Turnaround & Performance Improvement
In a turnaround the first fortnight decides most of the outcome. We read the cash, margin and order records first and act on what they show.
Questions we help answer
- Where exactly is the business losing cash this month?
- Which products, customers or sites destroy margin and should be fixed or exited?
- What can we stop spending this week without damaging next quarter's revenue?
- Is our stock, pricing or advertising the bigger leak?
- How do we show the owners or lenders a credible plan with evidence behind it?
What we do
Rapid diagnostic
A short read of cash, margin, stock and order records to locate the losses, with each finding dated and sourced.
Cash protection actions
Immediate actions on spend, stock, pricing and collections, ranked by cash effect and reversibility.
Performance plan
A plan to restore margin by product, customer, channel and site, with owners and weekly measures.
Fixes built and run
Pricing changes, campaign restructures, stock rules, reporting and automation built by the same team and tracked weekly.
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How we approach it
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Read the records before talking to anyone
The ledger, bank, order and stock records show where the cash is going faster than interviews can, and they set the agenda for the conversations that follow.
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Protect cash first
Actions are ranked by how quickly they protect cash and how easily they can be reversed, so the first moves do not create new problems.
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Weekly cadence
A weekly cash and performance review reads the same measures every week, and actions are changed when the figures say so.
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How an engagement with THEFOCUS starts
A first conversation is about your situation. If there is a fit, we propose a scoped diagnostic with a fixed deliverable before any larger commitment.
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A working conversation
Forty-five minutes with the person who would lead the work. We ask about the decision, the systems behind it and the deadline.
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A scoped diagnostic
Read-only access, a fixed timeframe and a written finding: what the records show, what it costs and what to change first.
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A plan you can act on
Changes, owners, measures and exclusions in writing. The same team then builds and measures, or hands over cleanly.
- One accountable team
- The people who diagnose also build the systems and measure the result.
- Partners chosen per problem
- Independent specializts join for the parts that need them, under one contract.
- Records before dashboards
- Orders, ledgers and logs are reconciled before any recommendation depends on them.
Questions executives ask
Do you deal with lenders or formal insolvency?
No. We work on operational performance and the evidence behind a recovery plan. Formal insolvency, creditor arrangements and regulated advice are for licensed practitioners and the client's own advisers.
How quickly can work start?
As soon as read-only access to the ledger, bank, order and stock records is granted. The scope lists the access needed before work begins.
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