Consulting
In fiscal 2026, RSM helped middle market clients turn market disruption into measurable value—accelerating AI adoption, hardening cybersecurity defenses, completing more than 1,100 deals and scaling managed services—by uniting our capabilities across industry expertise and technology services.
AI acceleration
RSM is deeply committed to AI. In June 2025, we announced a $1 billion investment in technology designed to accelerate AI adoption, empowering our people to provide next-level AI solutions for our clients.
We moved clients beyond experimentation to measurable outcomes by combining strategy with our deep knowledge of industry and operations. RSM focuses first on data readiness—data quality, integration and governance—so AI initiatives deploy more quickly, integrate seamlessly with existing systems and produce tailored outcomes that clients trust.
Cyber resilience and proactive security
In the past year, nearly one in four organizations reported a ransomware attack or demand, and 18% experienced a data breach, according to the RSM US MMBI Special Report: Cybersecurity 2026. RSM translated this escalating cyber risk into helping clients anticipate, withstand and recover from disruption, resulting in proactive resilience.
In 2026, our AI-driven security operations, identity-first controls and integrated governance frameworks helped reduce false alerts by 83%, eliminate over 21,000 hours of monthly manual triage, and cut initial response time to an average of just two minutes—enabling faster, more precise threat response. Beyond detection, we help clients transition from point-in-time assessments to continuous, proactive security models, especially as AI accelerates the speed and sophistication of cyberattacks.
Deal-making
Amid a complex and uneven deal environment, private equity investors and corporates remained disciplined—prioritizing assets capable of delivering tangible value in a higher-cost, higher-scrutiny environment. Working alongside them on more than 1,100 transactions, the RSM deal services team helped clarify where value could be created, reducing risk and executing cost-efficient transactions with speed and confidence. By tightly linking diligence to execution and augmenting insight with AI-enabled analytics, clients were able to move faster, make sharper decisions and realize value with greater certainty from Day 1.
Managed services
RSM Catamaran, our dynamic suite of outsourced solutions, has delivered measurable efficiencies for our clients across core business services such as finance, tax, IT, risk and human resources. Pairing AI with cloud, cybersecurity and network management has allowed clients to optimize IT across these back-office functions without expanding their internal teams. By operating as an integrated platform, Catamaran has improved speed to execution, increased accountability with fewer handoffs, and delivered measurable, cross-service value—positioning us as a strategic operating partner that clients trust to run their back office.
Phased approach
Guittard was searching for a streamlined approach that could help them ramp up production, simplify shared processes and optimize the value stream. With these goals in mind, the chocolate company called in RSM US to implement a digital twin model that would enhance the company’s operational efficiency and support strategic decision making. RSM created a pivoted scenario analysis to quantify the impact of potential operating changes such as staffing and/or capital investments.
A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical system—such as a manufacturing line, warehouse or supply chain. The model allows businesses to simulate operations, test improvements and explore “what-if” scenarios without interrupting real-world activities.
RSM believed implementing a digital twin would allow Guittard to enjoy the following benefits:
- Greater visibility into manufacturing operations
- Improved decision making through data
- The ability to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies
- Robust tools to support strategic capital investments
- Better alignment of supply chain planning with real-time operations
RSM conducted detailed assessments to understand Guittard’s operations and long-term goals. This process included stakeholder interviews and iterative discovery workshops. After synthesizing all this information and real-world data, RSM built a virtual representation of Guittard’s business system, modeling everything from equipment needs and demand flows to business requirements and everything in between.
The digital solution allowed Guittard to simulate, analyze and optimize various operational scenarios before implementing them in real life. In this way, the company could run through the potential outcomes of multiple options before committing to one. This insight proved invaluable to Guittard. By testing hypothetical changes in a virtual environment, Guittard avoided the cost and risk of real-world implementation issues.