A challenge presented itself within the corporate sector, requiring the management and execution of several transformational change programmes across varied disciplines such as strategic communications, training, and facilities management.
Price reposition and promotion rationalisation – Bensons for Beds
CEO wanted to understand promotional spend and ROI….. Promotions are a huge part of sales participation in the bed & mattress marketplace – they provide something to shout to customers about and give a timed call to action. However, its very difficult to determine which promotions add value or drive a return on investment. For...
Successful Acquisition and Integration: Expanding Capabilities in a Global Payroll Company
A well-established global payroll company was making its first acquisition of another business. The task was to ensure that all appropriate Due Diligence was performed and recorded, and that plans were in place for an effective integration of the acquired organisation. This acquisition involved a UK company purchasing an offshore business based in Europe, bringing...
New member to the Hive settling in
A new member joined the HiveMind Network, feeling overwhelmed by the platform and unsure of how to make the most of their membership.
Information Compliance with a Business Change approach
The customer did not have an adequate, user-friendly and modern recordkeeping system for staff to use increasing the risk of breaching the Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act and the General Data Protection Regulation. They also had no way to monitor or report on information stored across multiple solutions and disparate ways of working...
Indirects Stock Reduction
Manufacturer had more capital tied up in indirect stock than direct goods. A chemical manufacturer with multiple process plants sourced mechanical seals supplied from one supplier. This was a key supplier and the cost of change to a different provider would be too high. We were also happy with the quality of the goods provided...
Organisation’s First Steps in Digital Procurement
Charity had onerous steps for buying routine, low value purchases and needed to release key colleagues from admin tasks. The main ‘purchase to pay’ cycle was undertaken by the requisitioner, meaning that high-value roles including specialist researchers and scientists were tied up in the administration of raising purchase orders. The current system made it difficult...
Creating a new way of thinking and prioritising
With ambitious goals and lots of activity in discussion and new senior managers, there was a desire to implement an agile approach with reusable tools, that determined priorities and an action plan aligned to the business strategy.
Effective outsourcing / offshoring
Woven Solutions is a boutique business process outsourcer (BPO) servicing over 800 clients from 4 UK & 2 overseas locations. They had acquired a specialist overseas organisation and so wanted to take advantage of these skills across the group and gain the benefits of offshoring. The key to successful outsourcing of any kind is to...
