The business support services provided by Improve Business Solutions are geared towards not only initiating change but ones which make a tangible difference to your business. We become your helping hand.
Our Consultants work towards making your company more profitable, to do this we work to reducing your costs and ultimately improve the processes in your business, so that your people work smarter, more efficiently and to set agreed processes.
Our range of business support services are not only cost-effective but flexible. You may decide to use our business support for one part of a project or in a specific part of your business, or you may have us review your current systems and processes.
Whatever way you decide to use our services, whether it be daily, weekly or monthly. You will join our list of existing customers who have seen their business strategies realigned, developed an understanding of their core competencies and realised opportunities for their business, which has in turn provided clarity and enabled a renewed focus. Most importantly key step decisions have been made which has driven growth in the business and retained existing customers.
The process begins with a two-way consultation with our Consultants to understand that there is a business fit between the two companies, we discuss what you want, identify what your needs are and how we can help you achieve your goals with our business services.
This we then follow-up by creating a strategy according to your needs and start focusing and dedicating our efforts on the following areas of your business:
We appreciate the pressures that business owners are under and the time restraints you face, through our business services we provide business owners cost-effective management support and a helping hand to enable businesses to understand their core competencies, what strengths they possess, what opportunities exist for them, where they sit in the market and analyse what competitor activity is taking place. We will help you plan out the next steps for your business.
We will help you asses how you are currently acquiring customers, identify your ideal customer, what your value proposition is and what your unique selling point is that you offer. This will then enable you to enter your market competitively and grow your business..
- Create a renewed focus and direction
- Identify and plan your business opportunities
- Manage, evolve and grow your business
- Differentiate yourself from your competitors
- Remain competitive in your market.
Our business services will enable you to define your long and short term goals along with clarifying the vision and values that represent your business. A better understanding of the market, competitor offering and how to differentiate your service will be gained. Our business services will also help you achieve and implement your targets and goals and enable your business to improve.
Most Businesses at any given time are operating with inefficient supply chains, whether this be holding insufficient or excess inventory, residual and obsolete stock, poor service levels, inefficient use of the factory or excess down time or frequent changes in production, inaccurate forecasting and so on. All these issues lead to excess costs being absorbed by the business unnecessarily and all in the main due to lack of planning and poor unresponsive Supply Chains and Operations..
With our Supply Chain services we have undertaken end to end audits of supply chains and implemented best practice within Customer Services, Logistics, Stock Management & Counting. Raw Material Ordering and Forecast / Sales Planning to enable a responsive supply chain.
- Reduce inventory and increase stock availability.
- Organise your transport and warehousing
- Increase service levels and planning of sales
- Improve forecasting and demand planning
- Minimise slow moving, obsolete and residual stock,
Our Supply Chain Consultancy business services helps businesses improve each aspect of the supply chain operation by understanding the triggers and signals that are being sent within the business. We identify ways of reducing expenditure and improving collaboration across the business between 3rd party logistics providers, suppliers, customers and the key stakeholders across the supply chain
By promoting greater collaboration and communication of information both internally and externally with suppliers and customers our business services will enhance your S&OP process to hi-light issues before they occur and deal efficiently with those that arise. We work towards fostering a pro-active environment of open dialogue and one which develops empathy, confidence and trust.
We possess experience of working with key stakeholders across the departments and hierarchy of a business, we appreciate the pressures and challenges each function faces and the effects of action or inaction. We are adept at introducing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the business to ensure your finger is on the pulse and that you have visibility of your business.
- Implement a smooth S&OP process
- Encourage an environment of greater collaboration
- Maximise production cycles and understand utilisation and capacity
- Introduce a series of relevant KPIs that can be reported easily
- Identify recurring issues and work to resolve them effectively
By carrying out root cause analysis of your operational issues we get to the source of the problem and implement methods and carry out corrective action to prevent these issues from re occurring. We will look at what reports, systems, processes and channels of communication you have on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and will recommend best practice for you.
There may be an idea or a vision that you have had for a while but have not quite had the opportunity or time to make it a reality or it may be you just don’t know where to start from and ideally need some guidance to get going or help to deliver the project. We have experience of helping businesses meet compliance and accreditation requirements, NPD launches, range transition, new build projects and start ups..
We have managed projects for our clients across a variety of industries and we have experience of working with both the larger FMCGs as well the smaller local companies. We pride ourselves on providing a tailored project management service that assists our clients in delivering results.
- Qualified Prince2 and PMP practitioners
- Simplified step by step breakdown of tasks
- Minimise risks and understand opportunities
- Regular updates and review process
- Ensure project deadlines and costs are met.
With our business services we take the stress away for you by cutting through the complexities, we break your project down into phases and deal with the relevant parties on your behalf to ensure your project is managed through correctly to successful delivery of your project on time and at the right cost – in essence we become your trusted advisor.
If you are serious about wanting to Improve and Grow your business, our Business Consultants will help you with our business support services in a flexible manner and become involved as much as you wish, all depending on the nature of your needs and of course your budget.
By utilising our cost-effective Business Support Services we are here to provide small to medium-sized businesses the opportunity to change and improve by providing professional and experienced guidance and support.
SOME OF THE COMPANIES WE HAVE HELPED
