Retail – Croixstone

Consulting Industry Insights: Restructurings & Turnarounds

The global pandemic has fueled an increase in consulting engagements focused on restructurings and turnarounds over the past 15 months. In its May 2021 newsletter, BDO Consulting Group published the below informative chart highlighting U.S. corporate bankruptcies with debt greater than $10MM by industry. Interestingly, approximately 40% of the 302 bankruptcies filings were in two industries: 1) Oil & Gas and 2) Retail & Consumer Products.

Source: BDO Consulting Group, LLC, Debtwire Restructuring Database
* Includes companies with at least $10 million in funded debt

So what are the common restructuring and turnaround services that consulting firms like Croixstone offer? As published in a recent article by Consultancy.eu, these services include:

Diagnosing the problem: Identifying drivers for the crisis, stage & severity of crisis
Stabilizing operations: Managing short-term liquidity & working capital concerns
Cost efficiency & austerity strategies: Evaluating business needs for cost-cutting measures; designing & implementing austerity plans
Procurement cost reduction: Analyzing contracted spend & redesigning & renegotiating contracts
Business model innovation: Rethinking operating & core business models, value creation & enhancement
Divestiture strategies: Offloading non-performing business units, distressed segments, portfolios, etc.
Organizational effectiveness: Streamlining resources; revamping processes & business segments; interim C-level deployment
Change management: Developing change implementation plans to ensure minimal people disruption

Gaining a Competitive Advantage Through Predictive Analytics

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to predict the future? According to a recent Harvard Business Review webinar, companies, governments, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and universities are using the power of big data, new technologies, and analytics to predict whether we’re going to “click, buy, lie, or die.”

So, what is the difference between forecasting and predictive analytics? Forecasting provides an estimate to anticipate trends for a large group over time, while predictive analytics goes much further and is focused on predicting the behavior of a single individual. For example, forecasting might provide an estimate of the total sales for a particular product line next quarter, while predictive analytics tells which customer will likely buy the product. Major industries such as Banking and Finance, Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas Utilities, Government, E-commerce and Travel and Hospitality embrace predictive analytics to boost sales, improve operations, reduce risks, and gain a competitive advantage.

What is Predictive Analytics? Learn the about the process, applications, software and more here.

Click here to learn how to put predictive analytics to work from Eric Siegel, author of Predictive Analytics.

Read how to convert analytics into action here.