Our clients include some of the largest and most profitable companies in the world in fields as diverse as fast-moving consumer goods, industrial chemicals and greeting card manufacturers. These case studies will give you an overview of the nature of our work in addressing different challenges for different types of customers. The common thread is a practical, hands-on approach combined with exceptional situational analysis skills to achieve favorable results.
Case Studies By Industry
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Automotive & Industrial Products |
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Productivity Improvement. A nationally recognized, high-end, ceramics manufacturer faces need to increase productivity and profitability or discontinue operations. |
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Cost-to-Produce Analytics & Integration. A major multi-national seeks to determine profitability and target cost opportunities on 7000 inventory items. |
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Refine & Document Capitalization Structure. A Swiss-African joint venture with two recently built sites realizes asset capitalization rules have not been properly applied. |
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Upgrade Cost Accounting Systems. A leading supplier of hydraulic systems seeks to upgrade its cost systems utilizing its existing ERP and requiring the capability to consistently apply "make or buy" decisions. |
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Capacity Analysis. A large manufacturer with 10 sites seeks to compare processes and associated costs across all operations. |
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Chemical, Adhesives and Batch Processing Industries |
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Underutilized Capacity Analysis. A leading multi-national chemical processor struggles to integrate lean initiatives while rationalizing numerous sites. |
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Pricing Strategy. A producer of value-added downstream products based on phosphoric acid seeks to comprehensively quantify its pricing strategy across all customers and products. |
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Distribution Businesses |
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Customer Value Quantification. A privately held, regional print distributor requires auditable customer profitability detail on more than 4,500 accounts prior to pending sale and merger. |
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Technology Valuation. A new joint venture proposal requires a unique financial and operational structure for success. |
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Foods and Consumer Packaged Goods |
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Graceful Plant Closure. A food processor requires the timely and efficient closure of a large facility. |
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Competitive Analysis. A provider of multifunctional products in the food, pharmaceutical, industrial and high-tech markets requires a competitive analysis relative to its major competitor. |
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Cost-to-Serve Analysis. The nation's largest frozen foods direct store delivery (DSD) system seeks to specifically identify its cost-to-serve for more than 50,000 customers and 1600 products. |
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Cost-to-Produce Integration & Reporting. One of the Midwest's oldest cooperatives seeks to identify inventory valuation issues and integrate the modeling means into its systems development. |
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Medical Devices, Research & Pharmaceuticals |
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Identify Non-Value Added Costs. A medical device manufacturer seeks to identify sku costs and non-value added opportunities across two operations. |
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Restructure Support Services. A full service toxicology research organizations requires analytical support to complete a management-led buyout. |
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Print & Publishing |
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Budget & Development Process Planning. A national greeting card firm requires operational support to maintain product launch schedule. |
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Corporate Restructuring. A publishing house can no longer afford continuing losses in operations.
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