Performing strategic market analyses
There is a continuous demand for capacity and efficient goods handling. Do you need assistance to take investment decisions or perform strategic market analyses?
In order to ensure that your market strategy is aligned with your business model and risk appetite, we can help you:
- manage your competitive position and recommend action for the immediate and long-term future, through strategic SWOT analyses and by benchmarking best practice;
- assess growth potential, underlying growth drivers, demand/supply and under/overcapacity, through value-enhancing strategic market-segmentation;
- define appropriate pricing structures and price levels. We assist you in enhancing value through upward pricing potentials based on our pricing framework.
Supply chain collaboration, network operations & optimisation
We can help organisations focus on core strengths to achieve mutual benefits through:
- assessing the benefits, risks and costs of engaging in supply-chain collaboration;
- establishing shared business objectives and trust;
- supporting companies to improve network efficiency and delivery performance through network simulation. By testing different scenarios, the risks are reduced. At the same time, this enables market leaders to pinpoint bottlenecks and inefficient processes and structures, and gain a greater perspective on how to optimise operations and performance.
Real estate investments
T&L invariably involves major real estate investments. Have you already checked whether your real estate is being efficiently managed?
We can help you with:
- real estate strategy (own, lease, sell, sale and leaseback, consolidation etc.);
- location strategy & feasibility;
- real estate transaction structuring and due diligence;
- taxation issues (optimisation of real estate taxes, VAT recovery etc.).
Improving IT effectiveness
Optimum use of ICT and new technologies such as RFID produces cost-saving opportunities. Are you optimally taking advantage of these technologies?
Our services and solutions include assistance in the following domains:
- enabling business through information technology;
- information security, risk and compliance;
- office of the CIO;
- electronic procurement and electronic invoicing.
Improving financial effectiveness
Our services and solutions include assistance in the following domains:
- shared service centres;
- organisational design;
- process improvement (GL, AR, AP, consolidation, smart close);
- financial systems and business intelligence;
- best practices and finance diagnostics;
- costing and profitability;
Working capital
We can work with you to:
- identify where and to what extent cash can be unlocked from your current working capital;
- improve your end-to-end processes in order to sustain optimised working capital levels.
Maximising your revenues
Many companies put emphasis on cost control. Have you already checked whether the entire selling process has also been optimally set up so that any revenue leakage is avoided?
We distinguish five keys to revenue management that can raise your profits to a higher level:
- do you know how your customers value your products or services?
- are you aware of your best pricing levels and optimum price/volume trade-offs?
- do you know your costs of service? Are they customer-specific? Can you track true costs and profitability at a transaction level?
- do you know what revenue leakages can occur in your type of organisation?
- do you embed durable revenue responsibility into your organisation?
Controlling fuel costs
Fuel prices account for a considerable part of transport costs. Have you already reflected on ways to optimally control the cost of fuel?
We can advise you on:
- setting up Fuel Risk and Treasury Risk Management functions / systems;
- defining Fuel and Treasury Risk Management Policies (physical versus financial hedging, choice of hedging instruments, hedging horizon, etc.);
- IAS 39/FAS 33, e.g. implementation of hedge accounting.
Peter Van den Eynde
