Kirkpatrick & Associates (K&A) uses a "virtual" corporate structure of international experts to deliver top consulting talent when needed at reasonable rates (because of our low overhead structure). All our work is proprietary and confidential. We believe in strong trust based relationships with our clients and enjoy a high level of repeat business.
Overall, some of the reasons clients engage with our firm includes:
- Industry Focus: A global vertical industry focus on the energy, process, general manufacturing and utility industries with particular strengths in oil and gas, hydrocarbon processing, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, consumers products, forestry products, mining/minerals, water, gas and electric utilities, electronics and telecommunications.
- Strategic Marketing: We are excellent at assisting clients in market, competitive, technology and business strategy and turning strategy into practical actions which provide our clients competitive advantage through positioning, unique value propositions, customer/account development, identifying effective partnerships and recommending acquisitions which create additional value.
- Customer Centric: K&A has a "customer centric" view of the vertical markets in which we specialize, providing deep insights, domain expertise, creativity, innovation and communication skills to our engagements.
- Enterprise Application Focus: Our consultants are at the leading edge of thought leadership in enterprise applications such as SCM, CRM, PLM, EAM, RtPM (MES), Web-based services and collaborative commerce.
- Technology Focus: Our clients are the global leaders in instrumentation, electrical, automation, industrial equipment, enterprise application software, engineering, construction and technical services (click here to view our client list).
K&A's founder and president held the role of global marketing executive for Foxboro and several of our associates held senior executive positions in Invensys/Foxboro, KBC, Exxon Mobil, Texas Instruments, ABB, Siemens, Westinghouse, Honeywell, Yokogawa, SAP and IBM.
Once into an engagement, we typically exceed customer expectations.
