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Strategy & Advisory

" No matter how small your business is, a clearly defined strategy dictates its sustainability and indeed its ultimate survival"

Business

Strategy

Are your competitors talking about you in their boardrooms and planning the next step to take on you? Do your strategy and allocation of resources run in tandem? Can your key employees articulate your strategy and are they empowered to execute on it? At SEAsia Pro Consulting, we see strategy as much more than a detailed plan for execution. Indeed, strategy has been our core business and we put it as the heart of all successful organizations. We work with companies in every industry to develop strategies that would push the boundaries yet achievable.

So what is a strategy?

A strategy is a detailed plan that is concocted based on sufficient market evidence and internally analyzed data, devised to beat competition and create demand conduits which are scalable.

In order for a strategy to work, it will have to be quantifiable, measurable, trackable and implementable.

Board Advisory &

Consulting

Many organizations fail to achieve their desired growth targets in revenue and profitability. Most businesses fall short of achieving their growth objectives for revenue and profitability. In fact, studies report success rates as low as 20%. Why is growth so elusive?

Based on our research and experience, there are two major reasons: Firstly, there is usually inadequate consideration of opportunities within the core business, adjacent to the core business or within new customer sub-segments; Secondly, the existing organizational infrastructure cannot support successful execution. Therefore it is precisely these two pillars that we look at in order to ensure the strategy for growth is sustainable.

SEAsia Pro provides advisory for a reasonable fee. We can also sit on your company's Board of Management on a retainer basis. For start-ups and small firms, we can structure a way of advisory where we do not burden them with advisory fees. We see the need for young companies to seek practical, time-tested and even novel professional advice in order to compete successfully in the market.

Risk Planning

Risk management is the process of identifying risk, assessing risk, and taking steps to reduce risk to an acceptable level. The risk management approach determines the processes, techniques, tools, and team roles and responsibilities for a specific project. The risk management plan describes how risk management will be structured and performed within the company as well as in a specific project.

While most companies employ some form of enterprise risk management, only a minority are what we would call risk-intelligent enterprises. Risk intelligence is how an organization effectively gathers, analyzes, applies, and learns from information. It requires effective systems, accurate data, and timely reporting to enable organizations to exploit strategic opportunities and protect existing assets.

Cost Management

Probably all of us have heard of the importance of cash-flow which may determine a company's ability to continue to be a going-concern. SEAsia Pro Consulting sees it the same way, in that how a company manages its various costs will decide its financial strength and stamina to compete effectively in the market. We believe that the captain of the corporate boat should not have to worry about a leaking boat. Strategic cost management is divided into mainly the OPEX and project-based expenses:

(a) Strategic OPEX Re-structure

SEAsia Pro Consulting is able to look into your annual recurring expenses and suggest creative ways of re-structuring them in order to bring about a lower OPEX. Over the years as your company thrives, the bloating of operating expenses is inevitable as they are usually very fluid and circumstances bound. We will be able to re-shape these expenses to trim fats so that your company gets lean-and-mean.

(b) Project Cost Management

Project planning is usually done with a lot of buffer incorporated into the early-stage estimated expenses. As the project progresses, expenses are incurred in a way that may not put cost as the top priority. We will be able to guard your project against overzealous or unscrupulous spending. We believe there should always be a balance between cost, speed and effectiveness for all decisions taken along the project development timeline.

SEAsia Pro Consulting is well networked into Private Equities, Venture Capitalists and Angel investors who are waiting to invest in good ventures/companies/projects and this can be a tool to use to boost your cashflow in specific projects or impending expansions. We are able to structure the returns for the investors on your behalf, including exit strategies.

Operational Excellence & Transformation

You know you need to change, or at least do it differently. Your market conditions and customers demand for it. But where do you begin? How much should you invest? How will you make it sustainable? Will your people embrace it or reject it?

Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

Most organizations recognize the substantial process transformation benefits of operating efficiently and effectively, including achieving competitive advantage. But many struggle with critical aspects of business process re-engineering including:

Determining what type of transformation is feasible
Defining and aligning process transformation roles and responsibilities across functions
Integrating disparate systems in a manner that maximizes automation and efficiency
Developing processes that deliver consistent performance, also support exception handling
Defining metrics that can efficiently measure performance before, during and after transformation

Corporate transformation is all about operational excellence, which in turn is all about cutting wastes and boosting EBITDA for the long-term. SEAsia Pro Consulting can work with all your Business Units and Departments to revamp systems and standards in order to enhance productivity.

Manufacturing - Lean, Automation, IoT

SEAsia Pro Consulting believes that if you are a manufacturer, it is then the heartbeat of your business. Everything that is wrong or right at your factory floor is going to show up at your financial reports. Therefore, we stress the importance of getting your manufacturing centre running as robustly as possible and contingency plans in place in case of technical hiccups that can cause a lot of stress along the entire company. We have manufacturing experts to address your needs in automation and manufacturing consulting.

Our team of experienced internet of things consultants and designers use technology, data, and science to develop and deliver digital solutions. Our IoT consulting services are designed to assist clients as they re-imagine their online presence, business processes and overall impact in the digital space.

Accelerate Optimal Performance

SEAsia Pro Consulting provides business transformation consulting based on years on hands-on experience and we take you from strategy to execution. We'll bring lessons learned from those engagements to your unique initiative, including training your employees and managers who are your greatest assets to attaining success. We also offer a strategic plan to align your company's vision and plans with your employees' actions and behavior.

We can also implement digital initiatives that would measure productivity of your employees on ground, be it on the factory floor or outside doing maintenance, technical support and sales work. This will help companies identify key performers and reward them accordingly.