BCG Receives External Recognition in Digital Year After Year

The Forrester Wave™: AI Service Providers, Q4 2022

BCG was named a leader in AI service provider in Q4 2022 in The Forrester Wave™: AI Service Providers, Q4 2022, an evaluation of the most significant providers. Forrester reported, “Boston Consulting Group helps clients outdo peers with AI-led strategy and execution. BCG has long been known for its strategy consulting capabilities. Now it has built a world-class AI capability to prove that what it calls ‘bionic companies’ (companies combining human knowledge and AI) are outperforming competition. BCG has over 7,000 data science and advanced AI practitioners to help clients. It demonstrates AI strategy leadership with its vision (an emphasis on C-suite alignment and accountability as well as agile funding), market approach, and talent strategy." 

The Forrester Wave™: AI Consultancies, Q1 2021

BCG was named a leader in AI consulting services in Q1 2021 in The Forrester Wave™: AI Consultancies, Q1 2021, a purchasing guide in the technology marketplace. Forrester reported, “BCG stands out in helping clients make difficult and large transitions” and notes that “enterprises of any level of AI maturity can expect BCG to put them on the AI journey and get the value, differentiation, and competitive leap that they’d expect from an AI investment.”

The report also states, "When clients retrenched in 2020, Boston Consulting Group didn't. Instead, BCG leaned into and accelerated timelines and demand while leading clients to new and innovative states."

The Forrester Wave™: Digital Business Transformation Services, Q4 2020

BCG was recognized as a leader in digital business transformation services in Q4 2020. Forrester noted, “Overall, BCG stands out for not only bringing strong digital business strategy capabilities to clients but also helping clients improve their strategic planning to better understand how to layer new technology into business strategy and operations....”

BCG received the highest possible scores in the criteria of transformation delivery, digital business transformation vision, market approach, commercial model, global delivery management, and thought leadership and market influence.

IDC MARKETPLACE: WORLDWIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

BCG was recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Services 2023 Vendor Assessment (Doc # US49647023, May 2023). The report noted, “BCG combines functional and industry expertise, technology expertise, Responsible AI framework, and its technology build and design unit, BCG X, to deliver AI services to clients as part of holistic business transformation consulting engagements."

IDC MARKETSCAPE: WORLDWIDE DIGITAL STRATEGY CONSULTING SERVICES

BCG was recognized as a leader in digital strategy consulting in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Digital Strategy Consulting Services 2021 Vendor Assessment (Doc # US46766521, June 2021). According to the report, "On average, the three areas where BCG reference clients commended the firm most highly were for client insight, ability to drive measurable value, and continuously challenging the client."

ALM Vanguard: Organization Strategy Consulting

BCG was ranked as the number one leader in 2019 by ALM Intelligence, which assesses firms on their ability to create impact for their clients. BCG ranked number one across breadth of capabilities, depth of capabilities, and client impact. BCG also retained its best-practice status in the “Enabling Tools” category for the second year running because of the strength of the proprietary tools underpinning its organization strategy consulting methodologies. In addition, BCG stood out for its ability to connect the products, services, and capabilities of its broader ecosystem to leverage data and emerging technologies as it helps clients to execute large-scale organization strategies.

ALM Vanguard: Communications and Change Management Consulting

BCG was named a leading change management provider in 2019. ALM Intelligence recognized BCG’s comprehensive approach, noting that the firm excels in its ability to steer clients through large-scale change initiatives from strategy through execution with agile transformation management. The approach stands out for its holistic nature, enabling clients to manage three journeys simultaneously: leader, people, and organization. It instills discipline and data science into program management and creates an “engine room” for change with an innovative design for a physical space. Clients value BCG’s hands-on, practical, and technical approach to change, as well as its coaching capabilities.

ALM Vanguard: Joint Ventures and Alliances Consulting

BCG was recognized as the top provider in 2019. ALM Intelligence noted that BCG has all the necessary expertise and resources—technical, industry sector, geographic—immediately available in-house to help clients get joint venture and alliance deals right from the start.

Best Tech for Recovery Innovation Award

BCG Lighthouse was named a finalist for Best Tech for Recovery at COGx’s 2020 Innovation Awards, which celebrated the best in AI and emerging technologies. The award highlights companies that are working to provide solutions to the myriad of societal issues raised by COVID-19.

CogX: Best Innovation in Open Source Technology, 2021

BCG GAMMA’s CodeCarbon was named a finalist for Best Innovation in Open Source Technology at CogX’s 2021 Awards. CodeCarbon is an open-source tool that helps organizations track their AI carbon footprint.

CogX: Best Innovation in Explainable AI, 2021

FACET by BCG GAMMA was named a finalist for Best Innovation in Explainable AI at CogX’s 2021 Awards, which recognizes champions of algorithmic transparency. FACET is an open-source software library that helps human operators make better, and more ethical business decisions.

Best Application in Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience Award

Crystal by BCG GAMMA received the Best Application in Marketing, Sales, and Customer Experience Award during the AI Summit’s AIconics award ceremony in 2020, which recognizes breakthrough innovations in AI for business. This award highlights the renaissance of the customer and business duality fueled by the advent of intelligent solutions.

Best Innovation in Deep Learning Award

Crystal by BCG GAMMA was named a finalist for Best Innovation in Deep Learning in 2020. Deep learning advances practical AI and enables exponential development of applications for real-world businesses. While many AI models on the market can predict what a consumer’s next transaction will be, Crystal by BCG GAMMA revolutionizes the field with its deep-learning ability to detect a greater unknown in the purchasing journey: when the next transaction will take place.

SIIA CODiE Award: Best Artificial Intelligence Driven Technology Solution, 2023 - Growth AI by BCG

BCG won the CODiE Award for Best Artificial Intelligence Driven Technology Solution for its tool Growth AI by BCG. The award recognizes the best native artificial intelligence, machine, or deep learning solution that learns, performs, and excels at specific automated tasks. Growth AI’s holistic suite of AI offerings maximizes the growth potential of consumer packaged goods companies by supporting data-driven decisions across and within standard commercial functions, including pricing and promotion, marketing allocation, product, and more.

SIIA CODiE Award: Best Business Intelligence Solution, 2021

BCG won the CODiE Award for Best Business Intelligence Solution for its tool Marketing Catalyst by BCG. The award recognizes the best solution for supporting decision-making in a business process by providing analysis, information, delivery, and platform integration. Marketing Catalyst by BCG enables companies to collect, harmonize, and visualize data from multiple sources in one place—providing a single source of truth to inform, in real time, the countless decisions that marketers make every day.

SIIA CODiE Award: Best AI-Enabled Content Solution Award, 2021 finalist – DAIS b

BCG was named a finalist for the CODiE Award for Best AI-Enabled Content Solution for BCG GAMMA’s Dais, the analytics platform that uses advanced scenario modelling to help users with strategic decision making. The award recognizes solutions that leverage AI to enhance product features and provide users with a more intelligent, automated, scalable solution.

SIIA CODiE Award: Best Business Intelligence Solution, 2021 Finalist – Pricing Catalyst

BCG was named a finalist for the CODiE Award for Best Business Intelligence Solution for its tool Pricing Catalyst by BCG. The award recognizes the best solution for supporting decision-making in a business process by providing analysis, information, delivery, and platform integration.

SIIA CODiE Award: Best Marketing Solution, 2021 finalist- crystal

Crystal by BCG GAMMA was named a finalist for the CODiE Award for Best Marketing Solution, which recognizes the best solution that enables companies to plan, target, market, and measure the effectiveness of campaigns.

IAOP: The 2020 Global Outsourcing 100

BCG has been recognized as an “All Star” in IAOP’s 2020 list of the top 100 global outsourcing providers and advisors. BCG achieved a score of five of better in all four categories of the award: customer references, awards and certifications, innovation programs, and corporate social responsibility programs.

BCG was awarded four Best in Class distinctions in Promotion Optimization Institute (POI)’s 2023 Enterprise Planning Vendor Panorama Report for our tool Growth AI by BCG. POI's annual report evaluates leading vendors to help manufacturing and consumer products companies discover the latest technology and services that drive profitable growth.

BCG Recognized Within Promotion Optimization Institute's Report

BCG's end-to-end AI revenue management solution is delighted to be recognized within POI’s 2022 Report which evaluates leading vendors helping consumer products companies.