Every company should work profitable in the mid or long term or else disappear. However, sometimes internal or external issues can prevent managers to get the right focus on profitability. E.g. business units traditionally belonging to the company can work with no or even negative margins just because it is politically difficult to improve them. Functional areas do their work without a clear target in terms of profits, are overstaffed or have low productivity rates. This is where clients may be interested in a professional, independent screening or project set-up by APMC.

We first establish a clear understanding of what determines profitability looking at key business aspects and the P&L, e.g.:

We then analyse all functions involved in the company’s value creation chain.

• Primary functions: inbound & outbound logistics, production sites, customer service, S&M
• Secondary functions: general management, finance, HR, procurement, IT, R&D

Once we have a clear picture on the details, we start looking for solutions most likely involving internal experts as well. Recommendations are then made to the general management or the steering committee chairing the project.

If required APMC also provides full support to staff when setting up targeted projects or implementing quick solutions.