Management Consulting

Strategy Consulting

Whether your business is thriving or facing challenges, our strategy consultants deliver actionable insights that drive performance. At Burkhardt Company, we assess your operations, uncover opportunities, and craft a clear, customized roadmap to help you grow smarter, scale efficiently, and stay competitive in a rapidly changing market.

Why Would My Company Need Strategy Consulting?

Strategy consulting isn’t just for comapnies in crisis; it’s a powerful tool for any business aiming to grow, improve, or adapt. Whether you're building on current success or navigating a challenging transition, a strategy consultant brings a fresh eyes, objectivity, and experience to the table. Recent leadership changes? Organizational restructuring? It’s the perfect time to bring in outside support that helps protect your momentum and guide effective change.

From reducing employee turnover to boosting operational efficiency and resolving supply chain challenges, our consultants identify what’s holding your business back and provide a clear path forward. At Burkhardt Company, we optimize your business so you can focus on what matters most, sustainable performance and long-term success.

The Burkhardt Company Framework

Assessment & Research

We begin by meeting with key leadership to understand the company’s vision, values, and strategic goals. This alignment phase ensures all stakeholders are unified in their expectations and perspectives. Our consultants then conduct a thorough evaluation of the organization across critical areas such as human resources, finance, operations, supply chain, product and service offerings, marketing, industry positioning, and competitive landscape. Based on our findings, we deliver a comprehensive report outlining strengths, challenges, and key opportunities for improvement serving as the foundation for the strategic planning that follows.

Strategy Development

In this pivotal phase, we transform insights from the assessment into a focused, actionable strategy. Leveraging proven frameworks and analytical tools, our consultants collaborate closely with your leadership team to shape a strategic roadmap that aligns with your goals. Together, we address internal inefficiencies, evaluate responses to external pressures such as market trends and competition, and explore viable strategic alternatives. This phase also includes guidance on navigating industry-specific challenges and positioning your company for long-term success.

Refinement & Strategic Planning

Following initial strategy development, our consultants work with your leadership team to refine and expand the strategy into a detailed, actionable plan. We tailor strategic roadmaps to meet short-term priorities and long-term goals, depending on your organization's needs. This phase includes in-depth planning across core business functions such as operations, finance, marketing, HR, and more based on the scope of the engagement. The final deliverable is a comprehensive report outlining clear recommendations, timelines, and implementation guidelines to move your strategy forward with confidence.

Implementation

Insight alone is not enough, true impact comes from execution. With your strategic plan in place, we support you through the critical implementation phase. This includes managing organizational changes, launching key initiatives, assigning responsibilities, and ensuring teams are aligned with the new direction. . Our consultants help ensure that the strategy is not only adopted but sustained. As the most hands-on and intensive stage of the process, implementation turns planning into measurable progress.

IT Consulting

Whether or not your company identifies as a “tech” business, information technology now plays a central role in operational success. From automating complex workflows to integrating ERP and CRM platforms, a well-aligned IT strategy can dramatically improve efficiency and scalability. Yet many organizations overlook IT as a strategic asset, missing opportunities for transformation. At Burkhardt Company, we bridge the gap between business goals and technology. With expertise in both management and IT consulting, our team develops tailored, forward-thinking IT strategies that drive innovation, streamline operations, and position your business for next-level performance.

IT Strategy & Business Alignment

Assess your company’s goals and develop an IT strategy that supports and strengthens your business objectives.

Identify how technology can enhance performance, scalability, and long-term competitiveness.

Infrastructure Assessment & Planning

Evaluate current networks, servers, operating systems, cloud platforms, databases, and hardware.

Design robust, scalable infrastructure that supports future growth and digital transformation.

Application Consulting

Review and optimize core business applications such as ERP, CRM, business intelligence, and analytics platforms.

Recommend solutions to integrate and streamline system functionality across departments.

IT Governance, Security & Operations

Assess IT management practices, cybersecurity protocols, and compliance measures.

Implement policies that improve system oversight, risk management, and operational reliability.

In-House vs. Outsourced Capabilities

Analyze current IT staffing, vendor relationships, and outsourcing strategies.

Provide guidance on which services should be managed internally versus outsourced for cost-efficiency and performance.

IT Workforce Assessment

Evaluate the skills, capacity, and structure of your IT team.

Identify gaps and recommend hiring, training, or restructuring strategies to improve effectiveness.

Upgrade & Modernization Roadmap

Deliver a clear, data-driven roadmap to modernize outdated systems.

Prioritize upgrades based on business impact and ensure optimal use of your IT budget.

User Feedback & IT Engagement

Conduct surveys and interviews with key users to understand pain points and improvement opportunities.

Use feedback to tailor IT solutions that are both effective and user-friendly.

Implementation Services

At Burkhardt Company, we do more than deliver strategic recommendations, we help bring them to life. Our consultants partner with you to turn plans into results through hands-on support in process improvement, operations strategy execution, project management, and organizational change.

Implementing new systems and strategic initiatives can be challenging for both leadership and staff. Without the right expertise, even the best ideas risk falling behind schedule, going over budget, or failing to deliver their intended value. With extensive experience managing complex implementations, our team ensures your projects move forward efficiently; on time, within budget, and fully aligned with your business goals.