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Digital Transformation Case Study – Inflection Point
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a Reply- $6M in annual savings
- $15M in future cost avoidance
- $2+M working capital reduction
- 900% ROI
- Reduced new product cycle times from weeks to days
This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Case Studies, Inflection Point, Manufacturing and Distribution, Market Effectiveness, Strategy 5.0, on October 17, 2021 -
Inflection Point and the Wealth Effect – 2 Strategies
By: Admin | Leave a ReplyI was recently having a conversation with Jim Gitney, the CEO of Group50 Consulting and he was talking about the Inflection Point of one of his clients. The company is a 2nd generation manufacturer, who is in a significant growth mode. Mom and Dad still own a majority of the company, with 2 of their 3 children running the day-to-day activities. This company has hit an inflection point with its growth plans though. Their systems, people and processes are strained …Read More
This entry was posted in Exit Planning and Transition, Inflection Point, on October 3, 2021 -
Solemn Memorial Day
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyI am not going to wish you “Happy Memorial Day”, I am going to wish all of us a “Solemn Memorial Day”.During this weekend, I have been touched by the thought of Freedom. Over the last 16 months, we have not been “totally” free. We have tasted what it is like to be restricted in our freedoms, reminded of what it must be like for billions of people around the world who can’t enjoy the freedoms we expect and mostly take for granted. The pandemic, like many other attempts to restrict our freedoms is behind us, but not for billions of people around the globe.This entry was posted in Weekend Thought, on May 31, 2021 -
Strategy Doesn’t Matter – Unless You Can Execute It…
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyStudies indicate that 90% of all companies do not execute their strategic plans effectively. So, only 10% of companies execute their strategies!? Why is there a problem with Strategic Execution™; the ability to implement strategy effectively and sustainably? Is it because they don’t care? Feel like strategy is a check the box activity?
There are multiple issues here that companies need to deal with: …Read More
This entry was posted in Inflection Point, Market Effectiveness, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategy 5.0, on May 2, 2021 -
Don’t Sell Products, Sell Systems – The Product Lifecycle Revenue Model
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThe concept of “system selling” is applicable to all products and services. System selling extends the lifecycle revenue of products and services. The wisdom of offering products and services that don’t stand alone, but which intimately fit into a greater system for the end user or client, continues to be sound and exploitable by marketers. It is a necessary element in OMNI channel strategies, product management and the Product Lifecycle Revenue Model. Why? …Read More
This entry was posted in Manufacturing and Distribution, Market Effectiveness, Product Development, Strategy 5.0, on April 25, 2021 -
Is Your Company at an Inflection Point?
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyEvery company comes to at least one business or economic Inflection Point during its lifecycle. Inflection points are when a company’s size is straining its people, processes and technologies. This typically happens at revenue ranges of $10, $25, 50, $125m $250 and $500 million in annual revenues, i.e., when they double in size, but it can also happen at an economic inflection point where a downturn in the economy has caused the company to downsize and it struggles to handle the growth from an economic upturn.
The challenge of an inflection point is that it takes time for leadership teams to …Read More
This entry was posted in Inflection Point, Strategy 5.0, on March 12, 2021 -
Strategic Maturity – An Imperative at This Economic Inflection Point
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyStrategy and its execution are a challenge for every organization, especially now with the economic inflection point every company and consumer is facing. Strategic Maturity is where a company develops a cohesive strategy and executes it through the participation of all stakeholders (Board of Directors, employees, suppliers, customers, end users and contractors). Being a class B company further complicates the matter. Strategic maturity is now more important than ever and has become an imperative. Without it, companies will not be able to …Read More
This entry was posted in Inflection Point, Strategy 5.0, on March 4, 2021 -
Podcast With Jim Gitney on What to do About Moving Through an Inflection Point
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyGrowing a business is not as simple as applying a sales formula or launching an innovative product. The approach for growth changes as your business evolves through its business life cycle. Each time a company doubles in size, it hits an inflection point: a time in a company’s life cycle where its people, processes, and technologies are struggling to support the business. When that happens, …Read More
This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Inflection Point, Podcasts, Strategy 5.0, on February 12, 2021 -
Strategic Planning Playbook
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyWe recently published a blog on Virtual Strategic Planning and have received many inquiries from readers for more information. We believe that getting your strategic plan right for 2021 and beyond is the most important thing a company can do. Because of that we have decided to offer our strategic planning playbook free to anyone who requests it. If you want a copy, send us a request to info@group50.com or request it here. …Read More
This entry was posted in Exit Planning and Transition, M&A, Manufacturing and Distribution, Market Effectiveness, Organizational Development, Playbooks, Product Development, Strategy 5.0, on November 20, 2020 -
Virtual Strategic Planning and Strategic Execution
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThe majority of our consulting work has been virtual and like everyone else we have adapted by developing a virtual strategic planning and strategic execution process. To us and our clients, this remote workforce thing has not been as bad as people feared. Many leaders believe that employees are more productive when working from home and several companies are reducing office space and headcount because of it – one part of their strategic plan. They all agree that executing strategy has presented more challenges because …Read More
This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Global Initiatives, M&A, Manufacturing and Distribution, Market Effectiveness, Organizational Development, Product Development, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, on September 30, 2020 -
Navigating Growth Through an Inflection Point
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyWe recently worked on a project that required the integration of two $30M companies. Both had grown to this size in a short period of time and had systems that supported their individual sizes relatively well. When the two were combined, they pushed across an inflection point. An inflections point is when a company’s systems, business processes and organization structure are struggling to support the size of the company and are incapable of supporting future growth to the next inflection point. …Read More
This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Business Transformation, Inflection Point, Strategy 5.0, on September 14, 2020 -
Managing Your Way Through 2020 and Beyond – Part II
By: Admin | Leave a ReplyIt has been a wild ride the last 6 months and most companies have completed the first of three phases: Stabilize, Reconfigure, Recover. Strategic and tactical planning for the next 12-18 months will be critical for companies. Senior leadership teams need to focus on the Reconfigure stage and define how they will redefine their business models in preparation for the Recover phase. In the video below, Jim Gitney, the CEO of Group50 Consulting, discusses the key …Read More
This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Market Effectiveness, Re-Opening Your Business, Strategy 5.0, on September 5, 2020 -
Market Effectiveness – Marketing That Doesn’t Erode Your Profit Margins
By: Alfredo Romero | Leave a ReplyIt’s not how much money you make; it’s how much you get to keep. Unfortunately, as the cost of labor, materials and shipping goes up your profit margins go down and you get to keep less and less of your revenue. The natural response to this dilemma for many organizations is to raise prices, reduce services, cut overhead or just accept lower margins and hope to make up for it in volume. Any one of these options has risks that must be weighed very carefully. If only there was a way …Read More
This entry was posted in Market Effectiveness, on August 27, 2020 -
Post Merger Integration ( PMI ) Playbook
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyIt is reported that 70-90% of mergers & integrations don’t deliver the value that justified the acquisition. There are many reasons, but the primary ones that tank ROI are a lack of focus related to Strategy, Culture, Project Management, Customers and Sales. Post merger integration failures typically fall into what we call the 5th stage of M&A: Alignment and Optimization which completes the integration. In order to help companies understand the depth of this challenge, Group50 has developed a post merger integration ( PMI ) playbook …Read More
This entry was posted in M&A, Manufacturing and Distribution, Playbooks, Strategy 5.0, on July 14, 2020 -
Supply Chain Playbook
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThe development of a global world class supply chain is a challenge in good times, but is really tested when a supply chain is significantly disrupted. During periods of supply and demand disruptions, like we are currently experiencing, the concept of world class is severely tested. As companies are attempting to understand the resiliency of their supply chain, …Read More
This entry was posted in Information Technology, Manufacturing and Distribution, Playbooks, Supply Chain Optimization, on July 13, 2020 -
Change Management in the Current Environment
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyOver the last few months, none of us have been operating as usual. Swift action has taken place in all parts of every business. Actions that typically would take months of reviews and decision making have been done in weeks, days and hours. In trying times, we bypass the strict regimen of decision making and discard many of the minor concerns that get in the way of quick decision making. That is possible because business teams have …Read More
This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Organizational Development, Re-Opening Your Business, on June 11, 2020 -
Supply Chain Risk – Supply Chain Resiliency – Knowing Where You Are Vulnerable and Doing Something About it
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplySupply Chain Risk and Supply Chain Resiliency are very real threats to companies as they try to recover from the pandemic, or any other disruption. It’s a topic that most companies don’t spend a lot of time on. They expect their Tier 1 suppliers to manage this reliably deliver just in time with high quality and low cost. Over the last 50 years, supply chains have evolved into complex global networks that few companies understand beyond …Read More
This entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, Supply Chain Optimization, on June 5, 2020 -
Re-Opening Your Business – Best Practices Series
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThis article is the first in a series of articles on Re-opening your business. They will be written by Jim Gitney, CEO of Group50 Consulting, manufacturing, distribution and supply chain experts, and Cindy Flynn, Partner at Hackler Flynn, a labor law firm . In this series, we will talk about best practices and tips and techniques that we are learning from our clients who have opened their businesses. A lot of great work is being done and you, as a business owner, should not be faced with re-opening your business in …Read More
This entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, on June 4, 2020 -
World Class Manufacturing and Distribution – Wrap Technologies – Group50
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThe Group50 team and I are very proud of working with Wrap Technologies (WRTC) to design and implement a world class manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure for their BolaWrap 100 restraint device which significantly reduces the force required to subdue suspects – taking the brutality out of apprehending suspects and making policing safer. In this project, we worked with the WRAP team to implement their technology backbone, create their supply chain operating and management systems and design their manufacturing facilities and production cells. Made in America from the ground up. Seldom do we get this type of opportunity and we are focused on implementing more manufacturing in America.This entry was posted in Business Transformation, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Distribution, Supply Chain Optimization, on June 3, 2020 -
What is Fractional Marketing – A Way to Accelerate Your Market Effectiveness
By: Alfredo Romero | Leave a ReplyEvery business owner wonders what more their company can do in marketing and sales. This is the reason why they have sales meetings, create action plans and track what the competition is doing. There is always an opportunity to improve, to move forward, to get more customers and to grow sales. In today’s environment, companies are faced with a perfect opportunity to take market share and improve market effectiveness. When …Read More
This entry was posted in Market Effectiveness, on June 2, 2020 -
90 Day Tactical Plan – The Future of Your Business
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyThe global economy is re-opening and the decisions you make in the next 90 days will define the future of your business. Studies have shown that companies who are innovative and transformative during a recession outperform their peers. In a previous blog – Managing Your Way Through 2020, we offered a playbook for re-opening your business and a three phase strategy to support it. Most businesses are …Read More
This entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, Strategy 5.0, on May 27, 2020 -
Market Effectiveness in the New Normal
By: Alfredo Romero | Leave a ReplyBy many accounts, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has peaked and is slowing down. And while there is still some time before stay-at-home orders are lifted and non-essential businesses are allowed to reopen nationwide, there is an end in sight. It has been a very difficult time for businesses and individuals; the repercussions of the event will …Read More
This entry was posted in Market Effectiveness, Re-Opening Your Business, on May 11, 2020 -
Managing Your Way Through 2020
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyIn managing your way through 2020 it is imperative that you and your leadership team carefully plan the balance of the year. In this video presentation by Jim Gitney, the CEO of Group50 Consulting, who has been through 7 economic cycles during his career talks about a 3-phase approach to the balance of 2020. …Read More
This entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, Strategy 5.0, on May 7, 2020 -
Re-Opening Your Business – Playbook
By: Jim Gitney | Leave a ReplyEvery business owner is challenged with Re-Opening their business as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are slowly lifted. There are myriad things to consider and inputs on how to do it from the federal government, states and localities. Each have a different approach and set of recommendations. Trying to find relevant guidance can be a daunting …Read More
This entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, Strategy 5.0, on May 6, 2020 -
Make America Great Again? – Failure in the First Degree
By: Admin | Leave a ReplyWe have been fortunate in that none of our family or close associates and friends that we know have gotten sick from COVID-19. As we sit at home attempting to construct some level of normalcy, I struggle with the magnificent failure of a system that is incapable of meeting the needs of its citizens. A system that has prioritized economics over public health. While the government, in record time, is pumping trillions of dollars into the economy to stop financial Armageddon, it has failed to put …Read More
This entry was posted in Strategy 5.0, on April 24, 2020
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