Aligning objectives, strategies and means available.
Business strategies often need to be reviewed and updated for market changes and current appreciation of the firm’s own operational needs and opprotunities.
Companies seeking to growmust first decide on their optimal strategy between organic growth and growth through mergers and acquisitions.
A firm’s ability to realize their business plan must be market sensitive, emphasizing the firm’s dinstinguishing offerings and benefits to their clients and future prospects, in comparison to their competitors.
Business strategies are often dictated and limited by the firm’s ability to access additional capital and/or financing at economic terms. Too often, firm’s fail to realize the importance given to the strength of their balance sheet by potential lenders and investors, and they tend to focus too intensely on their appreciation of market capture potentials and too often very optimistic or unattainable forecasts.
Our business strategy reviews are oriented towards providing independent and thoughtful appreciation of the firm’s strategic and business plan, questioning the firm’s ability to execute the plan based on their existing means and to identify the missing ingredients.
Exisiting customer and supplier contracts can represent big advantages or disadvantages and need to be part of the review process. Dealing with majors too often appeal to smaller firms finding a home for larger volumes, and yet sacrificing margins and their autonomy of action.
New product or service offeriongs present significant issues in estimating the cost of their launch, the time required to develop the market, and the realizable profit margins available. All these aspects present a challenge to Management in establishing cost estimates and sales forecasts.
Operational reviews are the corner stone of our internvention in order to assist the firm in identifying potential cost savings and operartional efficiencies, leading to increased profitability.
Analytical review of business history, identifying sources and uses of cash and profitability trends. Consideration given to various forms of growth strategies – organic or through mergers and acquisitions. Development of a new business plan. Review of specific financing sources and matching to specific needs.