Development and improvement of management control

Supporting migration of management control from a “home-made” model to a more advanced group system. Context The company produces automated packaging machinery. Turnover is about €80 million. The company is undergoing a phase of integration of their own systems with those of their parent company: from a basic management control system they are making the shift to a standardized group system. At the start of the assignment, their planning and control processes are neither well…

Growing export sales and breaking into new markets (usa)

A temporary Export Manager for an Italian textile company Problem The company is a leading player in the textile industry. It is family-run and has always focused on quality and design. It has grown thanks to licensing deals with high-quality women’s wear brands. Since the beginning of this millennium, the owners have decided to grow export sales. They hired a manager to accomplish this, and they succeeded in breaking into the ex-USSR markets. Recently, the…

Opening up a new market in africa, the Senegal case history

A French interim manager for an Italian chemical company The problem An Italian company that produces chemicals for agriculture contacts Contract Manager for managerial support in the development of their sales on the African market. Their aim is to improve sales performance in Africa. Contract Manager brings in a French interim management company with extensive experience of African markets. The solution In a short time, the French company selects a French manager of Congolese origin…

Relaunch and reorganization of a well-established wholesale distribution company

Restructuring of the sales organization, launch of online sales and optimization of logistics – with visible results in the short term Problem This is a wholesale company selling industrial goods, which has been on the market for many years.  It has always been profitable and financially solid.  However, over the last few years it has seen shrinking turnover and profits. What they face is: double-digit market growth competition from foreign new entries consolidation of small-scale…

Review of manufacturing and industrialization processes, and cost reduction

Problem The company is part of a diversified industrial group. It has been active for decades in the machine tools sector and has several plants in Italy and abroad. In the context of a rapidly changing market, the company has only partly managed to keep up with new technological needs. Despite their high technical performance, their machines are not competitive enough. Moreover, an old-fashioned organizational culture and obsolete procedures have had a negative impact on…

Upgrading the logistics processes of a distribution company

Problem The company distributes electrical supplies. It has been on the market for several years and has always focused on the quality of its products. The company processes a large number of orders daily. Orders vary widely in terms of product type, volume and value. The company has a modern ERP system and a modern warehousing system. The efficiency of the logistics system needs improving to guarantee ever shorter delivery times for their customers. Given…

Bringing about a step change in the quality management system

Context The company is part of a group that designs, produces and installs packaging machinery. Its employees have a high average seniority and there are many key figures possessing specialist knowhow which is not widely shared. For some years the company has faced high costs, arising from: unreliable design (in both content and time) – by far the most serious of their problems customer dissatisfaction with delivery times and quality (customers are largely small, family-owned…

Start-up of new production lines and increase in efficiency

Problem The company is part of a multinational group operating in the medical field. Thanks in part to the Covid-19 pandemic, demand is growing rapidly. The company is making significant investments in its automated production lines for product assembly to meet its productivity and efficiency objectives. The working methods of the plant personnel need to be upgraded to keep up with technological changes, to cut costs and delivery times, and to increase capacity. Solution Contract…

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