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Case Study Four

Sector:Purchase & Supply + Education
Role:Business Improvement
Issue:Unexplained deterioration in financial performance and cash position
location:UK
Completed:2005
Outcome:Business Split and returned to expected performance
Details:

The business was a Procurement and Supply Business providing services to a County Education Authority

Initial Findings were

  • The problem was in one part of the business providing a supply and install service.
  • Lack of management understanding was resulting in incorrect pricing and incorrect accounting

The solution included

  • Separating what was a contracting business form the supply business
  • Facilitating training for the management in that part of the business so that their
  • enthusiasm was backed up by some contracting knowledge
  • Changing process and procedure for that part of the business to properly reflect a contracting business
  • Maintain an overview for some months until fully settled.
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