting Magazine as one of the “Top 10 Firms to Work For” annually since 2002 [ [http://www.consultingmag.com/categories/Rankings/Best-Firms-to-Work-For/2006-Top-10/ 2006 Top 10 ] ] .

PRTM offers expertise across these industry sectors: automotive, aerospace, chemicals and process, communications and media, consumer goods, electronics and computing, energy, financial services, government, industrial, life sciences, and software.

History

The firm was founded in 1976 in Palo Alto, California. When the firm added eastern United States operations in 1977, it was incorporated as Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath after its founding partners Theodore Pittiglio, Robert Rabin, Robert Todd, and Michael McGrath. Today, the firm is known as PRTM.

The firm began benchmarking business performance for its clients in 1982. PRTM’s international expansion started in 1985. In 1988, PRTM pioneered its "Product And Cycle-time Excellence" (PACE©) framework to provide companies with a multi-disciplinary approach to innovation. PRTM co-developed the "Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model" (SCOR) with the Supply-Chain Council in 1996. In 1997, the firm launched a subsidiary, The Performance Measurement Group, LLC (PMG). Rabin and McGrath were the last of the original founders to retire, in 2002 and 2004, respectively. The firm's four managing directors are
*Scott Hefter, Global Managing Director
*Michael Aghajanian, Americas Managing Director
*Dean Gilmore, Europe Managing Director
*James So, Asia Managing Director

Publishing

PRTM consultants have authored numerous books, including:
*Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit From It (by Tony Davila, Marc J. Epstein, and Robert Shelton, Wharton School Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0131497863),
*Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Disciplines for Top Performance (by Shoshanah Cohen and Joseph Roussel, McGraw-Hill, 2004, ISBN 0071432175),
*Strategic IT Portfolio Management (2005),
*Next Generation Product Development: How to Increase Productivity, Cut Costs, and Reduce Cycle Times (McGraw-Hill, 2004),
*Setting the PACE in Product Development: A Guide to Product And Cycle-time Excellence (by Michael E. McGrath, Butterworth-Heinemann, rev. ed. 1996, ISBN 978-0750697897),
*Voices into Choices: Acting on the Voice of the Customer (by Gary Burchill and Christina Hepner Brodie, Joiner Associates, 1997, ISBN 1884731139),
*Product Strategy for High-Technology Companies: How to Achieve Growth, Competitive Advantage, and Increased Profits, (by Michael McGrath, McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 2000, ISBN 0071362460).

A quarterly print and online publication, PRTM Insight, provides thinking on operational strategy and innovation.

References

External links

*http://www.prtm.com/
* [http://www.pmgbenchmarking.com/ The Performance Measurement Group]