Post Merger Integration ( PMI ) Playbook
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Post Merger Integration ( PMI ) Playbook
By: Jim GitneyIt 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 MoreThis entry was posted in M&A, Manufacturing and Distribution, Playbooks, Strategy 5.0, on July 14, 2020 -
90 Day Tactical Plan – The Future of Your Business
By: Jim GitneyThe 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 MoreThis entry was posted in Re-Opening Your Business, Strategy 5.0, on May 27, 2020
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Managing Your Way Through 2020
By: Jim Gitney
In 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
Every 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: AdminWe 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 MoreThis entry was posted in Strategy 5.0, on April 24, 2020
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Leveraging the Paycheck Protection Act – Team Based Process Re-engineering
By: Jim GitneyIn the next few weeks, companies with under 500 employees will start receiving payments from the Paycheck Protection Act and all companies will continue to make important decisions on how to structure themselves to deal with the current downturn and prepare themselves for the future (Here is one view of the future …Read MoreThis entry was posted in Business Transformation, Cost Takeout, Manufacturing and Distribution, Organizational Development, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, Value stream mapping, on April 13, 2020
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Recession Planning and Fine Tuning Your Business Plan – Webcast
By: AdminGroup50 sponsored this webinar which focuses on Recession Planning and Fine Tuning a company’s business plan in turbulent times. Subject matter experts in Finance, Leadership and Operations discussed best practices and the Do’s and Don’ts they learned during their corporate and consulting careers and multiple economic cycles with hundreds of companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies such as GE, Black & Decker, Deloitte, Underwriters Laboratories and …Read MoreThis entry was posted in Business Transformation, Cost Takeout, Manufacturing and Distribution, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, on March 26, 2020
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Global Recession and Recession Planning – Are You Ready?
By: Jim GitneyWe are in a global recession according to global experts in a recent Forbes article. Don’t let this be your Kobayashi Maru – No Win Scenario. Every dollar not spent by consumers reduces downstream spending by 43% according to the current velocity of money statistics. No matter what business you are in, you are being impacted by this atypical recession, one that will likely rival the tech bubble of 2001 and the financial collapse of 2008. If you don’t agree, no need to read further, but can you really take that risk? …Read MoreThis entry was posted in Business Transformation, Cost Takeout, Manufacturing and Distribution, Organizational Development, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, on March 18, 2020
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Recession Planning Workshop
By: AdminWe are in a recession as declared by multiple well known business and financial leaders in a recent Forbes article. I completely agree and believe that this will parallel the financial crisis of 2009. Given that this atypical recession is here with unprecedented speed, Group50 has put together a Recession Planning Workshop that is designed to provide senior leaders and stakeholders with a full view of the inherent recession risk in a company. The workshop has an elapsed time of 1-2 …Read MoreThis entry was posted in Business Transformation, Strategy 5.0, on March 16, 2020
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The Impact of Value Stream Mapping: Organizations and Processes
By: Jim Gitney
The most successful way to look at unneeded business processes and their costs to the business is through a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) project. VSM provides a clear view of how various business processes are related to each other and assesses the need for those processes and how efficient they really are.
This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing and Distribution, Organizational Development, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, Value stream mapping, on March 4, 2020
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