Business Improvement

Our clients count on us to understand their critical business objectives and to help them optimize operations in support of those objectives.

Business plan evaluation

• Review business plan and identify performance gaps that may jeopardize achieving objectives
• Identify opportunities and provide a course of action to address the gaps or to improve performance beyond planned levels

SG&A Optimization

• Review SG&A cost structure, assessing the effectiveness of each cost center
• Identify structural and process changes that can increase effectiveness and efficiency of SG&A functions to support key business objectives

Manufacturing

• Assess and optimize manufacturing operations
• Enable cost reduction, inventory reduction, capacity enhancement, capital avoidance, quality increase, yield and productivity enhancement, cycle time reduction, improved demand planning, workflow optimization, on-time delivery enhancement

Supply chain management

• Assess end-to-end supply chain to better align supply chain results with key objectives
• Enable reduced inventory levels, improved on-time delivery, reduced rework rates, reduced transportation and handling costs.
  • Supplier base optimization
  • Demand planning
  • Inbound/outbound logistics

Acquisition Analysis

We help clients assess the full scope of operational risk and opportunities associated with acquiring and merging businesses – and provide plans to deliver results in an orderly and expeditious manner

Operational due diligence

• Management Presentation
• Data room / document review
• Meetings with management
• Site visits
• Proposed transaction document review

For comprehensive Operations Due Diligence, we can generate templates to identify succinctly for the seller information needed to understand the target business. We can analyze the information, meet with management, perform site visits and provide a report identifying significant risks and opportunities as well as considerations for your purchase agreement. OPS can supplement your legal and financial due diligence findings with critical operational risk and value insights.

Post-acquisition

Transition planning/execution: First 100 days

• Creation of new legal entities
• Replacement of parent SG&A services
• Creation/optimization of intercompany services/pricing agreements
• Make/buy assessment
• Product line optimization
• Sales force effectiveness
• Alignment of policies
• Goal setting and business planning
• Operational reporting
• Introduction of operational best practices
• Assessment of key operational management personnel

Merger or restructuring planning/execution

• Validate the restructuring-related investment thesis
• Work with Management to develop plans to translate the investment thesis into results
• Merge multiple organizations or re-structure a single organization

Post-acquisition services can be limited to assisting with planning, or can extend to supporting implementation to the extent most appropriate for your business.