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As many stakeholders have found, most
executives are not experts in chronic underperformance.
The services our crews of specialists provide
offer the peace-of-mind stakeholders need: we stabilize the
company, protecting its assets, maximizing its value and steering
it toward operational and financial success.
That's why we're here: since 1980, our sole
mission has been to help North American companies get through
the rough waters. How can we help yours
today?
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Performance Improvement
- Due diligence of operations
- M&A integration and cost takeouts
- Outsourcing to Latin America, Near/Far East
- Productivity improvements
- Quality program implementation
- Product-line rationalization
- Facility consolidation
- Marketing plans and margin improvement
- “Turnaround Mentoring” —a two-week fixed-fee training
and assessment of solid cash-management practices and
enhancing finance as a key managment tool
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Financial Advisory
- Assessments of business plans, Financial performance and management - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Lender, investor and bond group representations - Case study 1
- Value and recovery maximization
- Operational due diligence on new investments and acquisition integration
- Risk Reducerperformance improvement analysis
- Expert witness testimony
- Forensic accounting and fraud analysis
- Going-concern and liquidation-value modeling
- Creditor committee representations
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Interim Management
- CEO, COO, CFO, CRO, functional VP, board member roles - Case study 1
- Plant and operations management - Case study 1
- Executive recruiting - Case study 1, 2
- Crisis stabilization - Case study 1
- Management assessments
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Turnarounds and Workouts
- Assessments of company problems and alternative development - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Cash Flow and liquidity management - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Business and turnaround planning, and plan implementation - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Revenue and margin optimization - Case study 1, 2
- Financial modeling and projections - Case study 1, 2, 3
- Business viability analysis - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4
- Cost reductions and downsizing - Case study 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Improved working capital - Case study 1, 2, 3
- Collateral protection and marshalling - Case study 1
- Product and customer profitability analyses - Case study 1
- Information systems assessments - Case study 1, 2
- Liquidation value projections, analysis and implementation - Case study 1
- Negotiations with lenders and creditors - Case study 1, 2
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Corporate Finance
- Refinancing and capital acquisition - Case study 1
- Going-concern sales - Case study 1, 2, 3
- Financial restructuring - Case study 1
- Trade creditor composition plans
- Liquidations and wind-downs
- Assignments for Benefit of Creditors (ABC)
- State receiverships and estate trustee roles
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Information Technology Services
- IT Systems problem assessment and correction
- Systems integration and project management - Case study 1, 2
- Core systems development and implementation
- Critical application strategy and delivery - Case study 1, 2
- Management reporting definition and restructuring
- Database integrity and restructuring - Case study 1, 2
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Insolvency Services
- Knowledge and understanding of process
- Chapter 11 planning and preparation
- Preparation of schedules for SOFA
- Knowledge of KERP
- Assistance in DIP financing
- Communications with lenders, employees, creditors
- Assessment of problems and correction
- Cash flow management
- Trade credit management
- Preference analysis
- Preference recovery through a time-tested program
- Assistance in Monthly Operating Reports
- Support at committee and lender meetings
- Business Plans for negotiating the POR
- Assistance in negotiation of POR
- Claims analysis and resolution
- Complete close-down services
- Extensive experience as Liquidating Trustee, Plan
Administrator and Trustee
- Fee examinations
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Healthcare
- Crisis - Change Management Solutions
- Capital Advisors including Private Placement and Public Instruments
- Strategic Planning
- Board Training
- Due Diligence
- Working Capital Calculation through Final Settlement
- Operational and Financial Integration of Acquisitions post close
- Buy/Sell Assistance
- Operating Metrics Analysis and Benchmarking
- Net Revenue Performance Review
- CMS 23 Day Termination Notifications
- Capital Planning (CapEx)
- Regulatory Compliance
- Section 404 Sarbanes - Oxley Compliance
- Board Governance and Audit Committee Advisor
- Hospital Management Contracting
- Interim Management
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Departmental Oversight and Technical Advisor
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