Consulting

Reach the Next Growth Milestone

Senior-level guidance. Significant business expertise. Success across different businesses and industries. All of these strengths are critical to business owners who want to rejuvenate progress and enhance business value:

• Senior-level guidance. Gain a fresh perspective and learn how to create new opportunities by tapping into Platinum’s extensive turnaround expertise in operations, finance and strategic implementation. The firm is known for helping leaders to restore fundamental value — then leave clients with the skills to continue driving progress with confidence.
• Significant business expertise. Platinum offers core business knowledge to lead companies through many different transitions, such as optimizing operations, achieving higher margins and improving sales. The firm has strong relationships with trusted advisors — bankers, attorneys and accountants — to help pave the way to the next growth milestone. Platinum's monthly Transition Forum provides a peer-to-peer community for owners and leaders to share their experiences, issues and ideas.
• Success across different businesses and industries. Clients say that Platinum has been “around the block” and possesses the “ability to adapt to different businesses.” This means knowing what all successful businesses have in common and how to steer companies through transition. Check out the case studies section for more specific evidence.

Consulting Expertise

When you invite Platinum Group into your company, whether on a short-term basis or on a project basis, you can be sure you are receiving the highest level of expertise to keep your company moving forward. Below are a few resources which demonstrate this consulting expertise.

Growth

• Recovery after losing the biggest customer How Platinum obtained new financing, launched a self-directed sales team and streamlined production
• Growth Opportunities: Checklist for Improving Current Operations Ways for companies to look for growth opportunities

Operations

• Focus and Reorganization Lead to $1 Million Cash Flow Turnaround How Platinum Group is helping to preserve a family and regional legacy
• Phase I: Why is this Company Losing Money Despite Revenue Growth? How Platinum’s team approach to an opportunity evaluation uncovered the root causes
• Working Together: Strategic Planning and Transition Sabbatical How Platinum guided a family business toward successful succession and new growth
• How can I target the right decision makers for improving my sales? With the economy starting to recover, many owners are uncertain where to look for new sales opportunities
• Fighting the squeeze: How companies can battle cost pressures Tom presents three pricing-management strategies that need to be managed every single day in today's economy
• Is Your Business Stuck?Getting stuck happens to the best of entrepreneurs.

Performance / Financial Management

• Quick Response to the "Perfect Storm" How Platinum helped owner navigate decrease in business during down economic times.
• Narrowing a Company’s Focus to Broaden Its Appeal How Platinum Repositioned a Manufacturer’s Products and Costs to Stop Financial Erosion
• Liquidation Analysis Spreadsheet Develop a credible Liquidation Analysis for the Business
• Does Your Company Need a Workout? Here’s how to implement informal plans of reorganization and avoid Chapter 11 or liquidation
• Simple often beats complex in accounting In three examples, Hehre presents the case for simplifying financial information