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Brian Myerholtz is a member of Boston Consulting Group’s Industrial Goods, Corporate Finance & Strategy, and Operations practices. He leads the firm’s overall recruitment efforts for North America and is a member of the North American Regional Leadership Team. Brian is also the Great Lakes System node for the Industrial Goods practice area.

Since joining BCG in 2003, Brian has worked primarily with industrial goods clients on the full spectrum of strategic and operational topics. He has specific expertise in business-unit growth strategies, corporate strategy, end-to-end supply chain management, and product design-to-value. Brian leads end-to-end supply chain transformations, comprehensive value-chain cost-reduction efforts, and programs to optimize logistics networks. He has advised numerous clients on portfolio evaluation and construction of proactive M&A strategies.

Before joining BCG, he was a consultant in Accenture’s supply chain strategy practice.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • BS, mechanical engineering, Cornell University

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Tuck Scholar, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Publications and Videos

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Digitization Pays Dividends for Industrial Machinery

The industrial machinery industry is behind the curve in going digital. But companies in the vanguard are proving better at innovating and achieving their strategic goals.
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Winners Are Green, Smart, and Digital

Our analysis reveals some bright spots in an otherwise stressed MIA industry—hinting at a path to growth that other MIA companies could emulate.
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Industrial Machinery Faces a Decade of Disruption

The seemingly insurmountable advantage that incumbents once had is vanishing. Here’s a look at what will be different by 2030.
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Climate Disruption and the Path to Profits for Machinery Makers

Global efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change will increasingly disrupt the industry’s business models. Companies must respond by taking four key actions now.
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Three Paths to Value Creation for Machinery Companies

Innovative services, digitization, and operating model discipline—the best performers pursue at least one and sometimes all three.
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Evolving Digital Offerings for Off-Highway OEMs

Automation, connectivity, and data offer heavy-equipment users—from miners to farmers—access to game-changing performance improvements. The insights for OEMs can be equally game changing.
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What President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Means for Construction Machinery Makers

The administration’s proposal to boost infrastructure spending by $1 trillion promises to be a boon for companies that manufacture equipment used in large-scale construction projects.
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The Design-to-Value Advantage: Developing Winning Products with the Best Economics

BCG’s design-to-value approach is propelled by “catalyst events,” during which cross-functional stakeholders generate ideas for designing the best products with minimal complexity and cost.
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Demand Forecasting: The Key to Better Supply-Chain Performance

A new BCG forecasting methodology can help companies more accurately predict consumer and customer demand, hold down inventory, improve on-shelf availability, and reduce waste.