Strategy Development
Helbling Management Consulting supports organizations in reviewing and revising their strategies. The idea is that strategies must be completely aligned in order to ensure successful implementation at the owner/stockholder, overall company, divisional, and functional levels.
We aim to help our clients achieve an unique competitive position that enables them to generate sustainable growth and in particular to enhance value in line with the “Economic Value Added” (EVA) approach.
Drawing up a strategy generally involves the following steps:
- Recording the current strategic situation, gaining a clear understanding of the financial situation, value and loss drivers, and fundamental strategic options
- Looking at internal strengths and weaknesses
- External analysis of the environment, market, customers, competition, etc.
- Strategic conclusions, for example based on portfolio analyses, client benefit analyses, growth potential, earnings/value enhancement potential
- Drawing up and assessing options
- Deciding on preferred options
- Concrete business and implementation planning through strategic projects
Skills and experience
Helbling Management Consulting has many years of experience in all aspects of strategy work, in the manufacturing industry especially, as well as in other areas. Close collaboration with experts on the client side is a key feature of our approach. Contributions are defined on a case-by-case basis in line with client needs and can stretch from straightforward coaching as part of a standardized working process right up to extensive involvement on Helbling’s part, particularly in the analysis and development of both market and in-house potential. We focus strongly on quantitative methods and tie strategic considerations to financial ones, usually with the aid of medium-term plans and budgets, but also by employing balanced scorecards.
Project examples
Strategic review, merger and integration of a second office furniture manufacturer
As part of the strategy adopted by an office furniture manufacturer with the aim of becoming Switzerland’s leading manufacturer in the office furniture sector, it was necessary to check whether the…
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Developing/reviewing the corporate/business unit strategies
The growth strategy for a leading medium-sized provider of financial, tax and legal services needed to be reviewed and adapted if necessary. Over the course of four months, four business unit…
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Growth Program Design
To develop and implement a growth strategy for a company that is successful but dependent on a small number of key customers
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Strategic Market and Technology Analyses
To conduct research aimed at answering key strategic questions posed by the board of directors and developing a basic strategy with a view to organizing a comprehensive investment program
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Ownership Strategy Development
To work out, together with four families owning a highly diversified group of companies, the most important goals and interests as well as the ownership strategy and comprehensive succession…
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Strategy Audit, Strategy Development, and Organizational Structure Design
To review the entire strategy, reformulate the company and divisional strategies, and adapt the management and organizational structures
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Restructuring and Strategic Realignment
To identify potential for strategic and operational improvements and support realization for a firm that is heavily in the red and has changed its management following an extended period of negative…
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