McKinsey founded its Operations Practice in 1997 to meet the need for highly tailored solutions across all areas of operations. Our consultants assist clients in achieving superior operations that bring positive, lasting and substantial improvements to overall business performance. Blending strategic thinking with hands-on implementation, we develop and define operational strategies to help our clients around the world solve their most critical problems in product development, purchasing and supplier management, supply chain management, manufacturing and service operations.

More than 300 consultants work with us to solve complex strategic and operational problems from diagnosis to implementation. Our teams combine the comprehensive business understanding that underpins all McKinsey disciplines with practical expertise in operations in many industries worldwide. Over the past 4 years, we have served over 3,000 clients from leading companies and have deepened our expertise across the total range of industrial and institutional segments and functional topics in automotive, finance, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, energy, high tech, basic materials, and many other areas.

The Operations Practice is one of the most called-upon practices in the firm and is continually expanding in order to meet demand.