MBO Team increases operating profit from 3% to 9% in less than a year
Post-transaction business improvement plan

Business


Owner:

MBO team acquisition from large multinational


Objective:

Improve profit and operational performance quickly whilst change the ways of working within the business


Results:

Operating profit improved from 3% to 9% in less than one year*


*Company Finance Director, management accounts

Approach


Management workshops to build the integrated business improvement plan, with phased workstreams


On the job coaching for workstream leaders and team members:


• Cycle time and changeover reduction

Repetitive engineering failure

• A highly effective tiered review system

• Migration to higher value rapid NPD and price increases

• A “One Team” team culture, priding itself of fast decision making and action


This was done with just one week's coaching per month for six months