Customised Plastics Granules Company

A four location business that was operated as stand alone businesses. Their markets were mainly non-food FMCG. Management skills and profits varied substantially but service was generally good. The client wanted to improve overall profitability. Turnover approximately £30M.

The Solution - I suggested that we should look first at the overall situation of the business unit rather than the individual locations. This enabled us to get a strategic view and a clear understanding of each of the operations and how we might be able to improve overall performance.

The Result - One location was closed down as its capacity was not needed. We suggested that they should utilise good modern technology that was located in the main location to achieve better consistency and quality at an overall cost saving. This resulted in substantial labour cost reduction but still a low margin business. The main board decided that this business was not core to the group and they successfully sold the business.