Name

Typical Duration

Includes

Deliverable

Business Analysis

5 days consecutive

·         Identify key hand full of business processes and document them

·         A report identifying key strengths and weaknesses

·         Business Playbook

Executive Offsite

2 days

·         Develop Vision, SWOT analysis, Must do’s, Plans

·         Common direction

·         Action Plan

Vision Formulation

½ to 1 day

·         Review of company values, aspirations

·         A draft company Vision statement

SWOT analysis

1 day

·         Facilitation of a Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat analysis review

·         High level analysis to inform strategy

Gap Analysis – Action Plan

1 day

·         Where is the business vs. where we would like it to be

·         Action plan to get on track

Key Strategic Imperatives

½ to 2 days

·         Consensus of imperatives

·         Handful of “Must do’s”

Key Business Indicators (Balanced Score Card)

1 to 3 days

·         Consensus of measures

·         Dashboard

·         Measures of success

Market Plan Analysis

2 days

·         Market segmentation, total vs. served markets

·         Recommendations – affirmation

Market – Sales Plan

2 days

·         Are you focused on the correct markets and products to realize your strategic objectives?

·         Market/Sales Action Plan

Detailed Process Analysis

All businesses

5 days non-consecutive over 2 to 3 weeks

·         Process flow, understand inputs and outputs, suppliers and customers, potential process failures

·         Team collaboration

·         Process map

·         Supplier – Customer analysis

·         Process Risk analysis

Develop Your Company’s Quality Plan

2 weeks

·         Apply statistical approach to:

§  Deliverables to customers

§  Suppliers

§  Customer feedback

·         Quality Plan

·         Quality Plan Implementation Manual

Develop a New Product Launch Plan

1 week

·         Gates reviews and requirements

·         Concurrent activities

·         Develop and document a New Product Implementation process customized for your business

Support ERP/MRP implementation from operations point-of-view

1-3 weeks

·         Keep eye on required metrics

·         Ensure tool will manage future

§  Allocation

§  Safety stocks

§  Indented builds

·         Costing

·         Standard vs. actual cost

·         Back vs. forward flushing

·         Robust Enterprise / Materials & Resource Planning system geared to client requirements

Supply Chain Analysis

1 week

·         Strategy for procurement

·         Classification of components into ABCD

·         Develop strategies for improving turns, reducing total cost

·         Develop score card for key suppliers

Review of Purchasing Strategy with an eye to Effective Supply Chain Management

1 to 3 days

·         Analysis of the commodities purchased,

·         sourcing agreements

·         logistics

·         Formulated purchasing strategy implemented on the two top commodities

Human Resources Review

2 days

·         Perform audit(s), reviews and evaluate current practices

·         Recommendation – affirmation

Executive Team, Energizer/Reenergizer

2 days

·         What is important to team success-focus on success

·         Develop focus

·         Energized team

Team Building

Various schedules and formats

·         Personality types of team members

·         Connected team