| Management Consulting looks into developing the optimal structures and operational procedures to underpin business models and achieve strategic objectives, (e.g. selling). Projects are concerned with putting together resources and an action plan to achieve quantifiable results pursuing such objectives. We heard the basic marketing, the 4 Ps, but what price is best, what promotion/advertising, what place and as suggested, what product, (analysis into substitutes and competitors)? And onwards, what after sale service and so forth? Of course managers have the entrepreneur spirit to drive their own new ventures but a FABCP consultant can provide the expertise and leadership to develop and roll it out without the need to commit large human and physical resources just to a project, reduce uncertainty, limit risk and make a difference to the bottom line!! Who is going to physically manage the project if the managers are already busy thriving their respective business units! The consultant will often spend sometime on the field to experience first hand its systems and culture. They will not force a preconceived generic framework copied from a book. This is because one size does not fit all and markets are in motion, real solutions must be adapted to individual constrains to be meaningful. | Implementation of new processes as businesses grow: Planning sales and development strategies Planning full marketing and advertising cycles Finance, accounting systems, pricing & credit policies IT facilities/information flow, control and reporting systems Defining layers of management, hierarchies, lines of communication and areas of responsibility Outsourcing/procurement/supply chain and distribution Stock and product lines Mapping out product life cycle Mapping out human resources needs, developing roles and job descriptions Training Drafting policies and trading terms & conditions Investment valuation Consolidation of two or more business segments Customer service Best practice and ethics |