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Acquiring or merging with an existing business is one of the fastest approaches to strengthen your market position and achieve rapid growth. Avicon Partners we can help you through the process from initial planning through execution and operational transitions.
Following is a description of Avicon Partners Merger & Investment services. Please contact Bruce Arntzen or call 978-793-1411 for more information.
Due Diligence for Operations and Supply Chain
- Examination of operations and supply chain on behalf of investors
- Comparison to best practices
- Scorecard of performance
Development and Critique of Turnaround Plans
Creation of turnaround plans for at-risk companies encompassing:
Turnaround of manufacturing processes, order processing, new product introduction, distribution, transportation, warehousing, sourcing, and materials management.
Critique of turnaround plans as an outside advisor.
Competitive Benchmarking to Validate Growth Plans
Use of two proprietary financial benchmarking tools to examine the company's competitive position.
1. Tiger Table - Compares a company to its closest competitors on key metrics: Rev Growth, Net Income, SG&A percentage, COGS percentage, inventory days of supply (IDS), days sales outstanding (DSO), & days payable outstanding (DPO).
2. PICOmeter™ - Compares a company to its entire industry by quartiles on key metrics: Rev Growth, Margins, SG&A percenage, COGS percentage, IDS, DSO, & DPO.
Review growth plans and assumptions based on market data, competitive strength, and operational readiness.
Turnaound / Transformation Leadership for Strategy and Operations
Once the decision to invest is taken, Avicon Partners works with the new ownership and existing staff to manage and execute the turnaround plan.
We provide project management, process re-engineering, and strategic facilitation to expedite the transformation activities.
Featured Case Study
Empire Beef
Distributing prime cuts of beef, lamb, poultry, and seafood to fine restaurants and institutions is a tough business. Avicon helped restructure... [more]
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