The Managing Director of an engineering company manufacturing different types Power Tools (drilling and grinding machines) for different applications, called me and said that he was very much embarrassed in the recent Board meeting as he could not improve the performance of the company despite investment in several CNC machines. Accordingly, requested me to provide...
Supply chain transformation
A leading pharmaceutical company dealing with Animal Health products was facing difficulties in meeting on time deliveries. In addition, the company was growing with a lower percentage as compared to the growth rate of the overall pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, the Management of the company assigned the professional work to improve the performance of supply chain...
ISO 27001 in 6 months
The business had several banking clients using our internally hosted software platform to manage it’s built assets. As one might expect, they had an audit requirement for our systems to be ISO27001 compliant. The business had kicked this can down the road for several years to the point that it had become a deal breaker...
Relationship Healthcheck for Outsourced Organisation
Customer had issues with with their Outsourcing Service Provider and the relationship went sour. Question was how to solved this and how to improve the relationship and the services delivered.
Streamlining Sourcing Strategy for Multiple Financial Institutions
Several financial institutions were confronted with the challenge of developing a next-generation sourcing strategy. This strategy needed to take into account business requirements, risks, internal and external capabilities, and the business case.
Procure to Pay Process Engagement
The Procurement & Finance functions were disengaged with a project which entailed installing a case management and ERP system. This prevented the project progressing at the pace desired preventing key strategic deliverables being met.
Applications Rationalisation for Two Local Authorities
In 2016, two local Authorities in London (The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Wandsworth Borough Council), in order to make savings of £1m per year, formed a Shared Staffing Agreement (SSA).
Challenger transformation
Corporate Executive Board (CEB) had undertaken the first major piece of research into how and why people make purchasing decisions, since Professor Neil Rackham’s research on SPIN selling.
Sales team turnaround
GFI Software, a SaaS MSP provider catering to the small to mid market of MSP’s Had neared market saturation and their SaaS business model was becoming unpredictable and revenue growth was falling.
Crisis management 2006 Lebanon war
When Israel invaded Lebanon in 2006, most had not seen it coming. a major British Pharma company had had their executive conference in Beirut the week before with over 200 of their senior most business leaders there. Many travellers had seen Lebanon and Beiruit as a safe and once more flourishing holiday destination in the...