We help companies to reduce operating costs and improve revenues.
We do this by revising and, when appropriate, automating business processes.
Since 1986 we have
helped companies of all sizes add more than $10 million to their bottom
lines.
Here is what our clients say about us.
We look at every business
process through the following formula:
"Profit = Value Perceived by Customer - Cost
of Production"
Sustainable Improvements
in the cost of production are often referred to as Operating
Advantage.
Operating advantage allows a company to earn a larger profit
than
competitors at the same level of sales, and results from performing
business
processes more efficiently. Efficiency
improvements can result from either lower cost per unit of activity, or
from
reducing the total number of actions required to complete a process.
For example, by automating the flow of
order
information from salesperson to production floor, a company may be able
to
operate with 25% fewer employees than a competitor.
Improvements in the Value Perceived by the
Customer are
often referred to as Structural
Advantage. Structural Advantage
modifies the product in the perception of the customer and gives them a
specific reason to desire your product over your competitor. Companies
that
have structural advantages should find it easier to attract new
customers,
enjoy greater customer loyalty, and may be able to charge higher prices
than
their competitors.
For example, a company makes a product that
can be
adapted for multiple configurations by the customer. This
reduces their need to maintain a larger
supply inventory to service their needs.
Because it reduces their cost of operations, they perceive the
product
as being worth more.
Hybrid: Many
times a project that begins as an Operating
Advantage project will uncover an unexpected opportunity to create
Structural Advantage and a company is
able to leap ahead of its competitors to enjoy unprecedented
growth and
profit.
For example, a project to improve inventory
management inside a company may result in the inventory data being
placed in a
database with real time updating of status.
This operating advantage may then be turned into a structural
advantage
by making the database accessible to customers through the web.
Our products and services are customized to create operating or structural advantage.