Real Innovation - Real Results

1 - Profitability Improvement

 

 

Situation
 

  • Struggling supplier of solid polymers for medical and separations applications
  • Declining margins
  • Product and customer proliferation without understanding impact on cost-to-serve
  • Nominal price increases in last 3 years

Actions Taken
 
  • Developed profitability model that determined Profit Before Tax (PBT) down to the product and customer level
  • Assessed practices to find root causes of poor performance
  • Developed and implemented an action plan to secure benefits
  • Implemented a multi-level Balanced Scorecard to provide real-time feedback on the health of the business

Results
 
  • Realized $46 MM in benefits for a $700+ M business
  • Improved Return-on-Sales from 6% to 12% within the 14 month target window