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There has never been a ‘single market’ in Europe, but a multiplicity of different consumer and business-to-business groupings.
Often these are not defined by national boundaries. We understand how to create the best organisational structure to compete successfully.
Where appropriate, we help managers of pan-European organisations to implement:
- new approaches to marketing and selling
- centres of excellence in production and services
- a single organisational structure with no country-by-country spans of control
- a reduced number of operating sites and the relocation of functions from one country to another
- shared services and consistent reporting of performance
- common ways of managing people
- redesigned supply chains.
Many of our clients have a common desire to strengthen local accountability and maximise the returns from a unified business. We have closed manufacturing units in Belgium, France, Germany and Scandinavia, and transferred operations to new countries. In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland we have helped to expand facilities to cope with increased demand. In Spain we measured the productivity in three printing plants, and assessed the market for new product lines. Our knowledge of local employment law and traditions in many countries allows us to secure change with the minimum of disruption.
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Organisation and control in business
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Managing restructuring
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Collinson Grant - 50 years
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Managing third party expenditure
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Managing organisational design
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Managing indirect costs
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Six Sigma
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Sharing services and outsourcing
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Planning, initiating and managing change
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Managing the supply chain
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Managing complexity
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Managing branch networks successfully
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Lean transformation
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Inter-company trading
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Financial colleges in companies
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Equivalent units
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Earned Value Management (EVM)
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Best practice in pricing processes
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Benchmarking
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Activity Based Costing (ABC)
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Employment law for line managers
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Managing productivity
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We look beyond the data. Beyond your culture. Every recommendation is based on a holistic view of your business. And we’ll help you implement the changes you need to grow.
Telephone: +44 161 703 5600