Turning around a struggling logistics platform
- Back to a positive operating result after years of losses
- Calmer labor relations, dialogue restored with employee representatives
- Client portfolio secured, then expanded
Interim management · Business turnaround Getting an organization back in working order.
Diagnosis, turnaround, reorganization: our team of experts takes the helm when the situation demands it, and hands back control once the organization can stand on its own.
For business leaders, shareholders, investment funds and court-appointed administrators.
When to call us
Interim management: situations where every week counts.
Just as the pine stays green and upright all winter, we step in when an organization is going through a difficult period, and we stay until it can stand on its own.
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Leadership vacancy
A company, subsidiary, site or operations management role to take over, often overnight.
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Turnaround and crisis recovery
Recurring losses, insolvency proceedings, open labor dispute: restoring both the accounts and the dialogue.
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Operations reorganization
Flows, inventory, processes and organization to rethink from the ground up, to deliver reliable service again.
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IT, ERP or WMS project
A systems project going off track, or one that must finally serve the business rather than the other way around.
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Acquisition or divestment
Integrating an acquired company, or preparing a sale under the right conditions.
Our method
Turning a company around in five stages, from diagnosis to handover.
A simple framework, shared with your teams from day one. Each stage has its deliverables, and the last one is about making ourselves unnecessary.
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Diagnose
A quantified assessment, within a few weeks.
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Turn around
Earnings, costs, cash: a 100-day action plan.
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Reorganize
Flows, inventory, processes, organization.
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Equip
ERP, WMS, data, dashboards.
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Hand over
Standards, a self-sufficient team, a secure handover.
Our team's experience
Situations we know from the inside.
Our assignments are confidential: we name neither our clients nor their figures. Here are the kinds of situations our team has seen through.
Transforming a multi-site services group
- Operations restructured and digitized, practices aligned across sites
- Strong, sustained growth in earnings
- Managers supported, succession prepared
Taking back control of transport procurement
- Transport and freight chartering brought back in-house
- Significant margin freed up from the first year
- Contracts renegotiated, supplier disputes under control
Putting information systems back at the service of the business
- Business tools taken back in hand with internal teams
- Management dashboards rolled out
- Reliable management data, faster decisions
Assignments presented anonymously, out of respect for our clients' confidentiality.
Our team of experts
Practitioners who have held the roles they come in to support.
Executives, engineers, interim managers: our experts ran companies, sites and projects before advising them. They speak your teams' language as well as your shareholders'.
Depending on the assignment, they draw on a network of partner consultants to cover every skill required.
- i.General management of multi-site groups
- ii.Management of logistics platforms
- iii.Head of information systems
- iv.Engineering and major industrial programs
20partner consultants on call
100daysfor a first action plan
5stagesfrom diagnosis to handover
Sectors
Logistics, transport, services: where we feel at home.
- E-commerce and retail logistics
- Contract logistics (3PL)
- Transport and freight
- B2B and B2G services
- IT and digital
- Aerospace and defense
Contact
Let's talk about your situation.
A first conversation, in complete confidence, to understand where you stand and what can be done quickly.
Confidential conversation