Business, Transformation & Strategy
The global macroeconomic and business environment has never been more unpredictable, and management performance expectations have never been higher. Executives must provide strategic vision and leadership as well as manage tactical solutions that enhance operational and financial performance, build long-term value, and embed a culture of excellence. In times of disruption, many of the world’s leading organisations turn to FTI-Andersch and FTI Consulting for independent enterprise-wide operational transformation expertise. Our global team of senior professionals works in partnership with you, deploying best practices tailored to your company and industry dynamics, focusing on the specific challenges and opportunities that drive operational and financial performance.
Our Germany-based FTI-Andersch Business Transformation practice delivers holistic and seamless solutions across the value chain — driving revenue growth; reducing operating and supply chain costs; supporting mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions, carve-outs and post-merger integration efforts; and transforming finance, information technology (“IT”) and business processes. We advise clients on how to achieve their target operating models, how to ensure a high-performance organisation and operational excellence, and how to achieve long-term competitiveness. Learn more
Operational Performance Improvement
A company may be growing its customer base, managing its costs, collecting critical data from which to draw...
A company may be growing its customer base, managing its costs, collecting critical data from which to draw important insights, and creating a highly productive organisational culture. At the same time, businesses are increasingly required to do more with less, thereby putting constant pressure on operational performance and costs. Companies in these situations turn to our experts to help develop and implement strategies that unlock profitability across the enterprise.
Our senior practitioners have held strategic leadership positions in companies across the world and within multiple industries. We bring this industry expertise along with real-world experience on the effectiveness and efficiency of the target’s organisational operations. We can evaluate resources and capabilities and current and planned improvements and initiatives from a cost, timing and achievability perspective. Focusing holistically across the organisation on both operations and revenue improvements, we work with our clients to pinpoint issues and determine and implement solutions that drive profitability and growth.
This highly customised approach considers the culture, goals and needs of stakeholders and functions, and aligns business operations with these critical priorities to deliver company-wide transformation. We unlock profitability by determining the optimal mix of tools, analytics and processes to achieve sustainable, accelerated revenue growth and operational excellence.
This includes helping clients build a resilient supply chain and sustainably competitive production network, realising savings in purchasing and production, and optimising tied-up capital.
Finance & the Office of the CFO
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in every geography and industry are facing increased challenges and demands...
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in every geography and industry are facing increased challenges and demands from boards of directors, stakeholders, and other internal and external sources. To be successful, financial management must deliver on these new demands and drive enterprise value, as well as meet traditional finance responsibilities.
Our dedicated team of cross-border, senior finance professionals provide CFOs and finance leaders with strategy development, performance solutions and operations support. Our solutions focus on delivering impactful results, from strategy and diagnostics to implementation and interim management.
Organisational Efficiency & Effectiveness
Organisations must successfully navigate many transformational events, including M&A activities, shifts...
Organisations must successfully navigate many transformational events, including M&A activities, shifts in strategy, restructurings and evolving ways of working. This effort includes finding the right balance between investing in growth and driving an efficient organisational structure while at the same time optimising costs and offering continuous improvement efforts. Processes, structures and people play a critical role in driving necessary changes and creating value. To achieve desired outcomes, organisations must consider organisational design, operating models and governance as well as culture shifts, leadership behaviours and talent development efforts. Drawing on our decades of experience across industries and in every major geographic market, clients lean on our expertise to assess current and future situations, analyse stakeholder impacts, and use these inputs to develop successful organisational transformation programmes.
M&A Services, Carve-Out & Merger Integration
Organisations undergoing M&A transactions, carve-outs, mergers and post-merger integration efforts need...
Organisations undergoing M&A transactions, carve-outs, mergers and post-merger integration efforts need support that mitigates risk, helps minimise business disruption and accelerates the evolution to the new company operating model. At many of the world’s top-performing public and private companies, senior executives (heads of corporate development and strategy, chief financial officers, and chief integration officers in charge of a transaction and the requisite integration of corporate entities) rely on our experts for transaction support to complete the deal successfully and efficiently. Clients benefit from the breadth and depth of our service offerings, which support them throughout the entire M&A transaction life cycle, from decision-making and pre-deal efforts through to post-integration.
Corporate Strategy & Transformation
Chief executive officers are often required to produce more growth and profits year after year — and...
Chief executive officers are often required to produce more growth and profits year after year — and many of them rely on our experts to provide a comprehensive view of the factors that enable their companies to do so. In addition, environmental, social and corporate governance (“ESG”) has become a critical consideration for business leaders, and it’s essential that business strategies take into account ESG commitments and changing regulatory requirements. Our advice is grounded in creating long-term sustainable plans, maximising returns on invested capital, and finding the right alignment of revenue growth plans and operational capabilities that, together, deliver profitable growth. Our strategy consulting services help C-level executives and senior leaders identify new business opportunities, review or redefine existing business models, revise go-to-market strategies and value propositions, improve customer experience as a key lever to drive shareholder value, and understand how technology and digitalisation impact their organisations.
Technology & Digital Transformation
As technology is a key driver of business value and competitive advantage in the digital era, clients across...
As technology is a key driver of business value and competitive advantage in the digital era, clients across a wide range of industries rely on us to help them develop technology solutions that meet current and future operational demands. Our digital experts help facilitate your organisation’s digital evolution, safeguard your competitiveness and fuel your growth in an increasingly complex landscape. With a focus on outcomes, we drive value from disruption by combining deep data science capabilities with our wider strategic competencies and sector expertise to solve our clients’ most complex issues and to create and protect value from digital and data. Clients benefit from the strategic and business perspective we bring, as well as our deep expertise and skills in the most advanced areas of technology, including IT modernisation, digital transformation, enterprise data management, robotic process automation, cybersecurity, governance and compliance, and machine learning and artificial intelligence.