Toolbox:

Here are some of the key elements of our toolbox of management systems. In our view, they correspond to the state of the art of company leadership. In most cases, they come in the shape of more or less complex Excel models and applications. Once their development has been completed by us, in close cooperation with the future users, they do not require any special technical know how on their side.

These solutions have been created in actual company situations and were since then introduced, in a similar form, in a number of other companies. We therefore know what works and what is useful, and which are the pitfalls which must be avoided during the development, introduction and routine application stages.

Please choose amongst the following topics:

Toolbox:

General management

  • SWOT-analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
  • Strategic plan (mostly qualitative)
  • Medium term business plan (mostly quantitative)
  • Action plan and monitoring of its implementation
  • Monthly and quarterly progress reviews
  • Performance objectives and reviews with employees

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Organisation

  • Documentation and archiving of key documents and contracts
  • Definitions and documentation of ALL structures (incl. accounting and IT-systems)
  • Business process documentation (in general and for individual transactions)
  • Company procedures (e.g. purchasing, travel requests and expenses)
  • Checklist for the monthly closing and reporting
  • Accounting-related organisation (including cost accounting)
  • Essential data bases and log files

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Controlling

  • Monthly reports (with several layers)
  • Liquidity planning and reporting
  • Analysis of the daily actual cash flow
  • Daily report
  • Personnel planning and reporting (headcount / costs)
  • Investment planning and fixed assets / depreciation reporting
  • Percentage-of-completion evaluation (for large machinery construction)

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Other

  • Step-by-step checks of individual business transactions (SOX requirement)
  • Information and reporting to be received from salesforce
  • Staff interviews concerning motivation / satisfaction / improvement proposals
  • Checklist for management systems
  • Topics and task lists for internal audit projects

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