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The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™ (IAOP™) is pleased to announce that the following companies have been selected as 2009’s best outsourcing advisors – the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors.

Relative rankings, selection process details, and company strengths are featured in a special advertising feature, produced by IAOP, in the May 4 FORTUNE 500 issue of FORTUNE® magazine.
Companies were judged on four critical characteristics: size and growth; customer references; organizational competencies; and management capabilities. 

The 2009 World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors:
 



 
 
 

RANK

COMPANY (LEADERS)

KEY STRENGTH

1

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Balanced Performance

2

EquaTerra

Customer References

3

Gartner

Balanced Performance

4

KPMG

Management Capabilities

5

TPI

Demonstrated Competencies

6

Booz & Company

Size & Growth

7

Global Sourcing Advisory Group

Balanced Performance

8

Mayer Brown

Management Capabilities

9

Avasant

Balanced Performance

RANK

COMPANY (BOUTIQUE)

KEY STRENGTH

10

Quint Wellington Redwood

Customer References

11

Kirkland & Ellis

Management Capabilities

12

Expense Management Solutions

Balanced Performance

13

Bierce & Kenerson

Management Capabilities

14

Vantage Partners

Customer References

15

RampRate Sourcing Advisors

Customer References

16

Alsbridge

Customer References

17

neoIT

Balanced Performance

18

Archstone Consulting

Balanced Performance

19

Zinnov Management Consulting

Size & Growth

20

HIMformatics

Customer References


The Evaluation Team

The 2009 evaluation team, comprised of IAOP member professionals, was led by Certified Outsourcing Professional™ (COP) Jagdish Dalal, managing director, thought leadership at IAOP and a world-renowned outsourcing expert who has worked as a senior executive in customer, provider and advisor companies for almost three decades. (Jag's work as the outsourcing customer for Xerox's $3.2B outsourcing contract with EDS was turned into a Harvard Business School case study and is used in many teaching curricula.)

The 2009 judging panel:

Ø Divyesh Dalal, managing director, India, Hamilton Sundstrand, United Technologies International Operations, Inc.

Ø Teresa Harris, COP, IT manager, global sourcing, Eastman Kodak Company

Ø William Hefley, Ph.D., associate teaching professor, Institute for Software Research; program director, MSIT IT Service Management, ITSqc, Carnegie Mellon University

Ø Kurt Kohorst, COP, vice president, Agency Markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Ø William P. Metz, COP, external business development manager, Global Business Services, Proctor & Gamble

Ø Manish K. Sahai, COP, vice president, Customer Service Int’l. Network Partners, American Express

Ø Kristin H. Weitz Rammer, vice president, MAXIMUS


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE GLOBAL OUTSOURCING 100, CLICK HERE. To view The 2008 Global Outsourcing 100 and its sub-lists, CLICK HERE.

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