Profitability Improvement

Nanotechnology - Protective Coatings

 Our client had a strategic challenge to improve net profit by £1 million in the current financial year. Using the PDS structured methodology the most significant opportunities were identified in the productivity gap. PDS developed and implemented strategies with the client's management team to close the gap and realise the £1 million net profit improvement inside 10 months.

Due Diligence

Engineering - Metal Pressings

A commercial due diligence assignment to establish a confidence interval for the future sales turnover of the combined operations of 4 metal pressings plants subject to a merger through acquisition. This was a significant piece of work that was used by the MBO, VC syndicate, banks and legal teams as a basis for price negotiation, financial modelling and sensitivity analysis.

Risk Review and Recommendation

Electronics - Wireless Technology Application Developer

In this case our client was a VC that was undecided whether to continue its investment in a technology development company. PDS researched the market potential and forecast growth and likelihood of success for the application. We also evaluated the risks and market access strategies currently pursued and made recommendations.

Governance and Improvement Systems

Global Vehicle Manufacturer and Distributor

Our client is a global organisation marketing, sourcing and distributing aftersales service parts. The organisation heads a $16 billion value chain.

 The Division undertook a global re-engineering exercise in inventory and logistics management. It called in PDS to ensure that the global strategies were converted into deliverable goals and to develop the improvement system to manage in those goals.

PDS simplified the Strategy, facilitated the development of the goals with the associated metrics and developed the management and improvement techniques.

PDS oversaw the systems developments required to align the strategy to the goals and metrics. PDS trained the organisation in the effective use of the management and improvement techniques and coached the organisation's improvement efforts.

Significant improvement in stockturn, operating cost and owner loyalty was delivered.

Integrated Business Management

Aerospace - Tier 1 - Systems Manufacturer

Working with the Senior Management team in this organisation we took them through each of the elements of the Sales & Operations Planning process (S&OP) to develop a robust integrated business management system. Our work has seen direct benefits through improved delivery and efficiency. Indirect benefits include improved co-ordination across the management team and assurance of high Rolls-Royce STEP assessment scores under the S&OP requirement category.

Supply Chain Development

Aerospace - Tier 1 - Systems Manufacturer

We worked with a division of a UK based Tier 1 supplier to Rolls-Royce to develop their supply chain to meet their growth plan. Those suppliers identified as strategically most critical to meet the growth plan gained direct support from PDS. This enabled significant improvement in both their output performance to the Host and their other customers and also development of their internal systems to ensure sustainable future performance. This programme operated over a 12 month period.

Similar supply chain improvement programmes have been undertaken with divisions of other major automotive and aerospace Tier 1’s.

Systems Integrator Strategy

Aerospace - Tier 1 Supplier

PDS worked with an Aerospace company with ambitious plans to grow the value of its business. Together we developed and implemented a strategy to position our client as a supply chain integrator providing complete kits of parts to Rolls Royce. This approach generated a three fold increase in sales turnover in the first 12 months. Crossover opportunities to other Rolls Royce divisions as well as other new customers will see sales increase in excess of five times by the end of the second year.