Tag Archive for 'profit improvement'

Manufacturing and Distribution Business

The Challenge: This was a $60M business that had good earnings history, but due to economic factors and some management disciplines, spending and overhead structure …

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Posted in Case Study and Case Study - Mergers and Acquisitions

Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution Business

The Challenge: This was a reasonably profitable $80M manufacturing business located in the Midwest. The business was comprised of five manufacturing plants that all supplied …

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Posted in Case Study and Case Study - Selling Businesses

Business Turnaround Basics – Understanding the Real Cost of Factory Overhead

In today’s businesses, manufacturing overhead is often a major portion of product costs. There are two elements to overhead – variable and fixed costs. In …

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Posted in Blog Post, Restructuring Businesses and Struggling Businesses

Turnaround and Restructuring – Measuring the Cost of Delay

In continuing the discussion on the high cost of delays in making decisions, an important issue is to understand that delays in decision-making to take …

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Posted in Blog Post, Restructuring Businesses and Struggling Businesses

Retail Product Manufacturing Business

The Challenge: This was a $25M machining and assembly division that was experiencing high operating losses, providing poor customer service and suffering market share loss. …

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Posted in Case Study, Case Study - Restructuring Businesses, Restructuring Businesses and Struggling Businesses