The Automotive Consulting Group, Inc.

Business consultants who deliver results

 

 

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

             ACG assists manufacturing and service companies develop growth strategies to successfully compete in today’s global marketplace.

        Developing strategies to meet today’s complex and fast changing market, technology and competitive forces is a major challenge for many manufacturing companies.

        ACG has a proven record of helping manufacturers develop and implement strategies to capitalize on the new business growth opportunities arising from these changes..

        Our staff is comprised of former senior managers who had to formulate and execute new strategies at companies they managed -- many in turnaround situations.

        Our strategic approach seeks to identify opportunities that integrate your company’s core capabilities with innovation – in products, manufacturing, and services – to achieve profitable growth and gain a competitive advantage.

        We assess future market, competitive, and technology trends, as well as the impact of regulatory and  economic changes on the business. Using this research, we identify several alternate strategy scenarios. These are reviewed in working sessions with your team and a final strategy is chosen. 

 

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

          Once the strategy is selected, the hard work of implementation begins.

        According to a recent global survey by the American Management Association, 62% of companies are only moderately successful – or worse – at their strategy implementation.

       ACG works with you to develop an implementation plan that defines major action plans, sets schedules, and assigns responsibilities. We know from experience that successful implementation also requires:

–       Setting clear strategic objectives for your business

–       Reviewing progress every quarter with employees involved in the implementation tasks

–       Establishing clear communications with well defined and quantified metrics

–       Providing employees with the resources needed to execute their strategy tasks

 

 

BUSINESS STRATEGY -- REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

 

Transportation – Auto, truck, other

New Product and Technology Opportunity Analysis

  • Assess Mexico automotive market opportunities  and develop a business entry strategy for a leading U.S. materials supplier
  • For a global office machine company, analyze customers’ technical requirements for a next generation product line and define market introduction approach
  • Market analysis / business strategy development for a supplier of advanced composite materials for automotive applications
  • Technology assessment of non-woven materials and identification of market opportunities for a health care products company
  • Technology assessment / market opportunities analysis for a HID lighting company
  • Technology planning strategy development for a light/medium duty truck suspension supplier
  • Market analysis and NA manufacturing strategy for an Asian automotive manufacturer
  • Business / market strategy development for an automotive crash testing sensor manufacturer

Industrial Products

Market / Competitive Assessment
  • Strategic plan formulation for a major specialty chemicals supplier
  • Evaluate market and competitive trends in US  and European medium/heavy truck components, identified market and business opportunities
  • Develop and implement growth strategy for a conveyor components company; introduced three new products and grew sales by 30%
  • Competitive assessment and market entry strategy for a European automotive supplier.
  • Defined and implemented a global sourcing strategy for a manufacturing company that combined sourcing from China and US based manufacturing
  • Assessed key industry segments for a Ag. Equipment manufacturer and set a strategy, that when implemented net a 23% profitable growth that led to successfully selling the company

Electronics / Electrical

 
  • Developed a strategic growth plan for an electronic connector company and provided multi-year implementation assistance, resulting in 4X growth in 5 years

 
  • Created a global telcom supplier company through acquisition of 12 companies; achieved profitable revenue of $920 million in 3+ years
  

 

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