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Client Testimonial

Needless to say, there are many firms that provide research and strategy consulting services, but few can deliver the value demonstrated in performing the scope of analysis, strategies, product evaluations and practical recommendations. Your commitment and ease of doing business with your firm insured that we had a sound basis to address our most challenging business decisions."

Mr. Peter Flattery

CEO, Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada

 

 

Telecom, Media and Communications

Building Knowledge... Enhancing Profitability and Performance

Companies need to track competitive dynamics, regulatory changes, and advances in technology to compete and thrive in their sector. Trends indicate that only exceptional managerial discipline will help companies survive the turmoil ahead. Our consultants draw upon years of direct, front-line experience in a full range of industries. From Energy to Insurance, we help clients harness change and boost performance.

 

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Services

Our Telecom Practice advises clients on corporate, operational, and strategic challenges. We serve clients on fundamental issues such as mission and structure, tactical issues including procurement and logistics, and financial decisions about capital investment and cost reduction.

Integrated Wireline Carriers
Telecommunications service providers and manufacturers, as well as investors, governments, agencies, and regulatory bodies leverage our wireline expertise.

New Entrants/Attackers
We support new business ventures with strategies for launch of service offerings and business building opportunities.

Wireless Service Providers
Wireless technology is revolutionizing telecommunications around the world. We assist mobile carriers in developing their long-term strategies for network expansion and m-commerce opportunities.

Software and Services
Network and systems management, billing and operations software, and portal and content management are just some of the services and software contributing to the telecommunications industry growth. The practice provides clients with ongoing analysis of evolving developments in both sectors.

Equipment
Technologies like hands-free, WAP, and GSM-equipped handsets have revolutionized wireless telecommunications. We help companies analyze the potential impact of developing technologies like IP and craft proactive strategies for next-generation equipment.

ISPs/Portals/E-commerce
The advent of m-commerce has fueled the development of on-line services that enable companies to communicate via high-speed broadband lines. The practice enables clients to utilize new technologies to realize their e-commerce potential.

New Ventures
We identify high-potential new investments for clients and help execute and launch targeted opportunities.

   Insights

Success Strategies for Differentiated Enterprise Communications

By Charles E. Côté PMP P.Eng.

Director, Operations Strategy

 

Managing the rate of change. How individuals and organizations can successfully manage change in a changing world.

By David Johnston

Director, Change Management

Roadmaps to forward towards executing on the Enterprise Architecture

By Charles E. Côté PMP P.Eng.

Director, Operations Strategy

Retail Therapy

Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes

By Merril Mascarenhas

Managing Partner, Strategy

 

Best practices to build a great business.

By Merril Mascarenhas

Managing Partner, Strategy

 

The Marriage of Music and Mobility

Apple's iPod business produced $7.68 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year- 30 to 40% of total revenue. It could add $5.4 Billion to its revenue by tapping into the wireless market with an iPod phone.

By Fay Perkins

Director, Telecom and Media Strategy

 

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  Research and Insights

  Corporate Innovation Index: Benchmark your organzation, process

     and program performance. Clients like Kraft Foods have leveraged

     the Innovation Index.

  The Business of Climate Change: A survey of 1,200 business leaders.

  Strategy: The future of value: Ambidextrous Leadership.
  Operations: Operational Excellence as a Strategic Weapon.
  Retail: The Challenge of Dissatisfied Consumers.
  Telecom: The marriage of music and mobility.
  Financial Services: Enhancing Profitability and Performance.
  Healthcare: Tracking competitive dynamics and ROI.
  Pharmaceutical sales: Challenge of access to physicians.
  Client Successes
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  Healthcare

A survey of over 200 CEOs of hospitals on trends in technology adoption, culture change and patient safety for a strategy to deliver superior value to over 450 North American healthcare organizations.

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  Retail

A new merchandising and marketing platform with a market potential assessment of the corporate brand as a destination for products and services that would promote a “healthy home”.

Retail Therapy

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Accelerated growth strategy by identifying the most profitable customers in the category and significant long term growth opportunities.

Golf

  Leisure

Leveraged deeeper insights for a retail company in the golf market resulting in a focus on profitable and high growth golf markets. We developed a 10 year strategic plan based on projected shifts in customer trends in a sport.

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We repositioned a leading eye care brand with a new marketing, retail and pricing strategy. The strategy increased share by 60% in two years to move the brand to a market leader position.
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A $2Billion technology company turned to us to help them identify vectors of growth with a segment based approach to match products and services with customer needs.

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  Insurance

Corporate and business unit strategy for a large insurance provider in partnership with the Group VP and a new management team of 24 senior managers following a merger of two insurance companies.

New energy wind turbines

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Reversed declining share in a home heat category for one of the largest energy associations in North America with over 400 members including Shell, Ultramar, Esso, Petro-Canada and Irving.

   Knowledge and Insight

  Business Strategy

  Operations
  Marketing Strategy
  Training
  Change Management
  Carbon Emissions
  Culture Change
  Customer Satisfaction
  Business Processes
  Succession Planning

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ROI Audit

A strategy will be most successful when core competencies and aligned activities enable the company to offer a value proposition that is better than competitors.

Find out your company's performance against a benchmark of 500 of North America's most successful companies.

Contact us for an ROI audit and an evaluation of your corporate and brand strategy.