Productivity experts: extract the maximum out of capital, materials, and labor; and get on-site implementation support.
Companies hire consultants to access a set of skills or abilities that may not be available in-house. Tap into specialist expertise in areas that you may not need every day.
- Misaligned goals between different people and departments?
- Appropriate support structure and mechanisms are kind of missing?
- Seeking higher Labor, capital, and materials’ added value?
- Assets are under-utilized, and production is run in small lots?
In a world of promises, we deliver actions and results.
- Operational efficiencies
- Benefit from economies of scale and scope
- Turnkey business solutions
- Corporate transformation
- Assets under distress turnaround
- Financial turnaround
Trusted by top companies.
Uniqueness.
The Seven Wise Men is a quality-oriented business strategy planning consultancy. Creating Substance is our North Star – and Substance in our eyes means accumulating knowledge, knowing how to apply it, and having the guts to act on that knowledge.
Aim straight for the top
Anything worth doing is worth doing right the first time.
Risk avoidance
Exceptional risk avoidance competency.
Achievers
World-class analysis and planning skills, and forecasting techniques
Prompt actions and results
We bring commitment as of Day1 of our involvement. Expect results to start rolling after one month too.
What we are not
| We are not single-minded hyper-specialists who are entrenched in their own ways and beliefs |
| We are not over-specialists who extend their skills to face uncertainty and fail at exorbitant costs to you |
| We do not have the over-confidence of over-specialists that induces meltdowns |
| We are not captive of “paper-solutions” and repetitions of what has been experienced in the past in overseas markets |
| We do not mentally classify a problem only by superficial and overtly stated features, and then jump right in with memorized procedures that were effective in other workplaces but are highly likely to be inadequate for yours |
What is a strategic business plan?
A strategic business plan makes it possible for the company and it staffs to have a common and clear understanding of the corporate strategy and its implications for them on a granular level. It spreads horizontally across marketing, finance, inventory, sales, procurement, production, capital budgeting, cash flows and personnel to correlate between different key success factors.
One way to look at strategic business planners is to think of business auditors who audit an entire company’s operating performance, or ones who audit the performance of a single department or the efficiency of a single process.
As business strategy consultants, we are problem-solvers specializing in figuring out the deep structure of any strategic or operational challenge your company might be facing before proceeding to match a solution to it. We take complex challenges; contain them, break them down, make them manageable and solvable before turning them into something useful.
For any company not to have a strategic plan can be compared to navigating an unknown territory without using a map.
A business plan is different than a strategic business plan.
A strategic plan is not a business plan; the latter is a much broader document and more of an aspirational document.
- A business plan states what a business is about and why it has value in the market
- While a strategic plan, in contrast, contains an action plan with specific objectives and due dates as well as setting out who is responsible for what.
Components of a strategic business plan
A strategic business plan examines existing and future business and management programs and investments in fixed assets that directly affect shareholder wealth. We ask 5 different questions:
A methodology honed over 20 years.
- We fix business strategy at board level
- We put in place the right operating systems and processes
- We assist in executing solutions
What’s included in a strategic business plan.
Analysis of business
History, sector overview, opportunities, and exports.
Historical performance analysis
Organization analysis, manpower, and marketing analyses.
Potential analysis
Potential for exports and for creating new value.
Product and service range analysis
Current and potential product assortment and distribution channels.
Production analysis
Factory layout, scheduling, maintenance, safety, controls, and capital investments.
Quality control analysis
Quality control and packaging.
Strategic position
Current and potential strategic position of the business.
Financial information
Structures and evolutions of expenses, sales, and budgets.
Conclusions
SWOT analysis, priority-setting, strategic alternatives, support, and recommendations.
Resources needed
Identify resources needed to realize goals.
Priorities of needs
Company-level overview and needs per function.
Action plan
Performance indicators and milestones to reach.
Here’s how we do our work.
Case studies
Media appearances and Awards.
- CNBC Arabia TV interviews
- Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and Reed Exhibitions (U.K.)
- Media interviews
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