- Identification of external and internal factors affecting the decline in operating indicators and financial results, hindering the development of the business as a whole, when the owners or management of the company require independent (external) expertise in situations of business stagnation, preparation for sale, or the owners' exit from operational management of the company;
- Conducting a comprehensive analysis of the management and financial condition of the company on the eve of its acquisition, or after the transition to new owners, including in mergers and acquisitions, inheritance, etc.
Tasks- Identification of external and internal factors affecting the decline in operating indicators and financial results, hindering the development of the business as a whole, when the owners or management of the company require independent (external) expertise in situations of business stagnation, preparation for sale, or the owners' exit from operational management of the company;
- Conducting a comprehensive management and financial condition of the company on the eve of its acquisition, or after the transition to new owners, including in mergers and acquisitions, inheritance, etc.
Approximate scope of work- Business diagnostics includes data collection, systematization and analysis in the following composition:
- Actual organizational, functional and operational structure of the business;
- Business processes;
- Interviews with key personnel;
- Management efficiency, by key parameters;
- Products/services, their MVP, TRL;
- Production technology. Production process;
- Competitive environment. Assortment policy
- Sales system and sales profitability;
- Suppliers, contractors, customers;
- Formation of production and sales costs;
- Cash flows;
- Competitor analysis;
- SWOT analysis of the current operating model (strengths, weaknesses, risks and competitive advantages, internal and external factors);
The final business diagnostics report includes:Short-term strategy for stabilizing and improving operational performance and key business drivers:
- Description of existing problem areas, risks, and untapped potential of the company identified during the diagnostics, and ways to eliminate them;
- Business plan for the implementation of the proposed strategy, including a financial model
Long-term business development strategy:- Growth strategy - a description of actions and activities aimed at strengthening the positive results of the implementation of the short-term strategy, and the planned exit of the business to long-term target indicators;
- Business plan for the implementation of the proposed strategy, including a financial model.