Our Client Testimonials

Here are excerpts from some of our clients’ referral letters, testimony to our pursuit of excellence:

I have been very impressed with my early dealings with Bill Rutherford & his associates. They have a positive, team-based approach that I believe fits our culture and which is well suited to the issues we face.
– Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

…I asked…[them] to help us through a very difficult improvement process at our …Plant…[they] achieved far more than we considered possible at the outset, bringing…substantial operating and financial benefit,…Our plant operating expenses went down by 20% on an absolute basis and 40% on a unit cost basis in the first year of…assistance…The turnaround that was performed…was better planned and executed that [sic] any in the plant’s history…The combination of the plant cost reduction success and the plant 5 expansion increased the plant’s market value to something approaching 2 times its previous value.
– President and Chief Executive Officer

Your people embraced our issues as their own and their quick study of our unique company culture allowed us to make substantive changes that I didn’t believe were possible at the outset…Your team helped us to understand the dimensions of strategy, goals, process, metrics and organization that are interdependent and needed to be simultaneously addressed in order to create a sustainable model geared to our vision of long-term growth…I am confident that our new business and organization model will allow us to compete at the high end of the E&P spectrum.
– Vice President

The result of our joint work has been significant to our company and to our competitive position. Over $25 million was contributed to our bottom line while achieving a product quality improvement of 25%. This joint initiative impacted my business goals; reducing costs, improving quality and…changing [us] from a production driven business to a market driven organization.
– Senior Vice President

My people were always treated with respect as their opinions and observations were sought out by William W. Rutherford & Associates. …working in partnership with your organization adds greatly to our ability to develop solutions that relate directly to the needs of the bank.
– Business Director