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Founded in 2005, Advanced Operations Partners™ (Formerly Harthan Consulting Group) is a strategic and operations management consulting firm founded by Charles (Chuck) Harthan, a former Principal at A.T. Kearney, one of the world’s leading operations consulting firms. Advanced Operations Partners’ client base is composed of private and public companies of all sizes and sectors striving to transform operational performance to meet strategic goals. We rapidly conduct assessments and accelerate business plans by boosting performance in core areas such as merger integration, supply chain, sales force effectiveness, service operations, back-office / G&A and ERP value capture. AOPartners works with clients to fundamentally transform their operating models by understanding primary business drivers of profit and operating performance, improving processes and organizational capabilities, and generating sustainable breakthrough results. Our vast expert network consists of consultants and interim leaders that have worked at major consulting firms and/or have been in operations leadership roles in industry.
Inc. Magazine has revealed Advanced Operations Partners ranking No. 935 on its 2020 Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment – its independent small businesses. Additionally, AOPartners ranked No.405 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list with three-year revenue growth of 1,131%.
AOPartners has recently been recognized by Financial Times as one of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies in 2020, earning the rank of the #2 fastest growing consulting firms.
Our philosophy is simple: as your markets, products and services change and evolve, operational excellence must be achieved and maintained to compete and win. Whether your operations are preventing top-line growth or sagging the bottom-line, AOPartners specializes in transforming your internal operations to reach business objectives. Our experience reveals your business processes, policies, organizational structure and performance management systems could individually or collectively restrict your company’s ability to achieve the highest levels of operational excellence, resulting in sub-par financial results. AOPartners will systematically root-out the fundamental sources limiting performance, mobilize an internal working team to generate the transformation agenda and initiatives, and orchestrate implementation to sustain financial benefits.
We leverage our training and experience consulting for some of the biggest companies in the world and apply this learning and proven methodologies to yield a higher return on consulting investment. AOPartners consultants work with all levels of management, including front-line personnel as necessary, to accelerate business plans by boosting performance in core operational areas such as sales, manufacturing, procurement, R&D, and service operations.
