We offer a wide range of industry specific consultancy services
including:
Benchmarking – We benchmark commercial and digital printers with between 5 and 40 employees, and supply participants who supply their data with a comprehensive benchmark report FREE OF CHARGE. The report will details key market trends, and benchmark individual companies against industry best practices. This is a great way to take out the guesswork of where you are in the market place, where you are performing well and where you are perhaps faring poorly. We have prepared a simple XL data input sheet, which also shows a sample of a completed form, and what the final report will provide you, for you to evaluate. We assure you that your data will be kept in strict confidence.
Business Appraisals – You may want your business appraised for all kinds of reasons. It might be part of your normal business planning activity, part of a business sale preparation, in preparation for shareholders wishing to retire, to prepare for a management buy in or merger discussions, or in the face of matrimonial disputes or other personal situations. You may also benefit from an independent appraisal to provide the basis for defining your business strategy.
Business strategy and planning – Staying "as is" probably means a business is going backwards. A business plan forces proprietors to think about their business - where you are now, where you want or need to be, and how you can get your business there. It must be realistic and strategic.
Marketing Audits – We analyse your business marketing effort, look at what you are currently doing and where the gaps may be. Like all our services, these marketing audits have been built specifically around the needs of the print, graphic communications and allied industries.
Marketing Plans – Most printers are good at printing, but marketing is often neglected to the detriment of the business. We can help you develop a structured marketing plan...and then help you put it into action. Implementing strategic marketing can make a huge difference to your business, and we understand how to leverage this critical business function to your advantage.
Exit Planning – Every business should aim to be 'exit ready'. In the process of making your business exit ready, you'll focus on what is really important – what is going to drive the value of your business up and make it attractive to potential purchasers or partners? Or, if you are looking at an internal management restructure, who has the qualities needed to take on senior management roles? What do you need to do to prepare for the transition? Your exit plan may also include implementing systems and processes so you can work less in the business, while you pass on the reigns to others.
Facilitating
Mergers and Alliances – Most business owners view this option as too hard, but the truth is that getting together with like-minded businesses can often produce very good results. Consider the efficiencies that could be gained by sharing services, premises, staff and machinery. There is no doubt that mergers and alliances can provide real financial performance benefits and manufacturing efficiencies to proprietors. We help bring the parties together and facilitate the deal.
Facilitating Monthly Management Meetings – Many businesses lack regular structured management meetings. Without these meetings important issues are discussed in an ad hoc basis, when time permits...or ignored altogether. Sometimes the best laid plans just simply never get actioned. Regular structured meetings focus attention on what needs to be done to achieve goals and ensures everyone is clear on their responsibilities and actions. We can facilitate these meetings directly or remotely, based on a proven structure.
