IAOP: Top 20 outsourcing consulting firms of the world

03 June 2014 Consultancy.uk

Quint Wellington Redwood has the best outsourcing advisory practice of the globe. The Dutch-based consulting firm displaces last years’ winner Deloitte Consulting, which drops to fifth place. The top 3 spots are completed by the American Avasant and Big 4 firm EY. The winner of the previous edition, KPMG, surprisingly has not made the 2014 list.

Every year the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) research the service quality of outsourcing consultants. Consulting firms are assessed on four key criteria: size and growth, client testimonials, expertise and quality of leadership. In addition all nominated firms are reviewed by a panel of leading experts in the outsourcing field. The top 20 firms are listed in the so-called ranking ‘World's best outsourcing advisors’.

An overview of the top 20 outsourcing consulting firms:

Consulting Firm	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Quint	1	10	11	9	6
Avasant	2	3	6	8	16
EY	3	6	5	-	-
PwC	4	-	3	6	-
Deloitte	5	1	2	11	-
Alsbridge	6	4	4	1	3
Kirkland & Ellis	7	9	8	4	5
Strategy&	8	11	10	7	10
Baker & McKenzie	9	7	7	14	8
Bird & Bird	10	12	-	-	-
Olswang	11	-	-	-	-
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	12	19	17	20	19
Hunton & Williams	13	18	18	-	-
Foley & Lardner	14	20	-	-	-
Elix-IRR	15	5	14	-	-
Pace Harmon	16	8	12	15	17
Zinnov Management Consulting	17	14	20	16	18
Mayer Brown	18	13	16	13	11
Matryzel Consulting	19	17	-	-	-
The Hackett Group	20	-	19	17	12
KPMG	-	2	1	2	4
Morrison Foerster	-	15	13	10	7
Sheppard Mullin	-	16	-	18	14
PA Consulting Group	-	-	9	-	-
DLA Piper	-	-	15	-	-