Performance Improvement

Rethinking performance to encourage innovation and productivity.

Whether evaluating, redesigning or implementing a business process, management and investors alike are looking for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. We help you fundamentally rethink performance to encourage innovation, increase productivity, reduce costs and improve controls.

Our cross-functional team brings a comprehensive understanding of your business model–aligning people, processes and technology to better link performance improvement opportunities with your strategic goals.

Services include:

• Operational Assessment and Planning
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Management and Professional Resources
• Working Capital Optimization
• Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence
• Profitability Analysis, Cost Management and Cost Accounting
• Budgeting, Modeling and Projections

Performance Improvement Insights

Eight ways for your financial institution to boost performance now
Learn immediate strategies to improve your performance in eight key areas, such as technology, expense management and business development.

Post-merger integration: It’s never too late to optimize transaction value
Companies often fail to realize the expected benefits of a merger or acquisition. However, it’s not too late to correct integration missteps and drive increased value to the organization.

Identifying loan process enhancements to contain costs and enhance revenue
Financial institutions are under ongoing pressure to control operating costs while meeting strategic and operational goals. Often, a comprehensive assessment of existing processes can help identify opportunities within the lending process to eliminate unnecessary expense and improve results.

Getting the full picture: Financial statement audits versus quality of earnings analysis
While negotiating a transaction, a financial statement audit complemented with a quality of earnings analysis may provide the most complete picture of earnings and EBITDA.

Four Key Steps for Sellers to Successfully Use Virtual Data Rooms
Find out how you can reap the benefits of using virtual data rooms in this Corporate Compliance Insights article by McGladrey Managing Director Greg Maddux and Director Ken Viggers with Performance Improvement Consulting services.

Negotiating working capital targets and definitions
Working capital is critically important in the operation of a business, and requirements vary from company to company. When buying or selling a company, agreeing on a working capital amount often presents a significant obstacle.

Emerging from Hibernation into Confusion: Project and Portfolio Management can Help You Achieve Clarity
As businesses begin to emerge from the recession, many face an imbalance of a backlog of projects and a shortage of remaining resources to complete them. This imbalance can lead to confusion, frustration and inefficiency at a critical time for companies to invest their resources wisely for renewed growth opportunities.

How to Effectively Identify, Prioritize and Implement Strategic Projects to Provide Business Value
Companies are realizing that in order to provide their goods and services more effectively they need to make strategic changes to processes, products and systems.