Top 10 Manufacturing Consulting Companies

A manufacturing consulting company provides expertise, guidance and strategic advice to manufacturing businesses. These companies offer consulting services to help manufacturers improve their operational efficiency, optimise processes, enhance productivity and address various challenges and opportunities within the manufacturing industry.

The team at a manufacturing consulting firm include experienced consultants with knowledge and understanding of manufacturing practices, technologies and industry trends. 

Here are our Top 10 manufacturing consulting companies.

10. Roland Berger 

Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Roland Berger is a consulting firm that assists manufacturers in improving their operations, reducing costs and engaging in strategic planning. Roland Berger emphasises the need for manufacturers to be agile and proactive in implementing risk mitigation strategies.

LinkedIn: Roland Berger 

Twitter: @RolandBerger

9. Kearney 

Management consulting firm A.T. Kearney specialise in providing services to manufacturers, specifically in optimising their supply chains and undergoing digital transformation. 

Kearney organises an event, the Future of Manufacturing, which brings together senior manufacturing executives, venture capitalists, private equity funds, start-ups and thought leaders to discuss the crucial issues shaping the manufacturing industry.

LinkedIn: Kearney 

Twitter: @kearney

8. Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman helps manufacturing clients solve problems and achieve sustainable growth. The company recognises that as vehicles become more complex, production and supply chain requirements also become more challenging. 

Oliver Wyman offers a range of services including manufacturing strategy, production network improvement, lean manufacturing and operational excellence. 

LinkedIn: Oliver Wyman

Twitter: @OliverWyman

7. KPMG

KPMG is a consulting firm that offers services to manufacturing companies. In its 2022 Global Manufacturing Prospects report, manufacturing execs are increasingly focusing on smart digitisation and ESG goals.

“Manufacturers should now focus on a twin transformation: intelligent digitisation and ambitious ESG goal-setting,” advised Stéphane Souchet, Global Head of Industrial Manufacturing at KPMG International.

LinkedIn: KPMG

Twitter: @KPMG

6. Bain & Company

Bain & Company provides consulting services to a wide range of industries. The company offers manufacturers a rapid assessment (taking up to four days) or a comprehensive one (six weeks). The company’s diagnostics assess four critical facets of manufacturing: the supply chain, footprint design, plant performance and Industry 4.0.

LinkedIn: Bain & Company

Twitter: @BainandCompany

5. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

BCG offers management consulting services, including operations and supply chain optimisation, to manufacturing companies worldwide. The company offers clients three essential guiding questions:

What does the manufacturer build?

What is the product, where are the product lines and what is the strategy?

Where does the manufacturer build its items? 

BCG’s manufacturing consulting experts help clients to make the best decision for their company using its advanced production network optimisation tools.

How is the item manufactured?

BCG helps manufacturers review their supply chain, encouraging lean manufacturing practices and the use of Industry 4.0 technologies.

LinkedIn: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Twitter: @BCG

4. McKinsey & Company

As a global management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company provide strategic advice to companies across various industries, including manufacturing. The company takes a holistic approach to transform manufacturing processes for better productivity. 

As a leading player in consulting, McKinsey guides its clients through the design and implementation of operational strategies that will be resilient, while creating agility and a product portfolio that is commercially and operationally optimised.

LinkedIn: McKinsey & Company

Twitter: @McKinsey

3. PwC

PwC helps organisations and individuals worldwide to create the value they’re looking for, by delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. With offices in 157 countries and employing over 276,000 people worldwide, PwC is one of the leading professional services networks globally. PwC provides guidance in areas such as revenue growth, inventory costs, supply chain management, product lifecycle management, sales and operations management and much more. 

LinkedIn: PwC

Twitter: @PwC

2. Accenture

Accenture is a leading professional services organisation that provides a broad range of services in strategy and consulting. The organisation combines unmatched experience and specialised capabilities across over 40 industries - powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres.

Accenture offers consulting services for manufacturers, covering smart manufacturing, digital transformation, operational excellence and more. 

Using Industry X, Accenture leverages advanced digital technologies to transform clients core business operations in order to reimagine human-centred worker and end-user experiences, and ultimately to drive innovation and growth.

LinkedIn: Accenture

Twitter: @Accenture

1. Deloitte

Deloitte offers consulting services in operations, the supply chain and the manufacturing sector, helping companies to enhance their overall performance.

At the start of the year, the company advised that industry talent and sustainability were two trends that manufacturers should look out for and uphold. 

“We're very bullish on the opportunities for us to continue to support manufacturers,” says Paul Wellener, Vice Chairman of the US Industrial Products and Construction practice in Deloitte. “Deloitte is generally very bullish on the manufacturing part of the economy.”

LinkedIn: Deloitte

Twitter: @Deloitte