Solving International provides assistance to over 300 companies, including 30% of the 200 largest European groups.
Our UK business provides an International Centre of Excellence working with many of the top players in our chosen sectors:
Solving are engaged by top management to focus on projects with high added value potential. Projects are based on generating positive results that impact on revenue and cost to bring a major return for business.
Retail
- J Sainsbury
- The Cooperative Group
- Casino
- Ahold-JMR
- Auchan
- New Look
- Debenhams
- Pinault Printemps Redoute (PPR)
- GUS
Consumer Goods
- Tetra Pak
- Unilever
- Danone
- Yoplait
- Heineken
Distribution & Services
- 3663 - First for Foodservice
- Exel
- Belron International
- Sodexho
- Accor
The Chairman
For example:
A diverse multi-channel retail and distribution groupSolving provided objective and fact based advice on how to maximise leverage and business performance across 3 distinct business units.
The Chief Executive
For example:
A leading hotel and food services businessSolving helped to galvanise and drive a broad portfolio of performance improvement initiatives and ensure that the projects were fully aligned with company strategy.
The Board of Directors
For example:
Solving supported the top management in the development of a cohesive business strategy that gained total cross-functional commitment.
Solving then provided programme management and technical assistance to drive the implementation.
Functional Directors
Examples:
The Investment Community
Solving work alongside Private Equity firms and Corporate Finance advisors to support commercial due dilligence activities and transactions. Solving provide specialist subject matter expertise and knowledge for specific targets or sectors.
Finance DirectorReview of customer and product profitability to determine where the real money is made or lost.
Sales & Marketing DirectorUsing Solving's unique Customer Value Analysis techniques, we defined new processes to improve the effectiveness of commercial and sales force activity.
Manufacturing DirectorApplication of world-class operations management processes and techniques within a series of pilot manufacturing plants, and subsequent roll-out across the whole division on a Global basis.
Supply Chain DirectorWorking for the Group centre of procurement, Solving undertook a strategic review of procurement, and subsequently implemented both 'quick win' improvements and sustainable new processes.
Seeking an integrated plan for replenishment and visibility of demand across numerous international markets. This client used Solving to support the strategic development and implementation for an advanced supply chain planning operation encompassing people, processes and technology.
Logistics DirectorStrategic review of a highly complex supplier, manufacturing, distribution and retail network to determine the optimum structure for the supply chain and logistics network. Evaluation of a flexible and phased migration plan over a seven year horizon to move from the current infrastructure to the future vision. Comprehensive modelling of options and business scenarios at each stage.
IT DirectorTechnology is often at the core of many major business improvement programmes, yet the technology is rarely the constraint for successful implementation. For the CIO, Solving helped design the implementation strategy for a major organisational change involving the development of streamlined processes, vendor selection and application of 'best of breed' software.
Examples:
Functional DirectorsSolving is routinely engaged by a Functional Directors to develop specific strategies or performance improvement initiatives.
Solving ensure that projects address the necessary cross-functional and business-wide issues, and by doing so, gain the level of support to achieve successful implementation.
