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Fine Tune your business for Maximum profit Improver sales, productivity, and profits
Although the job description of a consultant is very different than that of an analyst, consultants continue to analyze different aspects of a company just like an analyst does, but in greater depth and scope. With the exception of few tasks, consulting is done on site at the business location. Consulting encompasses a vast variety of activities such as teaching and coaching, reviewing and updating company policies, reviewing and correcting reports, modifying or redesigning the organizational structure, instilling cohesive and coherent organizational culture and getting everyone to buy in and embrace the new culture, etc. Although consultants are trained to further analyze and tailor solutions for all three functional areas of a business-finance, sales and marketing, and operations-every situation is unique and not every business needs help in all areas.
The following is a list of some of the tasks a consultant deals with:
Sales & Marketing
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Creating marketing and sales plans |
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Advertising Placement and Ad Review |
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Creating scripts for sales calls |
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Marketing Material Design |
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Market Research |
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Customer Service Assessments |
Operations
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Organizational structure analysis and redesigning |
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Project Management |
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Quality Control |
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Employee Training (all business areas) |
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Improving Communication |
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Creating Employee Manuals |
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Capacity utilization (machinery and labor) |
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Negotiation Services |
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Vender Selection |
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Invoice and Policy Review |
Finance
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Cash management and budgeting |
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Reviewing and correcting chart-of-accounts |
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Analyzing and correcting financial reports |
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Analyzing key ratios such as Gross profit, Net Profit, Overhead, Debt to Income, etc. , and setting future targets for each ratio |
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Forecasting |
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Helping clients with obtaining loans through local and national financial institutions |
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