Automotive:  Tier I & Tier II parts supplier was operating at lower-quartile performance, with quality and delivery issues.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change. Working with management and employees, resolved 75 issues in 30 days and achieved a 30% increase in EBITDA within 6 months, without firings or layoffs.  Used the streamlined processes and improvement-seeking culture developed to pursue and achieve, within 12 months, their first-ever business with Toyota.  Then doubled sales and tripled EBITDA within 18 months.

Specialty Chemicals: PE portfolio company, driven to 50% on-time delivery by a failed acquisition integration.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change.  Collaborative process re-building achieved 87% on-time delivery and further several-stage digital transformation achieved 96%+ on-time, in-full delivery while reducing inventory by 22%.  Developed new and accelerated processes for new product development. Company was then sold for above-market valuation.

Aerospace/Defense:  International Aerospace-Defense contractor, over-burdened by 80 years of legacy documentation and operating in silos reliant on tribal knowledge.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change.  Implemented streamlined process that reduced costs and complexity in every functional area of the business.  Improved program profit potential through increasing integration and execution capability in all functions as part of product development.  Engineering changes were reduced by 50% and engineering costs were reduced by $2 million/year.  Sharply increased valuation within 18 months in sale to a Fortune 500 company.

Metals Processing:  Founder-led, multi-location metals processing company, heavily dependent on tribal knowledge and under threat from a large customer to withdraw business.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change. Transitioned from management by “tribal knowledge” to process-and-data driven management – in 3 locations – in 90 days.  The processes and systems in place retained the customer and increased the valuation of the company in a subsequent sale to a Fortune 500 company.

Automotive:  $300 MM Tier I supplier massively failed a ISO/TS 16949 audit (which would eliminate any new business opportunities), whici revealed process and system failures across all major functions.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change.  In 90 Days, working with management and employees, implemented transformational changes across all functions and levels of the company’s operations.  Improved productivity and throughput, raised profitability, passed re-audit with flying colors.

Distribution and Third Party Logistics:  High Volume Distribution & 3rd Party Logistics provider, with operations including value-added and returns processing, experiencing chronic absenteeism and ongoing delivery errors.  Achieved a 30% increase in operating efficiencies without new equipment or capital.  Converted chronic absenteeism to a record number of perfect attendance awards, transitioned from “command and control” environment to company-wide process and data-driven management.  First year hard dollar savings over $1.2 million. Using the process-based systems developed, the company was able to install a new Warehouse Management System in record time, on budget and without hiccups.

Publishing / Media:  Publishing company publishing multiple magazines was experiencing difficulties coordinating all of the elements of assembling the magazines.  Conference expenses continued to escalate.  4aBetterBusiness developed immediate, enthusiastic buy-in to change. Collaborative system capture, review and implementation of improvements with management and employees reduced stress and made the company more effective, profitable and competitive.  Increased conference attendance while reducing costs of conference management by 20%.

Financial Services:  A large industrial company was experiencing difficulties in putting equipment lease transactions in place.  A complex web of approvals required 8 weeks to complete a transaction.  4aBetterBusiness founder worked across all the functions and levels involved, developed buy-in to change, and established with the team a process which enabled same-day processing of transactions (a 98% processing time reduction), managed by an employee who hadn’t finished high school.