PRTM

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PRTM

Type	Private
Founded	1976
Headquarters	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
Website	www.prtm.com

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[edit] PRTM

PRTM is a privately owned management consulting firm that helps C-level and other senior executives to innovate 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.

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.

[edit] 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. Its founding partners were 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 product and service innovation and leadership. 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 has four managing directors. Scott Hefter is the global managing director. Michael Aghajanian serves as the Americas managing director and Dean Gilmore and James So are managing directors for Europe and Asia, respectively.

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PRTM consultants have authored numerous books, including: Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit From It (Wharton School Publishing, (2005), Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Disciplines for Top Performance (McGraw-Hill, 2004), 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 (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992), Voices into Choices: Acting on the Voice of the Customer (Joiner Associates, 1997), and Product Strategy for High-Technology Companies: How to Achieve Growth, Competitive Advantage, and Increased Profits (McGraw-Hill, 1994).