Success stories
Fostering synergies and transversality for a construction & real estate company
The Challenge
In the context of external growth, a multi-brands and multi-products construction and real estate company wished to anticipate a change of scale, expecting to triple its turnover and double its workforce within the next 5 years. To secure the transition, the company needed to adapt its organization to capture the synergies and improve efficiency while keeping its entrepreneurial mindset.
The solutions
1 – STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS organization from diagnosis to target operating model
2 – OPTIMIZATION OF PURCHASING ORGANIZATION: Purchasing processes optimization, purchasing opportunities identification, supplier relationships securing, cross-functional purchasing department creation, workforce sizing
Customer benefits
+10%
Efficiency on support functions
+80M€
Purchasing gains
Key deliverables
Organization simplification
organization improvement levers per function
Purchasing Governance optimization
VMO – Implementing a Value-driven project management approach for an aerospace player
The Challenge
As part of its digital transformation program, a leading aerospace player was willing to build a value approach to efficiently manage its portfolio of digital projects and facilitate arbitration and decision-making.
The solutions
1
Design a value model Reconciliate the company’s long-term architecture vision with project roadmap Translate the corporate strategy into 6 scoring axes Ensure project roadmaps are in line with end-users priorities
2
Demonstrate value for money by implementing ways of working and routines to monitor execution
Customer benefits
1
value approach for the digital portfolio
6
axes to measure project value
150M€
of portfolio non-recurring costs allocated according to the expected value
Key deliverables
VALUE MODEL CONSISTENT WITH COMPANY’S PRIORITIES
OPERATING MODEL & GOVERNANCE TO OPERATIONALIZE VALUE APPROACH
Designing a High performing organization in the industry
Customer benefits
GROWTH
A customized operating model built to meet future growth challenges
EFFICIENCY
A lean organization, processes and structuration
The Challenge
Ambitious growth targets, a planned ERP introduction, and the loss of efficiency in the current organizational structure led to a permanent strain on key personnel at an industrial Swiss company.
The solutions
1
Analyze the existing processes based on 4 business cases
2
Design a strategy-based, process-oriented operating model with end-to-end processes
3
Reorganize to a process-based, divisional structure
4
Implement the new organization, with clear roles and responsibilities
Key deliverables
NEW OPERATING MODEL
PROCESS-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION
PROFITABILITY STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE
OPTIMIZE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE for a building materials manufacturer
Customer benefits
-75%
of budget and time overruns, from 40% initially to 10%
+7M€
of additional benefits per year
The Challenge
A European leader in the production of building materials, our client was experiencing difficulties securing its CAPEX investments with budget overruns, production delays and unmet quality targets. They needed to define and implement an investment project management system for planned investments of €120 M per year.
The solutions
1 – Implement a budget control & validation process supported by the deployment of an internal IT tool
2 – Develop cost saving approaches i.e., outsourcing, make or buy, etc.
3 – Set up an investment project management system on 4 pillars: performance, method, governance & people
4 – Train 25 international project managers
Key deliverables
1
Investment project management user guide
2
Performance dashboard and ongoing feedback loops
3
Trainings for project managers
Securing project schedule in the renewables sector
The Challenge
Our client, a leader in renewable energies, is developing an offshore wind farm project in France. This project embarks some innovation in the construction methods. Schedule adherence is critical across each step of the EPCI process, with close synchronization between multiple players, tight windows of mobilization for some costly assets, risks linked to technical innovation, and complex contractual layers
The solutions
/ Implement a joint governance system to secure the project schedule
/ Review and share the architecture of schedules, metrics, routines and risk contingency process
/ Establish shared guidelines for effective project control
/ Support operationally the scheduling, and monitoring of deliverables activities while fostering transparency & collaboration
Customer benefits
4
levels of subcontractors synchronized
~700
items drumbeated through punchlists
Key deliverables
Weekly project control dashboard
Joint performance management routines
Project management practices handbook
DUE DILIGENCE OF A TIER 1 PARTS MANUFACTURER IN AEROSPACE
The Challenge
Our client in the aerospace industry is willing to acquire new specific production capabilities to reduce costs and secure its supply chain. Several potential targets for acquisition have been identified and analyzed. After a letter of intent signature, a Due Diligence is launched on a tier 1 parts manufacturer with tens of millions of turnover.
The solution
1
Frame the Due Diligence
identifying the main workstreams and setting up a data room
2
Lead each stream
analysing the documentation, organizing Q&A sessions with the target’s team and deep diving with the client’s expert to validate analysis
3
Validate the recommendations
focusing on potential deal breakers, strategic fit and target valuation
Customer Benefits
DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE TARGETED COMPANY
FINAL RECOMMENDATION NOT TO BUY
ALTERNATIVE WAY FORWARD
SIGNING TO CLOSING – Acquisition by a leading industrial group of a major aerospace player
Customer Benefits
100
covenants met
100
business continuity secured
The Challenge
An agreement has been reached for the sale of a major Aerospace player to a leading industrial group. The context is challenging due to tight covenants, IT carve out with multiple operational impacts and a complex hand-over of manufacturing & aftermarket business.
The solutions
1
Provide daily support to all streams to manage carve out activities
2
Set-up a governance between the vendor and the buyer
3
Design a Target Operating Model: process, ways of working, etc.
4
Support readiness of IT solutions at Day
5
Create a transition plan and support the Transition Service Agreement / Service Level Agreement redaction and negotiation
Key Deliverables
A
Target Operating Model (TOM) defined
B
IT systems ready from Day 1
3
Transition plan and TSA/SLA in place
Hands-on support in the post merger integration for a leading rolling stock manufacturer.
The Challenge
In the context of a major M&A between 2 international rolling stock manufacturers, our client, the Head of Central Engineering of the acquiring company, needed support in ensuring the company’s ability to develop best-in-class products.
The Solution
A new converged referential was built on the product development process. Composed of 17 streams, it covered all dimensions of the operating model encompassing engineering deliverables, processes & toolds, people, organization, and performance.
To secure the new referential deployment a structured approach was built with a deployment portfolio, toolbox, and associated planning.
Customer Benefits
6
Engineering functions supported to define a converged referential.
500
Documents, process, instructions and templates converged.
10
Sites where the new converged referential has been deployed.
11
Industrial projects with the new referential deployed on year 1.
Key Deliverables
17-STREAM CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK
CONVERGED ENGINEERING REFERENTIAL
STANDARD DEPLOYMENT TOOLBOX & PLANNING